Senior Principal Engineer - Operational Technology - Columbus, OH OR Abbott Park, IL

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As the Senior Principal Engineer – Operational Technology within Abbott Nutrition’s Manufacturing Technology team, you will provide expertise to:

• Lead the development and execution of an IT/OT convergence roadmap for the global manufacturing environment that supports 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 and 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 modernizing 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 contextualization 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 YOU'LL BRING

• 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.
• A post-graduate education / degree may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
• Has 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.
• Has a technical background in health care, nutritional products, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, or similar industries (preferred).