Instrument/Automation Service Engineer I OS (FANUC Support)

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job description

Position Overview

This role is responsible for diagnosing and resolving failures in enterprise laboratory instruments and automation systems, experienced FANUC user, who is conducting root cause investigations, and escalating service issues to minimize downtime. It includes performing routine preventive maintenance and calibrations to ensure equipment reliability and compliance with service standards. The position requires accurate documentation aligned with Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and regulatory requirements such as OSHA, FDA, ISO, and CLIA. Success in this role involves developing technical expertise, training others, and collaborating across teams and vendors to support troubleshooting and project execution. Flexibility, commitment to quality, and a focus on process improvement—including SOP development and workflow optimization—are essential.

Scheduled Shift - Tues- Fri 8pm-6:30am

Key Accountabilities:

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Troubleshooting & Repair: Under general supervision, diagnose, repair, and resolve failures following established procedures on instrumentation and automation systems within the laboratory by applying technical expertise to restore functionality. Escalate unresolved or complex issues to senior staff. Contribute to root cause investigations, assist with implementing corrective actions, and escalating unresolved issues as necessary to minimize operational downtime.

• Preventative Maintenance & Calibration: Conduct regular preventative maintenance and calibration events of laboratory instrumentation and automation systems to ensure consistent performance, reliability, and adherence to established service procedures.

• Documentation & Regulatory Compliance: Accurately document service activities in accordance with GDP, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory frameworks such as OSHA, FDA, ISO, and CLIA.

• Technical Expertise & Training: Proactively advance technical expertise/proficiency in servicing laboratory instrumentation and automated systems through continuous learning, hands-on experience, and engagement with more advanced failures/complex repairs.

• Teamwork & Communication: Demonstrate consistently clear written and verbal communication in all interactions with internal and external departments

• Flexibility, Quality & Process Improvement: Demonstrate adaptability in response to shifting priorities and unforeseen challenges, consistently uphold high quality standards in a fast-paced environment, and actively support process enhancements by drafting/revising procedures and identifying opportunities to optimize workflows.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform keyboarding/mousing for approximately 80% of a typical working day.

• Ability to work standing for approximately 60% of a typical working day.

• Ability to lift, carry, push or pull up to 40 pounds within the typical working day.

• Ability to comply with any applicable personal protective equipment requirements.

• May be exposed to hazardous materials, tissue specimens, and instruments with moving parts, lasers, heating and freezing elements, and high-speed centrifugation.

• Ability to work weekdays

• Ability to work nights and/or weekends

• Ability to work overtime, as needed

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Electronics or other degree relevant to essential duties; or Associate degree in Engineering, Technology, Electronics and 2 years of relevant experience OR high school diploma/GED and 4 years of relevant experience

• Experience interpreting mechanical parts and assembly drawings.

• Experience with electrical circuits and diagrams, including the use of electrical measurement tools such as multi-meters and analyzers.

• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas.

The base pay for this position is $22.45 – $44.85/hour

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job family

Engineering

Divisione

ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

Sede di lavoro

United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane

Sedi di lavoro ulteriori

Turni

Standard

Viaggiare

Yes, 5 % of the Time

Controllo medico

Not Applicable

Attività lavorative significative

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

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