Scientist II

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.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• 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 is not a remote opportunity
• Qualified candidates must currently live in the Chicagoland area.
• Travel up to 5%

What You’ll Work On

Executes and conducts research, development, or scientific/ technical activities. May facilitate, develop or recommend improvements and/or new procedures related to products or processes. Provides technical review, direction and feedback to others and may lead small to medium projects. Independently develop data presentations for use within organization.

• With minimal oversight, investigates, creates and develops new methods and technologies for project advancement with limited assistance.
• Executes experiments, accomplishes established milestones and summarizes data, interprets results.
• Conducts moderately complex experiments and recommends options for other project approaches or experiments.
• Analyzes and evaluates data from multiple disciplines, considering various factors. Possess and applies knowledge of principles, practices and procedures and can drive projects to completion with minimal oversight.
• Possess and applies knowledge of principles, practices and procedures to evaluate data.
• With oversight, recognizes and resolves basic to intermediate technical problems.
• CFT members participate in project planning and updates, execute project plan with oversight from leaders; participate in defining project goals, develop timelines, comprehend resource requirements.
• Participates in project planning for moderately complex projects with oversight from leaders, participates in defining project goals; develops simple timelines; begins to comprehend resource requirements.
• Presents scientific observations to management level within Abbott.
• Participate in routine maintenance and lab safety.
• Appropriately documents experimental results and procedures independently, including verification and validation reports according to established guidelines.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Does not have any direct reports but may coach research associates and assist in problem solving.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in biological or physical sciences, or mathematics, with a minimum of 4 yrs.

Or

• M.S. with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.

Or

• Working knowledge of experimental approaches/protocols and scientific methods such as designing experiments and interpreting data, with increasing knowledge complexity with experience.
• Awareness of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics
• Experience in cell culture and recombinant protein expression and purification. Demonstrated knowledge of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic propagation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of separation sciences and chromatography using Fast Performance Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) systems.
• Experience in protein crystallography and structure analysis.
• Advanced computer skills: demonstrated ability to apply new coding and scripting languages (i.e. Python etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with connected devices and automated liquid handlers are strongly preferred.
• Experience in cell culture and recombinant protein expression and purification. Demonstrated knowledge of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic propagation. Demonstrated knowledge of separation sciences and chromatography using FPLC systems.
• Experience in protein crystallography and structure analysis.

Advanced enzymology skills:

• Demonstrated experience with steady and transient state kinetics.
• Understanding of assay development for HTS application.
• Experience in using stopped flow spectroscopy.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $68,000.00 – $136,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.