Staff Cyber Security Engineer - Medical Devices

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Free medical coverage for employees

Excellent retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Recognized as a great place to work

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Staff Cyber Security Engineer in Sylmar, CA for its Cardiac Rhythm Management division. You’ll lead manufacturing cybersecurity initiatives, assess vulnerabilities, and work with R&D and IT to implement balanced security solutions for complex medical devices.

You will interact with external researchers, regulatory bodies, and cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and robust defense-in-depth. This role requires strong leadership and hands-on technical expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in engineering or sciences.
• 7+ years of related experience with BS Degree in Engineering or Sciences.
• 5+ years of related experience with MS Degree in Engineering or Sciences.
• Experience as an analyst, engineer, developer, or architect with core cybersecurity responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform product manufacturing cybersecurity activities, including incident response and vulnerability assessments.
• Develop manufacturing intrusion detection activities.
• Lead manufacturing risk assessments with product R&D teams and recommend security controls.
• Participate in creating and testing manufacturing security requirements and processes.
• Evaluate and test security risks across the product development life cycle.
• Manage security deliverables for regulatory bodies ensuring compliance with standards.
• Work with third-party manufacturers on cybersecurity processes in manufacturing.
• Develop and share advanced technical ideas and guide them to final product.
• Sustain internal and external security testing capabilities and maintain up-to-date knowledge.
• Champion SDLC implementation across projects.
• Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements software and tools.
• Define system software design requirements and ensure improvements are monitored.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Information security

Regulatory compliance

Manufacturing security

Embedded systems security

Education

Bachelor's in engineering or sciences

Master's in engineering or sciences

Job description

Abbott is seeking a Staff Cyber Security Engineer in Sylmar, CA for its Cardiac Rhythm Management division. You’ll lead manufacturing cybersecurity initiatives, assess vulnerabilities, and work with R&D and IT to implement balanced security solutions for complex medical devices.

You will interact with external researchers, regulatory bodies, and cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and robust defense-in-depth. This role requires strong leadership and hands-on technical expertise.