Senior Systems Engineer

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 Tech Center in St. Paul, MN in the EP division.

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Senior Systems Engineer, you'll have the chance to provide engineering leadership and expertise to support new and existing products, processes, prototypes, fixtures, and tools. This Engineer will apply engineering/scientific principles and tools to the evaluation and solution of technical problems. Works independently with general supervision on larger, moderately complex projects/assignments. May provide guidance and assistance to entry level engineers. Will also support continuous quality improvement and is the technical lead for individual projects (component/subassembly).

What You’ll Work On

• Specify, design, verify and validate new and existing medical devices, in accordance with applicable procedures and medical regulatory standards. Demonstrated success in utilizing empirical, numerical and experimental analysis to analyze designs.
• Uses experience to select appropriate materials, components, processes and technologies for subsystems.
• Utilizes knowledge and experience to define experimental, empirical and numerical analyses to evaluate designs.
• Select and develop test methods and simulation models to mitigate design risks and ensure new design reliability for subsystems.
• Remains abreast of and consults on technical advancements  and continually develops skills.
• Documents subsystem products, tools, fixtures, and prototypes with specifications, schematics and layouts for documentation control and release.
• Develops and selects appropriate test methods for engineering design checkout and verification for subassembly.
• Designs and develops a variety of prototypes, tools, fixtures and subsystem test stands used for research and development purposes.
• Utilize Design for Manufacturability experience to select and define specifications and processes.
• Applies theoretical principles, evaluation, ingenuity and creative / analytical techniques for assessment of complex parts and sub-assembly designs.
• Uses root cause analysis (RCA) tools and techniques to troubleshoot complex parts and sub-assembly designs.
• Provides written technical justifications and rationales for complex parts and sub-assembly designs.
• Provides input into risk management documentation including dFMEA, pFMEA and risk analyses.  Identifies and mitigates sub-assembly design risks.
• Uses knowledge of engineering tasks and establishes task timing and duration.
• Achieves engineering tasks per established timelines.
• Provide recommendations to improve products, processes, and/or design tools to be employed for investigation and design development.
• Leads project discussions and sets direction for assigned projects across cross-functional team.
• Assist other Engineers by performing peer review of design an