Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer

3 weeks ago

Kilkenny, Ireland Abbott Full time

At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott Ireland

In Ireland, Abbott employs over 5,000 people across nine sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.

Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, opening in 2024, reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products. The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies, including the FreeStyle Libre 3, a system that automatically delivers real-time, up-to-the-minute glucose readings, with the smallest and thinnest wearable glucose sensor that provides unsurpassed 14-day accuracy and optional glucose alarms directly to smartphones. This enables people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can.

At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare. 

This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:


Based at our new Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, Ireland the site’s Operation System Engineering function currently has an opportunity for a Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer to join their expanding team.

The team supports the on-going development, validation, deployment, and support of data systems which integrate into our manufacturing operations, enabling ADC to provide innovative state-of-the-art solutions that facilitate the company’s Factory 4.0 initiatives.

As the Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for software systems employed in the production of our Diabetes sensors. Key areas of ownership will include the design and implementation of software-based systems for the real-time acquisition and storage of data from our production machinery, as well as system resilience in areas of automated back-up and recovery, and cyber security.

Areas of expertise are expected to include, but are not limited to, software interfacing with electro-mechanical systems in the operational technology layer, software development, database design and SQL query language, data management for real-time acquisition and storage, and cybersecurity. The Senior Manufacturing System Engineering shall generate/support system requirements for both bespoke developed and customisable off-the-shelf systems, work with original equipment manufacturers to guide detailed design implementation, and manage system integration verification and validation activities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical expert for data and manufacturing operations management systems

Design, develop, implement, and validate new software systems for real-time data acquisition from the production machinery and laboratory processes

Implement and validate Oracle databases for data storage

Identify and deliver systems for both PC and PLC backup and recovery

Undertake cyber security risk analysis and manage programs to raise the maturity level for cyber security at the operational technology layer

Define roadmap and manage periodic updating of operating systems

Work with controls engineers, vision engineers and OEM manufactures to continuously improve processes and standards in line with business needs

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline

5+ years of in a similar position, including systems integration experience/integrating all system components (electrical, mechanical, software), system architecture, requirement/user need gathering

Experience with developing users and system requirements specifications

Experience in application development and deployment (e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio, C#, VB.net, SQL Server)

Experience in software testing, verification, and validation

Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines and work within a highly regulated environment

Experience with querying SQL databases

Experience with data historians

Familiarity with 21 CFR Part 820 and Part 11 guidelines

Good problem-solving abilities – able to identify facts, consider alternative approaches and evaluate the most appropriate action

Experience working in a validated environment with strong discipline regarding change control is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline

Experience working in the medical device industry

Experience with OSI PI

Experience with line controllers, PLC, SCADA, MES systems

Cyber Security experience

What we Offer

Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as

Family health insurance,

Excellent pension scheme

Life assurance

Career Development

Fantastic new facility

Growing business plus access to many more benefits.

Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.

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