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Engineering Change Specialist II

Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - Minnesota - New Brighton

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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.

  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
  • What Abbott Laboratories paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Senior Specialist, Systems Support” (Software Developers) in MN: $115k–$150k, median $137k. Most were filed at wage level II (67%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here ($28.00) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
  • Last confirmed live 1 day agoWhen a source last listed this job as open.

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73 H-1B filings certified since Oct 2025

The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).

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About the role

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. JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a high employer contribution • Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity This position works out of our New Brighton, MN location in the SH division. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of STRUCTURAL HEART disease.  We aim to lead the markets we serve by requiring the solutions we offer customers provide an improved benefit/risk profile as compared to existing standards of care; a performance threshold that by definition, guides and ensures the productive output of our engineering, business development, and clinical research efforts result in outcomes that advance the standard of care. This position will be responsible for responsible for quality checks, change manager activities and implementation of change orders in the designated PLM and ERP system. Your focus is on document and part changes. This includes communication with team members and other functional areas on issues identified and to provide feedback on compliance.    • Change Master. • Material Master/Material Extension. • BOM. • Routers. • Inspection Plan. • Completes Quality Checks in PLM system basic document structuring (establish parent/child relationships in PLM system), attachments and approvals. • Implement tasks based on the scope of the change to the affected documents and parts. • Accept Track Changes and delete comments. • Use basic Microsoft Office applications. • Updates fields in PLM and ERP systems. • Completes ERP Product Configuration updates. • Create document and part objects in the PLM and ERP systems. Pay and Shift This position is required to be onsite 5 days per week. The hourly rate of pay range for this position is $28.00-31.00/hr. Required Qualifications • HS Graduate or Equivalent. • 2-4 years of experience in a Document/Engineering Change Control role, preferably in a regulated industry. • Intermediate Microsoft Office skills. • Able to enter data in PLM and ERP system provided by Change Orders. • Intermediate knowledge of systems (PLM, ERP). • Must have strong interpersonal skills. • Able to contribute to a department or cross-functional problem-solving team. • Ability to work in a geographically diverse business environment. • Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment. • Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate with Change Managers, Docume

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Source: Employer career site (Workday) First seen: 2026-10-01 Last confirmed: 2026-10-02 How our data works → Report this job

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