Instrument Technician
Content + Source + Freshness • 17 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Moderate value focused on the technical skill requirement, pathway to gain relevant experience, and stable employer, but limited growth potential due to junior role.
- Entry-level position with hands-on experience in instrumentation
- Supportive environment fostering skill development
- Engagement in an impactful healthcare industry
Pros
- Opportunities to work with advanced instrumentation in a leading pharmaceutical organization
- Solid support for career development through training and experience acquisition
- Engagement in a critical industry with significant societal impact
Cons
- Primarily targeted at junior candidates with less competitive pay range
- Potential for routine tasks which might limit innovation
- Limited upward mobility in the short term
Who it's for
Junior • Onsite
Good fit
- Electronics or instrumentation graduates
- Technicians eager to develop in pharmaceutical environments
- Individuals passionate about healthcare tech
Not recommended for
- Experienced professionals aiming for senior roles
- Candidates preferring remote positions
- Those lacking hands-on technical experience
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
Purpose:
Responsible for the installation, maintenance, calibration, and repair of instrumentation and controls systems used in the production manufacturing areas in assigned facilities. Supports design, programming and specification of equipment and implementation of project related instrumentation and controls hardware.
Responsibilities:
•Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
•Applies engineering experience to ensure that instrumentation and controls systems used in assigned facilities are properly specified, installed, programmed and calibrated to perform design function. This includes periodic assessment of field device calibration frequencies, and addressing out of tolerance (OOT), accessing instrument performance for replacement/upgrade.
•Troubleshoots analog/digital hardware related problems on process control systems and instrumentation, including distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC's) and single loop analog controllers. This includes related peripherals such as data loggers, scanners, recorders, field I/O devices etc.
•Assists support instrumentation technicians in role as facility instrumentation/controls technical authority. Or analytical instrumentation such as: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Mass Spectrometry (MS), Ultra-Violet Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis), including other types of analytical laboratory instrumentation.
•Assists engineering in development of functional specifications for controls programming on major equipment systems including the design of process controls systems. Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on various calibration procedures including training and qualifying calibration technicians. Must effectively communicate, document, and schedule all work activities.
•Responsible for maintaining instrumentation and controls equipment in a validated environment including all GxP areas. Assures that instrumentation and controls are of appropriate calibration designation and that red tagged and status coded instrumentation are addressed and repaired within allowable time constraints. Must effectively communicate the status of job activities to management and applicable production support personnel.
•Other responsibilities and duties as assigned by Group Leader, Supervisor, or Senior Supervisor.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
•High School diploma or GED required. Associates Degree in electronics technology or equivalent is strongly desired. Minimum of two years’ experience as a Senior Instrument Technician or the equivalent.
•Must manage activities to meet restrictive timelines. Must have skills in working with people, with good written and verbal communication skills.
•Must possess knowledge of validated systems, applicable engineering standards and an ability to work with facility specific software applications is critical to the job function.
•Ability to work within and promote a team environment.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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What AbbVie Has to Offer
Our work can—and does—have a tangible, lasting impact on millions of people. But it’s not just the results that matter. How we achieve them matters, too. Leading with purpose, we work to build a more sustainable future for generations to come. We do that by putting our expertise, resources and talent to work to make a real difference for patients, communities and our world.
