Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
ABOUT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS
The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.
Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations — with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
Our Diagnostics business at Abbott Park (Lake County), IL, is seeking a Principal Bioinformatics Scientist II to join our Research and Development Team for Abbott Core Laboratory. This position requires working onsite 5 days a week. The primary function of this position is writing and designing code. The individual will meet with other developers and participate in daily scrum meetings where all developers collaborate. The role involves team-based software development, utilizing cloud computing, following agile product development methodologies, and managing data effectively.
What You’ll Do
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Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
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Designs and conducts experiments, accomplishes established milestones and summarizes data, interprets, results and draws conclusions. Evaluates data using analytical methodologies to achieve results. Recommends options for future experiments. Presents scientific observations to others.
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Trains lower-level scientists.
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Expertise and Problem Solving: Leverages experience in biology, computer science, modeling, statistics, analytics and math to derive insights from large biological sequence data sets. Maintains strong knowledge of sequencing, automation, and cloud computing technologies, and their application. Identifies technical alternatives. Anticipates, recognizes and resolves technical problems.
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Project Planning: Generate and champions new project ideas. Establishes project and leads project planning, updates and process improvements. Translates top-level goals to specific project level goals for individual team member. Establishes and reviews complex plans for multiple projects or activities. Liaise with Global Information Technology, Asset Management, and Software Quality on behalf of project stakeholders. Plans resource allocation and distribution.
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Scientific Leadership: Submits ideas for inventions; publishes; innovates through patent filings and/or scientific publications.
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Economic Profitability: Provide direction to project team to meet economic profitability (EP) profile for the project (product cost analysis).
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Documentation: Appropriately documents experimental procedures and results according to established guidelines.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING
Minimum Qualifications
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B.S. or B.A. plus 5 years of relevant experience is required, or M.S. plus 3 years of experience with equivalency.
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Proven track record of research that advances technology within a division.
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Ability to hypothesize, design experiments, draw conclusions, and provide direction to junior team members.
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Advanced computer skills.
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Advanced knowledge of multiple analytical instruments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. plus 6 years experience of relevant experience.
- Strong experience in Bioinformatics preferred.
Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is
$109,300.00 – $218,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:Research and Discovery
DIVISION:CRLB Core Lab
LOCATION:United States > Abbott Park : AP20
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:Standard
TRAVEL:Yes, 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf
EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
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What We Do
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
