Senior Electrical 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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical 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 Plano, TX location in the Neuromodulation Division.  Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

As the Senior Electrical Engineer, you’ll have provide engineering leadership and expertise to support new and existing products, processes, prototypes, fixtures, and tools.  You will also serve as an EMC compliance resource to the electrical engineering team.

What You’ll Work On

• Develops new design features as part of existing systems. Delivers engineering information and solutions which adds value to the decision-making process.  Modifies existing designs to create test prototypes for external lab testing.
• Identifies and routinely uses the most effective and cost-efficient business practices to execute processes; continually evaluates their effectiveness and appropriateness.
• Performs lay out and constructs a variety of prototype tools and fixtures required for development purposes. Conducts evaluations, tests and analyses related to feasibility and function.  Utilizes human body phantoms for compliance testing.
• Performs troubleshooting and fault isolation activities and remains abreast of and consults on technical advancements. Collaborates with cross-functional teams developing and executing tests, performing root cause analysis and participating in investigations.  Provide hands-on support for a broad range of lab equipment (e.g., oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator) and attends external EMC test laboratories to support product testing.
• Initiates the planning, organizing, performing, coordinating and/or directing of engineering work, and may oversee the performance of less experienced engineers. Performs technical studies. Generates and executes design verification protocols for compliance testing (e.g., EMC, Safety, RFID, Coexistence); conducts measurements, documents, and tabulates results, and provides design verification reports.
• Subject matter expert and provides direction on issues, topics, and/or project leadership. Provides technical guidance for EMC Compliance standards to less experienced engineers. (IEC 60601-1-2, ISO 14708-1, ISO 14708-3, EN 301 489-17)
• Applies theoretical principles, evaluation, ingenuity, and creative / analytical techniques within engineering and scientific principles. Helps establish processes based on product specifications and evaluates process and design alternatives based on "design for manufacturability".
• Exposure to scripting or programming in an embedded firmware environment is a plus.
• 9. RF Engineering background is a plus (matching network component selection, antenna design, Ansys HFSS or similar)

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical