Staff R&D 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 Menlo Park, CA location in the SH division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

As the Staff R&D Engineer, you'll have the chance to use a wide variety of technical skills and leadership skill to lead a R&D team on a product development program.  This role requires skills in: technical reasoning, analyzing electrical and mechanical systems, designing electrical and mechanical systems, designing and running tests), improving or resolving product features, documenting findings (e.g. protocol test reports, engineering memos), and finding and updating documents in product management system.  This role will also support internal and external customers (e.g. in supporting Marketing, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Regulatory, and Quality Assurance, Physicians, and managing vendors).  

What You’ll Work On

• Specify, design, verify, and validate new sensor technologies, associated electrical and mechanical designs for medical device implants and delivery systems in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Work with the outside vendors to develop user interface that can be integrated with implant and delivery systems.
• Responsible for the development of technical project plans and schedules covering all engineering activities (meeting all Design Control and process / product development requirements).
• Leads the development and execution of new processes, equipment, materials, verification and validation. Implements approved Design Control procedures for process development.
• Independent reviewer on sensors, electrical and mechanical designs and test equipment ensuring all applicable standards are met.
• Performs complex engineering calculations and relates results to controlled tests, including statistical and tolerance analysis.
• Develops product specifications, design FMEAS, DOEs, validation protocols. Communicates effectively and leads cross functional development teams.
• Writing process/product requirements and design specifications; working on a development team with an emphasis on minimizing time to market; design for manufacture of low cost, high volume devices.
• Subject matter expert for electrical and mechanical designs and product design requirements documents. Technical lead on design reviews.
• Investigate and evaluate existing technologies.
• Write and submit intellectual property.
• Participate in the development of less experienced staff by setting an example, providing guidance and work direction, and offering counsel.
• Establish and cultivate an extensi