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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:

Job Title

Senior Electrical Engineer, Medical Devices

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.

• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 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. 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

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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.

JOB FAMILY:Product DevelopmentDIVISION:HF Heart FailureLOCATION:United States > Pleasanton : 5000 Franklin DrADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:United States > Atlanta : 387 Technology Circle NW Suite 500, United States > Massachusetts > Burlington : 168 Middlesex TurnpikeWORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:Yes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)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.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf