Internship Engineering

apartmentAbbott Laboratories placeKilkenny calendar_month 

Unlock your potential as an Abbott 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 Interns provides a meaningful, professional, hands-on experience to students with proven academic performance and leadership potential. We hire students majoring in (Engineering/ Science/ Quality) 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 offers opportunities to work across a range of fields, which may include the following areas, along with additional activities depending on business needs:

Sample Projects at Abbott Nutrition Division, Cavan
  • Packing Compliance Project: Support daily compliance activities and lead 1–2 smaller initiatives contributing to the broader Compliance Improvement Project.
  • Site Zoning & Sustainability Project: Assist with engineering, facilities, and utility-related tasks focused on zoning and sustainability enhancements across the site.
Sample Projects at Abbott Diabetes Care, Donegal
  • Support and optimize manufacturing operations through oversight of operating systems, use of digital tools (e.g., Hanel Soft, Fishbowl, Maximo, Power BI), system upgrades, and process efficiency improvements related to spare parts and consumables.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives by developing dashboards, leading cross-functional projects, ensuring compliance with policies, and contributing to areas like fermentation development and resource utilization across the business.
  • Project Engineering
Sample Projects at Abbott Diabetes Care, Kilkenny
  • Project Engineering
Sample Project at Core Dx Longford
  • Automation Installation
Sample Projects at Abbott Nutrition Division, Sligo
  • Assist in the design, development, and testing of engineering solutions for ongoing projects.
  • Contribute to CAD modeling, simulations, and technical documentation.
Sample Projects at Abbott Vascular Division, Tipperary
  • DES Project Enginering
  • VC Project Engineering
  • Quality Engineering
  • Project Engineering

What are we looking for?

Eligible applicants should be:

  • Available for a 6, 9 or 12month placement to start between January to June 2025 (aligned with academic work placements dates)
  • Internship placements may be during or at the end of your undergraduate or post graduate course.
  • Pursuing a relevant third level undergraduate or post graduate Engineering qualification.
  • Candidates must be tracking to or have a minimum of 2.1 Grade in their undergraduate course.
  • Excellent communicators, team players and Innovators.
  • Passionate about STEM and interested in pursuing a career in a STEM environment.
  • A flexible and innovative approach to work.
  • Flexibility to be based at one of our Abbott sites listed

Locations for Internship Engineering

Cavan, Donegal, Kilkenny, Longford, Sligo & Tipperary

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 Professional Development Programs or other full-time positions.

For more information on our company and sites please visit www.abbott.ie

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