Sr Principal Engineer, Process (hybrid)
North Chicago, IL · HybridJob$125K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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The Sr Principal Engineer, Process leads technical workstreams and contributes to program outcomes through actionable methods and analyses, cross-functional collaboration, and guidance on complex technical decisions and risks. The role designs site-level processes, leads process improvement and validation work, establishes documentation standards, and guides engineers. It requires a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and 8+ years of pharmaceutical industry formulation experience.
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Company Description
About AbbVie
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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)
Job Description
The job leads technical workstreams and contributes to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborating with cross‑functional partners to integrate technical solutions throughout the lifecycle, and advising on complex technical decisions and risks.
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Designs site-level processes and improvements by defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria that support efficient, high-quality production.
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Leads process improvement and optimization workstreams, defining the technical approach, coordinating trial execution with production, and documenting results.
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Conducts process validation and troubleshooting for manufacturing processes manufacturing processes by analyzing performance data, investigating deviations, and drafting corrective actions and supporting documentation for review and approval.
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Establishes technical standards for process documentation and change execution, ensuring methods, assumptions, and evidence are complete.
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Guides engineers through technical decisions by running working sessions, documenting decision logic, and tracking actions to closure.
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Delivers high‑quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; defines and validates methods, documents results and key assumptions, ensures adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicates technical progress, impacts and recommended mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical) is required to provide technical expertise.
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8+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry formulation.
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Knowledge of Engineering standards.
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Demonstrated leadership and team building skills.
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Strong problem-solving abilities.
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Proven track record of managing projects through to completion.
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Excellent communication skills with layers of management.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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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Salary: $124,500
How this job compares
Set against the 734 open Process Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$125K/yr
- US median$108–151K/yr292 salary ranges
This rate, $125K, is 3% below the US median midpoint ($128K) — in the middle half of Process Engineering salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Process Engineering jobs in Illinois and 734 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Intel15 open
- J&J Family of Companies15 open
- Corning Incorporated14 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Process Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 433 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 350 of the 734 open Process Engineering jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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