Senior Electrical Engineer

Abbott Laboratories; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an Electrical Engineer I/II or Senior Engineer for the Heart Failure team to help advance CardioMEMS products in the Atlanta area. The role focuses on developing next-generation devices and supporting current product lines while ensuring compliance with FDA and ISO requirements.

You will contribute to test protocols, document risk management, and collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver robust medical devices that improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or biomedical engineering, or similar.
• 5+ years’ experience designing, testing, manufacturing or other engineering support.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Experience driving deliverables within a team and as individual contributor in fast-paced environments.
• Ability to plan, execute, analyze, and document scientific studies.
• Experience releasing to production an electro-mechanical design with ECAD design-responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a team delivering the next generation of CardioMEMS products.
• Conduct bench and preclinical studies supporting product development.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of CardioMEMS electronic designs.
• Draft test protocols and reports.
• Independently plan and execute activity to meet project goals.
• Support design reviews and risk management documentation.

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION: 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 bachelors 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

Electrical Engineer I/II or Senior Engineer- Heart Failure [Pleasanton, CA, Atlanta, GA or Burlington, MA]

The Heart Failure team is focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives. The 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.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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

• Bachelor’s 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
• Distilling 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 ECAD
• 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

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.

JOB FAMILY: Product Development

DIVISION: HF Heart Failure

LOCATION: United States > Atlanta : 387 Technology Circle NW Suite 500

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: United States > Pleasanton : 5000 Franklin Dr

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. EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

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

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.