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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Systems Integration Specialist - **Company:** Abbott Laboratories - **Location:** Green Oaks, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $86,700.0 - $173,300.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Performance Tuning, Systems Integration, Technical Data Management Systems - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://abbott.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/abbottcareers/job/United-States---Illinois---Abbott-Park/Staff-Systems-Integration-Specialist_31159956-1 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Life or Physical Science, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, or closely related discipline is preferred. * Minimum 7 years * Recognized experience leading complex system and risk analysis * Demonstrated ability to lead and utilize data to make decisions and influence stakeholders * Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought. * Demonstrated ability to apply principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance * Expert knowledge of systems and/or assay development principles and concepts * Knowledge of Product Risk Management Best Practices and Tools * Demonstrated Customer Focus, making their needs a primary focus of one's actions Preferred Qualifications * Systems integration experience in Clinical Chemistry and / or Immuno Assay * Experience in Clinical Chemistry, immunoassay development, assay technical support or assay reagent design. * Demonstrated Customer Focus, making their needs a primary focus of one's actions. * Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics. * Demonstrates use of statistics, design of experimentation, DOORS, APLM, SBM and * Comfortable working with technical data, test methods, and regulated product development processes. ## Description The Staff Systems Integration Specialist applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to ensure and verify the design of the subsystems integrate and function optimally as a system, to provide system solutions, improvements, and enhancements to achieve overall systems performance. Resolves product problems and technical issues with minimal oversight across multiple system functions. In addition: * Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements while supporting continuous improvement efforts. * Define and document system requirements across hardware, software, assays, reagents, and labeling to ensure products perform as intended. * Develop and execute integration, verification, and validation testing to assess overall system performance and reliability. * Analyze technical data, interpret results, and recommend improvements to product performance, quality, and manufacturing processes. * Create, review, and maintain assay files, ensuring accuracy and compliance for new product launches and product changes. * Support risk management activities, including FMEA reviews, hazard assessments, and performance optimization studies. * Document testing, investigations, and engineering activities to meet quality system and design control requirements. * Mentor team members, share technical expertise, and collaborate across engineering, scientific, quality, and operations teams. * Manage multiple projects, maintain organized records, and consistently meet project timelines. * Drive data-based decision-making using statistical analysis, experimental design, and performance metrics. * Leads development of systems integration test methods / processes and troubleshooting instrument (hardware/software/and assay/reagent interaction issues to determine root cause and possible solutions. Resolves complex system-level problems. * Leads team members in application and analysis of multiple optimization process techniques: Set targets, ranges, and specs - DOE, Guard band, Capability (CPk), Test Method development, troubleshoot parts and subsystems. Reviews and / or develop FMEA, hazards, modes of control for risk management. 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