Abbott
Senior Principal Engineer - Operational Technology
Abbott, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43224
Senior Principal Engineer - Operational Technology
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Nourish the world and your career as part of the Nutrition team at Abbott.
What You’ll Do
Lead the development and execution of an IT/OT convergence roadmap for the global manufacturing environment supporting Abbott’s journey through Industry 4.0, coordinating with manufacturing, engineering, quality, data science, advanced analytics and IT resources.
Develop and implement standards, best practices, and guidelines for governance of manufacturing asset structures for secure data collection and contextualization.
Develop a global strategy for real‑time manufacturing data visualization and reporting.
Provide technical leadership on Front End Planning (FEP) activities on multiple concurrent medium‑to‑large‑size projects and programs within the global Abbott Nutrition network (Americas, Europe, Asia) – determining provisional scope, design, manufacturability, cost, capital, risk and schedule considerations while working with cross‑functional teams.
Use knowledge of a wide range of hardware and software for manufacturing equipment, control systems, and data systems to conceptualize complete, innovative solutions for novel or complex problems, including:
IoT devices and edge computing
Visualization or dashboard applications (e.g., PI Vision, ProcessBook, Seeq, Power BI)
SCADA systems (e.g., Ignition, FactoryTalk, iFIX)
Asset‑management platforms (e.g., Maximo)
Industrial networks and communications (HART, Fieldbus, Modbus, DeviceNet)
Accessing relational databases (Oracle, SQL)
Asset monitoring servers
Manufacturing system software databases
Communicate, promote and justify solutions and programs with senior leadership.
Mentor others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.
Provide technical support to Abbott Nutrition’s global production network, including existing system issues as well as design improvements/new designs as part of continuous improvement, and act as a technical influencer to senior leadership and stakeholders for business initiatives.
Experience modernising legacy control systems and integrating them with contemporary OT/IT architectures.
Proven ability to lead change in legacy manufacturing environments, influencing cross‑functional teams and senior stakeholders to adopt new technologies and processes.
Experience designing and implementing data governance frameworks for manufacturing systems, including contextualisation of time‑series data and integration with enterprise platforms.
Lead validation for manufacturing software systems in compliance with 21 CFR Part 11.
25 % – 50 % travel is expected as part of the role.
Education and Experience
A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence.
10+ years of significant engineering (OT systems or controls), IT, and/or operational experience.
Familiarity with International Society of Automation (ISA) standards.
Post‑graduate education / degree may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
Demonstrated competency within the area of manufacturing IT systems.
Experience presenting and communicating with all levels of an organization; plant production personnel through senior leadership.
Technical background in health care, nutritional products, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, or similar industries (preferred).
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Nourish the world and your career as part of the Nutrition team at Abbott.
What You’ll Do
Lead the development and execution of an IT/OT convergence roadmap for the global manufacturing environment supporting Abbott’s journey through Industry 4.0, coordinating with manufacturing, engineering, quality, data science, advanced analytics and IT resources.
Develop and implement standards, best practices, and guidelines for governance of manufacturing asset structures for secure data collection and contextualization.
Develop a global strategy for real‑time manufacturing data visualization and reporting.
Provide technical leadership on Front End Planning (FEP) activities on multiple concurrent medium‑to‑large‑size projects and programs within the global Abbott Nutrition network (Americas, Europe, Asia) – determining provisional scope, design, manufacturability, cost, capital, risk and schedule considerations while working with cross‑functional teams.
Use knowledge of a wide range of hardware and software for manufacturing equipment, control systems, and data systems to conceptualize complete, innovative solutions for novel or complex problems, including:
IoT devices and edge computing
Visualization or dashboard applications (e.g., PI Vision, ProcessBook, Seeq, Power BI)
SCADA systems (e.g., Ignition, FactoryTalk, iFIX)
Asset‑management platforms (e.g., Maximo)
Industrial networks and communications (HART, Fieldbus, Modbus, DeviceNet)
Accessing relational databases (Oracle, SQL)
Asset monitoring servers
Manufacturing system software databases
Communicate, promote and justify solutions and programs with senior leadership.
Mentor others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.
Provide technical support to Abbott Nutrition’s global production network, including existing system issues as well as design improvements/new designs as part of continuous improvement, and act as a technical influencer to senior leadership and stakeholders for business initiatives.
Experience modernising legacy control systems and integrating them with contemporary OT/IT architectures.
Proven ability to lead change in legacy manufacturing environments, influencing cross‑functional teams and senior stakeholders to adopt new technologies and processes.
Experience designing and implementing data governance frameworks for manufacturing systems, including contextualisation of time‑series data and integration with enterprise platforms.
Lead validation for manufacturing software systems in compliance with 21 CFR Part 11.
25 % – 50 % travel is expected as part of the role.
Education and Experience
A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence.
10+ years of significant engineering (OT systems or controls), IT, and/or operational experience.
Familiarity with International Society of Automation (ISA) standards.
Post‑graduate education / degree may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
Demonstrated competency within the area of manufacturing IT systems.
Experience presenting and communicating with all levels of an organization; plant production personnel through senior leadership.
Technical background in health care, nutritional products, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, or similar industries (preferred).
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