Abbott Hiring for Sr. CardioMEMS Sensor & Systems Engineer at Atlanta Full Time

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

WORKING AT ABBOTT

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.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Abbott Heart Failure team in Atlanta, GA, where we are focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives. The engineer will be primarily working on the CardioMEMS HF portfolio, which remotely monitors changes in pulmonary 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 responsible for executing product development and systems engineering tasks for a wide range of CardioMEMS products including implantable sensors, external reader systems used by clinicians and patients, mobile application software, and cloud-based web applications. This person will participate and lead tasks in development of new programs and next generation products, including system design and architecture, requirements definition and management, design documentation, and system testing, verification, and validation.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Plans, develops, and executes system verification based on established system requirements.

• Drives review and optimization of project-wide and cross-project verification efforts to ensure adequate coverage, minimize duplication, and increase transparency and understanding of system verification versus sub-system verification versus other types of testing.

• Contributes to and supports gathering, analyzing, and reviewing system level and sub-system requirements.

• Clearly documents test procedures and related material. Effectively documents test results, prepares test reports.

• Participates in broad cross-functional reviews of work output. Presents at design reviews, documents and resolves associated issues.

• Participates in risk management activities.

• Identifies tools, fixturing, and other resources necessary for system verification. Contributes to development, documentation, and validation of tools and fixtures.

• Applies industry best practices and applicable regulations to work area.

• Gathers information, frames problems, provides status and progress, and adjusts/measures success within scope of responsibility to improve development efforts. Applies skills to planning product development and testing work; capturing requirements, designing solutions, defining behaviors, investigating issues, evaluating trade-offs, and validating output under direction of another engineer for complex projects and independently for smaller projects.

• Participates and supports implementation, development, enhancements, and modifications to existing and new products.

• Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates problems, as well as offers strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues. Conducts root-cause analysis of failures and product issues.

• Develops and applies an expert understanding of designated systems as well as serves as a subject matter expert for the development team regarding behaviors, implementation, customer needs, clinical applications, and system and sub-system verification methodologies.

• Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and project management. Keeps leadership informed of progress and issues.

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

• Bachler’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline

• 7+ years of in a similar position, including systems engineering and integration experience (integrating all system components – electrical, mechanical, software), system architecture, requirement/user need gathering, end-to-end (ideation to commercialization) technical product development experience, and/or system-level verification

Preferred

• Advanced degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline

• Experience and expertise with systems consisting of hardware, software, mobile app, and cloud components

• Experience and expertise with systems with RF, electromagnetics, ASICs, Bluetooth, and NFC technologies

• Class III implantable medical device experience, specifically supporting heart failure and/or cardiovascular systems and experience with biologic sensors (flow, pressure, EKG, etc)

• Strong knowledge of a development process consistent with ISO, FDA design control standards or requirements, and risk management practices.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs

• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor and leader in a fast-paced, changing environment

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance

• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans

• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs

• Paid time off

• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match

• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at ~~~, on Facebook at ~~~/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $83,000.00 – $166,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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