Electrical Engineer

Abbott; New Brighton (MN); On-site; USD 61,300 - 122,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Excellent retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Vascular R&D team in St. Paul, MN. The role focuses on the design, development, and testing of next-generation intravascular lithotripsy systems. As part of a hands-on team, you’ll engage in building and debugging systems, collaborating with engineers from multiple disciplines.

To thrive, you should possess expertise in embedded systems and firmware development, alongside a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. This position offers a salary range of $61,300 to $122,700, with comprehensive benefits including free medical coverage and substantial employer contributions to retirement savings.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant hands-on engineering experience.
• Experience working with embedded systems, firmware, or hardware-software integrated systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an experimental, systems-level mindset.

Responsibilities

• Translate experimental goals into practical test setups with reliable data collection.
• Design, build, and iterate on custom laboratory and automated test systems.
• Collect, review, and interpret experimental and prototype performance data.

Skills

Embedded systems

Firmware development (C/C++)

Data acquisition

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

Node.js

Job description

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical 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 bachelor’s 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

As a Electrical Engineer on the Vascular R&D team, you will contribute to the design, development, and testing of next-generation intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) systems.

This role is highly hands‑on and systems‑focused, working at the intersection of embedded electronics, firmware, and instrumentation to build custom laboratory systems, automate R&D experiments, and collect valuable data to drive engineering decisions for next‑generation products.

This position is best suited to engineers who enjoy building and debugging systems from the ground up and iterating quickly to solve complex, sometimes ambiguous, multidisciplinary problems. You will collaborate with other electrical, software, and mechanical engineers to develop prototypes and to continuously improve characterization methods. This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location.

What You’ll Work On

• Translate experimental goals into practical test setups with reliable data collection.
• Design, build, and iterate on custom laboratory and automated test systems, including embedded controllers, motion or actuation elements, and data acquisition.
• Develop and debug embedded firmware (C/C++) and supporting software (Python, Node.js).
• Design, bring‑up, and debug circuit boards in the lab.
• Integrate hardware and software components into reliable systems for device characterization.
• Collaborate with others on the R&D team to add features, refine prototypes, and improve performance.
• Collect, review, and interpret experimental and prototype performance data; prepare technical summaries and present findings to internal stakeholders.
• Document designs, experiments, and results to support engineering and regulatory processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant hands‑on engineering experience.
• Experience working with embedded systems, firmware, or hardware‑software integrated systems.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with an experimental, systems‑level mindset.
• Ability to work effectively with partial information and translate ideas into working systems without detailed requirements.

The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.