Senior R&D Clinical Engineer
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Job Location:
Menlo Park, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 90000 - 180000
Posted on:
15 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Working at Abbott
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. Youll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Menlo Park CA location in the SH division.
Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist.
Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.
The Senior R&D Clinical Engineer supports product development efforts as a key member of program teams by leading systems and clinical engineering tasks defining developing or validating a smaller program or several features on a major program.
What Youll Work On
Gathers understands and analyzes input requirements from stakeholders for new medical devices while supporting the instrumentation/service infrastructure. Translates information into specific system features.
Synthesizes all gathered information together with technical and regulatory constraints in order to define a system and its behavior resulting in defining a system specification.
Assists in determining clinical priorities for new products.
Performs technical planning and performance evaluation studies conducts technology assessment activities analyzes system integration issues generates initial baseline interface specifications estimates costs and risk and evaluates customer satisfaction through end user testing (simulated use pre-clinical and/ or usability) analysis and studies.
Provides clinical usability and system level technical guidance and leadership to teams as appropriate.
Evaluates prototypes formally and informally through structured and ad hoc testing. Test aspects of new projects or sub-systems to evaluate prototypes and validate output to meet intended use requirements.
Evaluates the system user interface (device controls IFU training etc.) formally and informally through structured and ad hoc testing. Test aspects of the system user interface to evaluate prototype usability with end users and validate user interface is safe and effective.
Provides input into the development of clinical system validation plans and the conduct of those tests.
Identifies and resolves issues escalating as appropriate.
Supports all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS) Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and other regulatory requirements.
Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations other regulatory requirements Company policies operating procedures processes and task assignments.
Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees customers contractors and vendors.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Biomedical Electrical or Systems Engineering or related science.
4 years of experience in a clinical engineering role.
Experience working within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced changing environment.
Experience working within quality system catered to medical device design controls.
Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
Preferred Qualifications
Medical device experience.
Masters Degree in Biomedical Electrical or Systems Engineering or equivalent.
Possesses baseline clinical knowledge of cardiac function.
Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Clinical Medicine Engineering Marketing and Regulatory Affairs.
Previous experience working in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
Experience in Human Factor Engineering.
Knowledge of statistical techniques and design of experiments.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
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The base pay for this position is
$90000.00 $180000.00In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Product Development
DIVISION:
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION:
United States > Menlo Park : 3885 Bohannon Drive
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Vendor Management
- Design Controls
- C/C++
- FDA Regulations
- Intellectual Property Law
- ISO 13485
- Research Experience
- SolidWorks
- Research & Development
- Internet Of Things
- Product Development
About Company
WHO WE ARE CREATING LIFE-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY From removing the regular pain of fingersticks as people manage their diabetes to connecting patients to doctors with real-time information monitoring their hearts, from easing chronic pain and movement disorders to testing half the world’s ... View more
