Technical Support Scientist

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. ## **JOB DESCRIPTION:** ***Technical Support Scientist*** **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 contribution - Tuition reimbursement, the [Freedom 2 Save](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and [FreeU](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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** 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 **Technical Support Scientist** is within our Toxicology Business Unit located in **Pomona, California.** This position will provide technical support functions within our Drugs of Abuse manufacturing facility. The position will primarily be focused on participating in moderate complexity, short-to long-duration projects, product improvements, change control processes, investigations and resolving technical issues in coordination with another department. This position will also conduct verification or validation study for new or modified material and generate reports. **What You’ll Work On** - Has a good knowledge for each process of products testing - Investigates and may create and develop new methods and processes for project advancement with guidance from more experienced colleague - Familiarity with all aspects of product - Conducts experiments of moderate complexity projects, seek advice when needed from more experienced colleagues for more complicated technical and design challenges - Possesses and applies knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of particular field of specialization to the completion of moderately complex assignments. - Works on problems of moderate and diverse scope in which analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Proposes potential solutions to more advance problems. - May plan and work on projects of smaller complexity under limited supervision. - Perform customer complaint investigation and write report - Work independently and effectively. Cooperatively work with others in all matter of the organization - Be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and responsibilities, attention to details - Moderate computer skill and moderate knowledge of MS Excel and MS Word - Use Agile to issue quality incidence; perform root cause investigation and write investigation report - No formal supervisor duties, but may direct less experienced staff in their day-to-day work and assist in problem solving - Test product, compile data, perform data analysis and prepare reports for product improvemen…