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Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The position of Manufacturing Intelligence Engineer is within our Infectious Disease – Lateral Flow business unit located at Westbrook, Maine. In this role you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, debugging and integrating the software used for production equipment and process data collection, monitoring and analysis within the manufacturing department.

What You'll Do

• Develops new software to support production tracking requirements.
• Maintains, troubleshoots and optimizes existing code.
• Administers the production tracking database and all associated data and code.
• Creates scripts of complex, optimized SQL queries for data insertion and selection across multiple tables.
• Creates user interfaces and access controls for all levels of production staff.
• Integrates data collection and monitoring logic into automated production equipment (PLC ladder logic).

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

REQUIRED:

• B.S. in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Python/Jython or a similar high-level programming language.
• Prior experience with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or similar database administration software.

PREFERRED:

• Prior experience with Ignition software development platform (Inductive Automation).
• Prior experience with PLC programming in ladder logic.
• Prior experience utilizing Microsoft Report Builder or similar reporting software.

COMPETENCIES:

• Strong understanding of OPC-UA and other industrial protocols.
• Strong understanding of real-time data collection and SPC/APC methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of computer networking (IP addressing, subnetting, VLANs, etc.).
• Strong understanding of graphical user interface development.
• Basic knowledge of web-development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript).
• Basic knowledge of statistics (mean/mode/median, standard deviation, etc.).
• Skill in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

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The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 – $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.