Senior Electrical Engineer, Medical Devices

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Pleasanton, CA, Atlanta, GA or Burlington, MA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott's Heart Failure (HF) business, we're developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. The role is within the R&D organization charged with developing and releasing the next generations of CardioMEMS components while also supporting the current generation of products.

What You'll Work On

• Contribute to a team committed to delivering the next generation of CardioMEMS products to help our patients (and their clinicians) manage their heart failure
• Conduct bench and preclinical studies supporting product development teams for concept feasibility and formal regulatory submission
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of CardioMEMS electronic designs
• Draft test protocols and reports
• Independently plan, coordinate, and execute activity in support of project goals
• Support design reviews
• Support development of risk management documentation
• Gain an understanding of the quality and regulatory requirements of Abbott, FDA and ISO regulations
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering, or similar
• 5+ years’ experience designing, testing, manufacturing or other engineering support
• Experience owning and driving deliverables within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization. Distilling complex topics into easily digestible content
• Demonstrated initiative in going beyond assigned tasks on own agency
• History of applying critical thinking to address design challenges
• Profound organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail
• Ability to plan, execute, analyze, and document individual scientific studies
• Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data using statistical methods
• Demonstrated history of two or more of the following : Releasing to production an electro-mechanical design with design-responsibility of the MCAD, Design of radio frequency antenna elements (modelling and characterization of antennas – preferably low frequency), Use of automation for characterization and/or data analysis to spread design cycles, The translation of electrical requirements into circuit designs and specifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical device experience
• Experience working with an electronic document control system (Windchill, etc.)
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization

Pay

The base pay for this position is $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.