Senior Electrical Engineer, Medical Devices

RXinsider LTD.; Pleasanton, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free HIP PPO health coverage

Strong retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for the Heart Failure division in Pleasanton, CA, to advance CardioMEMS products. You will contribute to design, testing, and regulatory submissions, partnering with clinical, quality, and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable medical devices.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Electrical or Biomedical Engineering and 5+ years of relevant experience. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with stringent regulatory and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering or similar.
• 5+ years’ experience in design, testing, manufacturing or engineering support.
• Experience owning and driving deliverables within a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills across levels of an organization.
• Initiative and ability to translate complex topics into clear content.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to CardioMEMS product development for heart failure monitoring.
• Draft test protocols and analyze data for regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate activities to meet project goals independently.
• Support design reviews and risk management documentation.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, and Abbott quality requirements.

Skills

Electrical design

Biomedical engineering

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Biomedical Engineering

Tools

Windchill

Job description

Job Title

Senior Electrical Engineer, Medical Devices

Working at Abbott

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.

• 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

This position works out of our Pleasanton, CA, Atlanta, GA or Burlington, MA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re 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 You'll 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 reviewsSupport 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. 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

The base pay for this position is $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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