R&D Engineer, Flexible Circuits for Medical Devices

Abbott; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Abbott in Plymouth, MN within EP Electrophysiology seeks a Staff R&D Engineer to lead flexible circuits development for medical devices, including design, prototyping, and manufacturability.

You will work with mechanical/electrical teams, suppliers, and clinical stakeholders; ensure regulatory design controls, risk assessments, and IP filings, while advancing future catheter technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field.
• 6+ years of hands on experience in flexible circuit design and development
• Strong understanding of flex circuit materials, flexible conductor materials, stack-ups, impedance control and signal integrity.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Experience leading and managing complex technical workstreams within a large program.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects and influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of single- and multi-layer flexible circuits, including rigid-flex designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers) to define design requirements and constraints.
• Create and review detailed flex circuit layouts, stack-ups, and material selections using industry-standard CAD tools (e.g., Altium, Mentor Graphics, Cadence).
• Perform design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) reviews with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain documentation including the source ECAD design data, Gerber files, BOMs, and risk assessments in accordance with design control procedures.
• Support prototype builds, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of flex circuit issues.
• Interface with flex circuit suppliers to ensure quality, cost, and delivery targets are met.
• Stay current with industry trends, materials, and technologies in flexible electronics.
• Leads technical teams through problem solving based on a structured approach rooted in engineering fundamentals.
• Effective communication with internal stakeholders, cross functional team members, external consultants, and physician customers.
• Actively participate in preclinical evaluations and physician engagement activities
• Writes and submits intellectual property.
• Ensure quality system compliance for medical device development.
• Champions design for manufacturability as part of the development process.

Skills

Flex circuit design

Signal integrity

DFM / DFA

Cross-functional collaboration

Materials selection

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field

Tools

Altium

Mentor Graphics

Cadence

Job description

Abbott in Plymouth, MN within EP Electrophysiology seeks a Staff R&D Engineer to lead flexible circuits development for medical devices, including design, prototyping, and manufacturability.

You will work with mechanical/electrical teams, suppliers, and clinical stakeholders; ensure regulatory design controls, risk assessments, and IP filings, while advancing future catheter technologies.