Senior Electrical Engineer Product Design

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:

Senior Electrical Engineer Product Design

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 Tech center in Little Canada/St. Paul, MN as part of our electrophysiology 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 Electrical Engineer, at our Little Canada/St. Paul, MN location, you will be responsible for designing electromechanical medical devices in Abbott’s Electrophysiology medical device division.  In this fast growing, highly visible group, you will be instrumental in designing and developing medical equipment with strong emphasis/focus on analog design principles. This role develops and executes tests to assess EP products, manages and maintains ECAD library, and supports design development through creating parts and components. We are looking for a detail-oriented engineer to apply engineering and scientific principles to the evaluation and solutions for technical problems.  Other work may include prototyping, electrical characterization and verification, PCB development, coding for test equipment, schematic symbol/footprint creation, and lab maintenance for our commercialized products.

What You’ll Work On

• Creating test plans, collecting test data, analyzing results, writing engineering reports
• Support New Product Development and on market R&D teams with ensuring compliance to IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, and other applicable standards.
• Create and maintain detailed technical documentation, including BOM structures, Design Outputs, and other applicable documents that will be stored in Windchill.
• Designing schematics and layout for prototyping
• Developing test code for test fixtures
• Maintains detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
• Resolves and/or facilitates the resolution of complex technical problems including identifying root causes to prevent re-occurrence.
• Validates equipment and processes as required.
• Conducts evaluations, tests and analyses related to feasibility and function.
• Writes technical reports and conducts presentations to document work, illustrate concepts and demonstrate progress.
• Conducts measurements specified in design verification plans, documents and tabulates results, and provides engineering test reports.
• Ensures compliance with procedural and documentation requirements of Abbott, FDA and ISO design controls.
• Conceptualizes new designs using technical expertise and innovative approaches.
• Supports animal studies, bench testing, clinical evaluations, and production.
• Establishes test methods and model development.
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