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    Manufacturing Systems Engineer - Kilkenny, Ireland - Abbott

    Abbott
    Abbott Kilkenny, Ireland

    1 week ago

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    Description

    At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.

    Abbott Ireland

    In Ireland, Abbott employs over 5,000 people across nine sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.

    Diabetes Care Kilkenny

    Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, opening in 2024, reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products. The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies, including the FreeStyle Libre 3, a system that automatically delivers real-time, up-to-the-minute glucose readings, with the smallest and thinnest wearable glucose sensor that provides unsurpassed 14-day accuracy and optional glucose alarms directly to smartphones. This enables people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can.

    At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare.

    This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:

    Based at our new Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, Ireland the site's Operation System Engineering function currently has an opportunity for a Manufacturing Systems Engineer to join their expanding team.

    The team supports the on-going development, validation, deployment, and support of data systems which integrate into our manufacturing operations, enabling ADC to provide innovative state-of-the-art solutions that facilitate the company's Factory 4.0 initiatives.

    As the Manufacturing Systems Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for software systems employed in the production of our Diabetes sensors. Key areas of ownership will include the design and implementation of software-based systems for the real-time acquisition and storage of data from our production machinery, as well as system resilience in areas of automated back-up and recovery, and cyber security.

    Areas of expertise are expected to include, but are not limited to, software interfacing with electro-mechanical systems in the operational technology layer, software development, database design and SQL query language, data management for real-time acquisition and storage, and cybersecurity. The Manufacturing System Engineering shall generate/support system requirements for both bespoke developed and customisable off-the-shelf systems, work with original equipment manufacturers to guide detailed design implementation, and manage system integration verification and validation activities.

    Key Responsibilities

  • Technical expert for data and manufacturing operations management systems
  • Implement, and validate new software systems for real-time data acquisition from the production machinery and laboratory processes
  • Implement and validate Oracle databases for data storage
  • Identify and deliver systems for both PC and PLC backup and recovery
  • Undertake cyber security risk analysis and manage programs to raise the maturity level for cyber security at the operational technology layer
  • Define roadmap and manage periodic updating of operating systems
  • Work with Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer, controls engineers, vision engineers and OEM manufactures to continuously improve processes and standards in line with business needs
  • Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline
  • 3+ years of in a similar position, including systems integration experience/integrating all system components (electrical, mechanical, software), system architecture, requirement/user need gathering
  • Experience in application development and deployment (e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio, C#, , SQL Server)
  • Experience in software testing, verification, and validation
  • Experience with querying SQL databases
  • Experience with data historians
  • Familiarity with 21 CFR Part 820 and Part 11 guidelines
  • Good problem-solving abilities – able to identify facts, consider alternative approaches and evaluate the most appropriate action
  • Experience working in a validated environment with strong discipline regarding change control is preferred
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline
  • Experience working in the medical device industry
  • Experience with OSI PI
  • Experience with line controllers, PLC, SCADA, MES systems
  • Cyber Security experience
  • What we Offer

    Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as

  • Family health insurance,
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Career Development
  • Fantastic new facility
  • Growing business plus access to many more benefits.
  • Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.



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