Engineering Technician

Title: Engineering Technician

Location: Minnetonka, MN

Duration: 8 Months

Shift: 5AM TO 3PM

100% Onsite

Summary

The Manufacturing Technician supports daily production while contributing to safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements. This role requires strong teamwork, communication, and a desire to grow into engineering-level responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Perform setup, assembly, packaging, prep operations, line clearance, and basic equipment maintenance per approved documentation and QSR requirements.
• Assist Engineering and Maintenance with troubleshooting, routine maintenance, and minor equipment repairs.
• Complete accurate production and maintenance documentation.
• Participate in root cause investigations and support corrective and preventive actions.
• Work with Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, Quality, and other team members to solve problems and implement improvements.
• Support continuous improvement (5S, A3s, OEE, standard work) and contribute to safety, quality, delivery, and cost projects.
• Assist with new equipment installation and validation.
• Maintain awareness of quality expectations and potential defects related to design, manufacturing, and testing.
• Demonstrate professional behavior and strong interpersonal skills.
• Perform other duties as needed to support the business.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years in medical device or regulated manufacturing.
• MS Office experience.
• Knowledge of FDA, ISO, OSHA regulations.
• Understanding of manufacturing systems (documentation, compliance, inventory control, scheduling).
• Strong teamwork, communication, and results-focused mindset.

Top priority: soft skills over technical skills

• Clear communication
• Coachability
• Team player mindset (engineers + operators)
• Reliability, accountability, ownership
• Strong motivation, drive, and potential
• Looking for talent with growth potential, not just years of experience

Experience expectations

• Ideal range for Engineering Technician: 0–5 years

Open to:

• Strong new graduates (including community college technician programs)
• Candidates with 0 experience if they show exceptional potential
• Candidates with 10–20+ years are not preferred unless clearly using the role as a steppingstone

Red flags include:

• Job hopping
• Overqualified candidates applying without a clear reason
• Technical skills (baseline, teachable)
• Ability to follow work instructions, control plans, routing
• Basic measurements and tools (e.g., multimeter)
• Problem-solving fundamentals
• Investigations/CAPA experience:
• Nice to have, but can be overlooked if communication, motivation, and potential are strong
• Medical device industry experience preferred but not required
• Interview feedback & expectations
• Many interviews conducted recently (8–9+) with zero offers extended
• Main reason: candidates did not meet expectations in soft skills, drive, or overall talent
• Emphasis on using everyone’s time wisely through better screening
• Contract details
• Initial contract: ~7 months
• Strong potential for conversion to full-time for top performers
• Shift submission guidance
• Submit candidates to the shift they prefer most
• If they’re open to multiple shifts, they can communicate during interview
• Avoid submitting the same candidate to multiple reqs to prevent duplication
• Work schedule
• 10-hour shifts, 4 days per week (40 hours)
• This line currently relies OT on Fridays, the amount of OT varies week to week
• Overall preference
• Abbott is seeking high-performing, motivated, coachable talent
• Potential and attitude matter more than long tenure
• This role is meant for people who want to grow, contribute, and possibly convert long-term

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.