Senior Electrical Engineer

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 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.

• →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

• 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

• 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
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