Development Process Engineer

Job Title: Development Process Engineer

Location: St. Paul MN

Duration: 12 months (100% Onsite)

Position Summary

The Development Process Engineer is responsible for establishing, evaluating, and optimizing manufacturing processes based on product specifications while ensuring compliance with regulatory, quality, and safety standards. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements, enhance product quality, increase efficiency, and support new product introductions.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish processes based on product specifications and evaluate design alternatives using Design for Manufacturability principles.
• Run Design of Experiments (DOE) to characterize processes and improve yield and efficiency.
• Conduct process FMEAs and lead process validations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Improve product quality, labor efficiency, and throughput by applying Lean manufacturing concepts and root cause analysis tools (e.g., DMAIC).
• Manage projects including new production equipment, process development, cost reduction initiatives, and support of new product launches.
• Coordinate design, procurement, build, and debugging of tooling, machinery, and test equipment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Finance, Quality, and Operations to define process inputs and outputs.
• Coach, mentor, and provide guidance to engineers, technicians, trainers, and specialists.
• Maintain awareness of OSHA regulations, IP issues, and advancements in manufacturing and design technologies.
• Ensure compliance with FDA regulations, company policies, QMS, EMS, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Maintain positive and collaborative communication with employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in the medical device or related industry.
• Proven experience documenting and implementing process improvements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact at multiple organizational levels.
• Experience working in a matrixed, geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to work independently with innovation and resourcefulness.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Close collaboration with R&D in past roles.
• Background in delivery systems design, yield improvement, cost reduction, and capacity expansion.
• Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

 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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.