Principal Research Scientist, R&D at Abbott Laboratories

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works onsite in on of our Santa Clara, CA, Temecula CA, St Paul MN or Westford MA locations in the Abbott Vascular Division. Vascular. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

This position requires academic training in materials science, physical chemistry, biomaterials, physics, or a related field and will work closely with R&D Mechanical Engineers, Product Development Engineers, and Manufacturing Engineers.  This scientist will provide technical leadership and guidance towards the successful design and testing of medical devices, including assistance in material selection, chemical characterization, physics of material aging, and sterilization compatibility.  The ideal candidate will excel in polymer physics, structure-property relationships, and material characterization, with a foundational understanding of chemistry.  Additional job responsibilities will be to analyze root causes of a wide variety of failures related to issues arising in design, development, manufacturing, and/or use of Abbott products, support regulatory filings related to materials science, and design and execute research studies.

What You’ll Work On

• Position reports to: Director of R&D
• Participate as a technical expert throughout the product development life cycle.
• Determine clear and specific priorities on the development strategy for new products.
• Be responsible for writing and coordinating technical sections of regulatory submissions.
• Be responsible for technical support of commercial operations.
• Coordinate with cross-functional departments, including process engineering, manufacturing, quality, pre-clinical, clinical, and regulatory, to identify and coordinate contracts with external consultants and/or academic advisors on product development and process optimization.

Required Qualifications

• PhD degree in Materials Science, Physics, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field with over 15 years of experience in product development.  Experience with FDA regulations is strongly preferred. Understanding of material biocompatibility and experience with restricted substance evaluations is a plus.

Apply Now

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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