Scientist II

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

• Uses professional concepts to contribute to the development of company concepts and principles and to achieve objectives in creative and effective ways

• Independent researcher; seeks advice for most complex/challenging work, likely participates in development of patent applications

• Works on marginally complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors

• May determine methods and procedures on new assignments and provides guidance to other lower-level personnel

• Provides sound and original suggestions for new problems

• Plans and conducts work requiring specialized techniques in selecting and evaluating approaches to problems, and ability to apply an analytical approach to the solution of a variety of problems, and to assimilate the details and significance of various scientific analyses, procedures and tests

• May be part of team or capable of submitting ideas for inventions; may publishes or innovates through patent filings and/or scientific publications.  Capable of performing FTO's (Freedom to Operate).

• May lead or recommend new procedures

• Can write clinical trial protocol and order materials needed to complete procedures; Documents development work, writing technical reports and cost estimates.

• May supervise medium sized project teams and direct day to day work of less experienced employees.