Systems Automation Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,200 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

About Abbott

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Please note any offer of employment for this position is conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a medical practitioner designated by the Company.

 Responsibilities

•  Carry out a range of PLC, HMI, Robotics, Vision inspection and other automated systems programming work.
• Liaise with the equipment engineers to specify controls systems requirements
• Review and supervise software development by external vendors, ensuring code is well structured, adequately annotated, easy to read and edit
• Liaise with equipment engineers in development of testing protocols ensuring that software integrity will be adequately tested
• Assist in execution of Site and Factory Acceptance Testing
•  Identify opportunities for process, productivity and quality improvements through control or inspection systems optimisations
• Research and co-ordinate the introduction and implementation of new automation technologies
• Liaise and communicate with the different engineering, production and quality team members
• Liaise with Maintenance technicians in troubleshooting equipment issues
• Update equipment software as required ensuring it where possible it maintains validated state
• Take ownership of software revision control for each automation asset

Key Skills

• Programming of Omron, Allen Bradley, Beckhoff PLC’s and HMI’s
• Programming of ABB, Fanus, Denso Robots
• Programming of Keyence and Cognex vision inspection systems
• Software experience with following packages: Sysmac studio, CX-One, Studio5000, Robot Studio, TwinCat, FactoryTalK
• Configuration of communication interfaces and networks (Ethernet)
• Ability do diagnose hardware, software, networking issues
• Ability to interpret electrical and pneumatic drawings
• Experience in electrical CAD software and SolidWorks is an advantage
• Excellent IT skills and proficient in Microsoft Office packages.
• Strong documentation, reporting and analytical skills.
• Scada experience is preferred
• Experience defining User Requirements Specifications and executing FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ protocols
• Experience developing OEE measurement systems, automated alarms, reports and KPI metrics for plant management is highly desired

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline
• 5 years’ experience in Pharma, Medical device, Semiconductor, FMCG industry

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The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

LOCATION:

Ireland > Clonmel : Cashel Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable