2027 Abbott Operations Internship Program

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:

Working at Abbott

Unlock your potential as an Abbott Operations intern. Join us to work on impactful projects, learn from senior leaders, and build your career. Here you can:

Contribute to meaningful, challenging projects with a direct impact on our business

Have regular access to senior leadership providing you with an opportunity to grow and learn from the best each day

Develop your career and grow your knowledge through targeted training, a global intern community, and the opportunity to build your network

Access perks that keep you supported both inside and outside the office

The Opportunity

Our Operations Internship Program provides a meaningful, professional, hands-on experience to students with proven academic performance and leadership potential. We hire students majoring in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, and Life Sciences into our programs based on business needs. Ideal candidates will combine technical and business knowledge with analytical strength and creative problem-solving abilities.

Abbott’s global business enables you to work in a variety of fields, including:

Engineering

Instrument Development

Fermentation Development

Design of Process Systems

Equipment Application

Plant Maintenance & Utilities

Facilities Design

Contract Administration

Project Engineering

Energy Management

Controls Design

Site Engineering

Start-up Engineering

Packaging Engineering

Manufacturing

Operations Supervision

Project Management

Purchasing and Materials Management

Quality

Plant Quality Assurance

Division Quality Assurance

Division Regulatory Affairs

Corporate Quality Assurance and Division Quality Assurance

EH&S

Plant Support

Lab Safety

Industrial Hygiene

Environmental Engineering

Interns have the possibility of working in the following locations based on assignment:

Casa Grande, AZ

Alameda, CA

Menlo Park, CA

Pleasanton, CA

Santa Clara, CA

Sylmar, CA

Temecula, CA

Columbus, OH

Tipp City, OH

Abbott Park, IL (headquarters)

Buffalo Grove, IL

Des Plaines, IL

Westford, MA

Westbrook, ME

Sturgis, MI

Minneapolis, MN

Plymouth, MN

St. Paul, MN

Dallas, TX

Plano, TX

AltaVista, VA

Career growth and future opportunities are pillars of our program. Students who continuously excel in our early career programs are encouraged to apply for Abbott’s Operations Professional Development Programs (OPDP) or other full-time positions.

Required Qualifications

Completed at least one year of college coursework prior to the start of the internship.

Candidates must be returning to school following the internship assignment.

Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree.

Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Must be geographically mobile.

Must have a strong academic record with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

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Preferred Qualifications

Exceptionally demonstrated interpersonal skills

Proven leadership skills

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills

Engineering candidates should be pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, or Computer Science.

Quality candidates should be pursuing a degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Bioengineering.

Manufacturing candidates should be pursuing a degree in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management.

Salary Range

$20.00 - $35.00/hour

Please note, that you are submitting for general consideration only. Your qualifications will be reviewed and if you fit the current need, you will be contacted by a Talent Acquisition Professional.

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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General Medical Devices

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to