R&D Clinical Engineer II
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. Working 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.
As an R&D Clinical Engineer II at our Plymouth, MN location, you will support the Electrophysiology Portfolio with a focus on technology development and clinical translation. This role will serve as a contributor supporting key initiatives, working closely with physicians, systems engineers, software engineers, and clinical teams to evaluate safety and efficacy, and generate evidence that informs product development decisions. You will leverage clinical and engineering knowledge to support product design, verification and validation activities, preclinical and clinical research, and data-driven decision-making throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Support development and evaluation of key therapy algorithms and ablation technologies.
- Design, execute, and analyze bench, preclinical, and clinical studies supporting product development milestones.
- Develop study protocols, data collection methods, and analysis plans to evaluate therapy performance and safety.
- Analyze large datasets from preclinical and clinical studies and communicate findings to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Collaborate with physicians, clinical specialists, systems engineers, software engineers, and regulatory teams to define clinical and technical requirements.
- Support development of design verification and validation strategies for new ablation technologies.
- Summarize study outcomes through technical reports, presentations, and regulatory documentation.
- Support risk management activities, hazard analyses, and clinical risk assessments.
- Participate in physician interactions, usability evaluations, and clinical observations to inform product development.
- Provide technical and clinical expertise during design reviews and cross-functional project meetings.
- Gain and maintain knowledge of EP procedures, cardiac electrophysiology principles, and emerging ablation technologies.
- Comply with FDA regulations, ISO standards, company policies, operating procedures, and quality system requirements.
- Maintain positive and cooperative communications with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, vendors, and healthcare professionals.
- Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.