Field Service Automation Engineer (Huntsville or Florence, AL)

SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening)
Huntsville, AL
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, You Can Do Work That Matters, Grow, Learn, Care For Yourself And 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 high employer contributions
  • 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Field Service Automation Engineer is the primary automation account contact covering both technical support and customer experience. The position provides ongoing proactive product support for assigned accounts. The customer experience aspect of this role will focus on increasing customer loyalty, securing retention, and driving value expansion at assigned accounts.

Territory/Location

  • This position is remote.
  • Qualified candidates must currently live in the Florence or Huntsville, Alabama area.
  • Travel up to 50%
  • Valid Driver’s License.

What You’ll Work On

  • Provide technical Level I and Level II phone and on-site support to proactively maintain product performance or resolve customer complaints for hardware, software, and reagent issues.
  • Level I support is defined for a specific set of error codes that could be repaired in less than 1.5 hrs.
  • Level II support is defined as any error code excluding Level I that would be resolved in more than 1.5 hrs.
  • Perform proactive service support activities to maintain system performance. Apply standard troubleshooting tools or concepts to identify the real issue and its root cause.
  • Determine the level of urgency of service support requests, develop recommendations, and implement solutions that reflect customer and Abbott business needs.
  • Record accurate and timely documentation of customer complaints and the action taken to resolve the concern.
  • Plan and prioritize customer visits and activities to do in each account.
  • Prepare, schedule, and execute training events with customers to improve customer self-sufficiency by developing the customer’s ability to troubleshoot/repair analyzers and increase knowledge of component replacement and assays.
  • Coordinate order, delivery, and billing of products and/or services in assigned accounts.
  • Monitor inventory and replenish accordingly.
  • Responsible for Service Contract Sales at assigned accounts.
  • Partner with Enterprise Account Manager and/or Sales Executive to develop account-specific lab strategy and execution throughout the commercial cycle and participate in customer business reviews.
  • Understand the competitive landscape of assigned accounts or territory and leverage it to maximize business opportunities. Develop/preserve strong relationships to gain meaningful insights that will allow for value expansion opportunities.
  • Responsible for achieving revenue generation goals in assigned accounts.

Required Qualifications

  • Associate's Degree or equivalent experience.
  • 2 years of relevant experience with instrumentation utilized in a laboratory environment.
  • 2 years of experience interfacing with customers.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prefer a Medical Technologist or an electrical, mechanical engineer.

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The base pay for this position is $31.60 – $63.20 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Posted 2025-09-28

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