Senior Electrical Engineer, Medical Devices

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Senior Electrical Engineer Medical Devices

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 Pleasanton CA Atlanta GA or Burlington MA location in the Heart Failure Abbotts Heart Failure (HF) business were developing solutions to diagnose monitor and manage heart failure allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. The Senior Electrical engineer will be primarily working on the CardioMEMS HF system which remotely monitors changes in pulmanry artery (PA) pressure an early indicator of the onset of worsening heart failure to aid physicians in preventing worsening heart failure lower heart failure mortality rates and improve quality of life for our heart failure patients. 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 Youll 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.

• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees customers contractors and vendors

• Perform other related duties and responsibilities on occasion as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors 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. Distlling complex topics into easily digestible content headlining key points

• Demonstrated initiative in going beyond assigned tasks on own agency

• History of applying critical thinking to address design challenges

• Proficient in collaborating with project stakeholders (client and internal) end-users business partners and technical team members

• Strong 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 spead 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

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