Senior Systems Engineer, Neuromodulation

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Job summary

Abbott in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for Neuromodulation. You will develop and maintain architectures for implantable neuromodulation systems, translate clinical and business needs into measurable system requirements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive design tradeoffs and integration.

The role emphasizes risk management, verification/validation, and regulatory documentation in a regulated development environment, with opportunities for impact across patient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related engineering or scientific field.
• 6+ years of R&D or product development in complex multidisciplinary products.
• Experience defining architectures, requirements, and interfaces.
• Understanding hardware, firmware, software, mechanics, and UX interactions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain architectures, system requirements, and design documentation for implantable neuromodulation systems.
• Translate needs into measurable system requirements, acceptance criteria, and traceable deliverables.
• Define system behaviors, interfaces, and architecture models across multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, clinical, and business teams to evaluate concepts and support integration.
• Support risk management, verification/validation, regulatory docs, design reviews, and commercialization.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements development

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree (Systems/Biomedical/Electrical/Software)

Tools

MBSE/SysML

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Systems Engineer, Neuromodulation

Working at Abbott

• 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 Plano, TX location in the Neuromodulation division. Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

What You'll Work On

• Develop and maintain system architectures, design documentation, and system requirements for implantable neuromodulation systems, external devices, and software applications.
• Translate patient, clinician, customer, and business needs into measurable system requirements, design inputs, acceptance criteria, and traceable engineering deliverables.
• Define system behaviors, interfaces, workflows, operating modes, and architecture models while identifying gaps, conflicts, and risks across multidisciplinary systems.
• Collaborate with electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, clinical, human factors, and business teams to evaluate concepts, resolve design tradeoffs, and support system integration.
• Support risk management, verification and validation, system characterization, regulatory documentation, design reviews, and commercialization activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering or scientific field.
• 6+ years of relevant R&D or product development experience, including systems engineering, system design, or requirements development for complex multidisciplinary products.
• Demonstrated experience defining or developing system architectures, requirements, subsystem allocations, interfaces, design tradeoffs, and verification approaches.
• Working understanding of how hardware, embedded firmware, software, mechanical components, and user interactions integrate to determine overall system behavior, performance, and safety.
• Experience working in a regulated development environment and applying risk management, design controls, and relevant industry standards.
• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems, document technical decisions, and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Class II or Class III medical devices, particularly active implantable devices, neuromodulation, cardiac rhythm management, or other electromechanical therapy systems.
• Experience taking one or more multidisciplinary products through the complete development lifecycle, from needs identification and concept development through system integration, verification, validation, and commercialization.
• Experience defining system requirements and interfaces for stimulation or sensing, implant-to-external-device communication, battery or charging systems, and patient or clinician software applications.
• Understanding of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, or INCOSE-aligned practices, including experience using system models to support architecture, behavior, interface de