Abbott Posted November 4, 2026

Associate Manufacturing Engineer

Irving, Texas, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

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.

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.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

 

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

Our location in Irving, TX currently has an opportunity for an Associate Manufacturing Engineer. The Associate Manufacturing Engineer will perform entry-level technical activities to create new or modify existing products, processes, prototypes, fixtures, and/or tools in support of the company's strategic plan.

What You’ll Work On

Works with teams to apply engineering and scientific principles to evaluate and resolve technical problems with supervision from technical lead and/or manager.

Supports continuous quality improvement.

Uses foundations of engineering to apply appropriate experimental, statistical, investigation and engineering tools to develop/modify design to meet business goals.

Multidisciplinary engineering knowledge to contribute to a team designing and developing innovative medical devices or components/subsystems in support of company's strategic plan.

Utilizes training and experience to design and develop technical drawings and documents.

Involved in executions of test methods and simulation models’ development to mitigate design risks and ensure new design reliability as directed.

Remains abreast of technical advancements and continually develop skills.

Involved in creating/updating specifications, test methods and models, protocols and reports.

Participates in prototyping products, tools, and fixtures required for research and/or development purposes.

Supports teams to work with internal departments and external vendors to obtain prototype parts and to understand their capabilities and limitations.

Coordinates with internal departments and vendors to receive prototypes for new / modified designs, performs engineering analysis and testing to ensure the design meets established requirements.

Use empirical and experimental analysis to evaluate designs and identify potential issues with design.

Gains knowledge of risk mitigation to anticipate risk and takes appropriate action.

Participate in technical design reviews.

Writes reviews and assesses impact of engineering changes.

Completes engineering tasks by established timelines. Independently manage time and completion of assigned tasks.

Supports improvement of products, processes, and/or design tools to be employed for investigation and design development.

Understands and communicates new and existing engineering designs.

Interprets drawings and specifications and communicate to suppliers, stakeholders, and customers.

Prepares and presents clear presentations with engineering arguments supporting design within the team and peers.

Gains understanding of the quality and regulatory requirements for medical devices.

Gains understanding of the developing clinical environment (i.e. - current treatment methods, evolving needs).

 

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or closely related STEM field

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An equivalent combination of education and work experience

Understanding basic and advanced engineering concepts. Ability to apply technical and practical knowledge of engineering principles. Experience using business collaboration tools. Effective time management and prioritization skills. Demonstrated experience working in a team environment.

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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $50,700.00 – $101,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job details

Seniority
Associate
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Irving, Texas, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 746 comparable Associate Manufacturing & CMC roles across 93 biopharma companies.

746Comparable roles tracked
667Currently active
93Companies hiring similar roles
38Countries represented

Salary context

178 of 746 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Warehouse Associate I (M-F 11am-7:30pm) · AbbVie $16/hr – $29/hr (≈ $33,280–$60,320/yr)
Highest disclosed · Regional Manager - Megasys · Merck KGaA $220,000/yr – $250,000/yr
Peer group range $46,800 – $235,000 (median $140,925)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 746 comparable roles

United States375
France58
India54
Germany43
Ireland26
Belgium22

+ 32 more countries

Seniority mix

746 of 746 peers have a known seniority level

Manager352
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc221
Associate173

Therapeutic area mix

12 of 746 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease8
Rare Disease3
Immunology1

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