Senior Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life‑changing technologies spans diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. We have 122,000 colleagues serving people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan for eligible employees.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student‑debt program, and the FreeU education benefit for obtaining a bachelor’s degree.
• Recognition as a great place to work in dozens of countries and one of the most admired companies by Fortune.
• Recognition as a top employer for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plano, TX location in the Neuromodulation division. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be involved in the day‑to‑day activities of medical‑device product manufacturing. Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders, providing non‑opioid interventional pain therapy throughout the pain continuum.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead failure and root‑cause analysis of products that fail during manufacturing process and test.
• Deep‑dive into PCB schematics, layouts, and assembly processes for failure analysis and troubleshooting.
• Create test plans, including protocol development, custom tooling and fixturing design, electrical testing, data analysis, and reporting.
• Analyze and interpret test data, identify trends, and formulate next steps.
• Make changes to the existing test platform (software and hardware) as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5+ years of experience, preferably in medical‑device manufacturing.
• Proficiency in Visual Studio C# programming.
• Hands‑on experience with test equipment.
• Proficient in documenting test procedures, results, and issues.
• Experience with AOI systems, including programming and debugging of Cognex vision systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in medical‑device manufacturing.
• Experience testing BLE hardware, including familiarity with spectrum and network analyzers.
• Exposure to medical quality systems and regulatory requirements (e.g., IEC, FDA, UL, CE).
• Knowledge of SQL Server database development and interaction.
• Experience with PLC logic and programming on any programmable logic controller.

Pay

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.