Senior Development Quality Engineer

Abbott Laboratories; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Electrophysiology division in Plymouth, MN. You will provide development and sustaining support on complex medical devices, leading design verification/validation activities and cross-functional collaboration.

The role emphasizes statistical analysis, regulatory compliance, and mentoring of junior engineers within a multidisciplinary team, with travel as needed and on-site collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in engineering or technical field.
• Minimum of 6 years engineering experience in new product development.
• Knowledge of design verification and design validation techniques.
• Applied statistics and design of experiments; familiarity with Minitab.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel ~10%, including international.
• Knowledge of FDA, IEC 60601, GMP, ISO 13485, ISO 14971.
• Medical device experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex development projects and quality improvement initiatives.
• Set strategies for cross-functional teams and drive compliant solutions.
• Train and develop junior engineers.
• Execute holistic design verification/validation strategies with focus on requirements analysis, validation, and verification.
• Lead design characterization activities and influence verification decisions.
• Support and lead method validation and inspection method development.

Skills

Design verification

Design validation

Applied statistics

On-site collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor degree in Engineering or Technical Field

Tools

Minitab

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 122,000 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 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location in the Electrophysiology division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As a Senior Engineer, you will be providing development and sustaining support as a part of a multidisciplinary product development team, overseeing projects throughout concept to launch in all phases of Design Controls with a focus in the disposable catheter. You will be a key contributor to the design, development and testing activities for complex medical devices.

Who we want:

• Critical thinkers: People who challenge status quo and work to find just the right solutions.
• Collaborators: Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts, and work together to move the business forward.
• Problem Solvers: People who can take on complex problems and apply first principles and sound technical practices.
• Communicators: People who can communicate project progress, data analysis and conclusions effectively across a broad set of stakeholders.
• Responsible: People who own their deliverables and activities and see things through to completion. People who take personal accountability for end results.

What you’ll do:

• Be a core team member to implement complex development projects including quality improvement initiatives.
• Sets strategies for cross-functional teams and drives towards compliant and efficient solutions to complex problems.
• Train and develop other lower-level engineers.
• Execute on Holistic & Strategic Design Verification/Validation Strategies with emphasis on:
  • Technical analysis of requirements, specifications, and control strategy
  • Efficient and cost-effective execution of validation and verification
  • Alignment of design outputs to production and process controls
  • Proper verification techniques including inspection, demonstration, test, etc.
• Lead design characterization activities for development projects
• Influence design and verification decisions through use of applied statistics.
• Support design test and inspection method development, and lead method validation activities.
• Lead root cause investigations, including corrective and preventive action activities, with the purpose of identifying the underlying issues and offering efficient long‑term solutions.
• Ensure DHF content integrity, completeness, and regulatory / standards compliance; collaboratively communicating & resolving gaps.
• Serve as a front-room representative during internal and external inspections and inquiries from regulators such as FDA and ISO as it relates to design assurance.
• Support and ensure the establishment of objective, measurable, discrete, and verifiable customer and product requirements.
• Support 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.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor level degree in Engineering or Technical Field
• Minimum of 6 years engineering experience with new product development
• Working knowledge on design verification and design validation techniques.
• Working knowledge of applied statistics, sampling strategies, and design of experiments, including statistical software tools such as Minitab.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate on-site on a regular basis.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.
• Knowledge of FDA, IEC 60601, GMP, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971
• Prior medical device experience preferred.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.