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About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contributionTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This is not a remote opportunityQualified candidates must currently live in the Chicagoland area.

What You’ll Work On

The primary function of this laboratory position is the design and execution of bioanalytical experiments toward characterization of protein reagents used in clinical immunoassay formulations.

The successful candidate will be capable of skillfully and independently conducting multiple classic analytical techniques primarily applied to protein biomolecules.A specific requirement of the position includes expertise in analysis with electrophoretic methods, liquid chromatography methods, various immunoblotting techniques, and assay methods with microtiter instrumentation.The candidate must be capable of functioning within a cross-functional team involved with new immunoassay product development and able to anticipate critical assay development needs from biological molecule analysis.Ability to critically process analytical data and results with attention to detail is a necessity.Further skill will be required for interpretation and summarization of data from an array of analytical methods for diverse stakeholders, as well as design follow-up experiments where applicable.The position will require excellent team-working and adaptability competencies as well as strong technical communication skills, both in written and oral form.The candidate must also be effective with timely and accurate record-keeping and communication of laboratory work.
Proven experience with standard bioanalytical methods used to characterize protein biomolecules is required.Past demonstration of an ability to develop or optimize analytical methods to new applications and troubleshoot instrumentation or method problems when they occur is also a requirement.Knowledge of characterization of test method APCs, as well as execution of analytical methods under established operating procedures would benefit the candidate’s integration into expected work activities.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors in Biological or Physical Science, or Mathematics7 plus years of progressively responsible in a research development environment or a PHD with 2 years’ experience or a MS with 6 years’ experience.

Referred Qualifications:

Analytical chemistry is highly preferredExperience with biologics structure-to-function analysis or bioanalytical methods using Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) instrumentation is highly preferred

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.