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 Staff R&D Engineer, you will 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 mechanical systems, designing mechanical systems, designing and running tests (e.g. mechanical and/or reliability testing), 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

• Research, develop, design, and evaluate medical device implants and delivery systems.
• Lead the technical team on a development program. 
• Manage or provide leadership to technicians and/or junior Engineers.
• Partner with project management to create and maintain program schedules 
• Develop new concepts from initial design to market release.
• Conduct feasibility studies to verify capability and functionality.
• Investigate and evaluate existing technologies.
• Test method development through validation including anatomical relevant methods.
• Review or coordinate vendor activities to support development.
• Maintain detailed documentation throughout all phases of development. 
• Work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
• Write and submit intellectual property (patents). 
• Participate in the development of less experienced staff by setting an example, providing guidance and work direction, and offering counsel.
• Establish and cultivate an extensive network of support to facilitate completion of assignments. 
• Participate in determining goals and objectives for projects. Influence middle management on technical or business solutions. May interact with vendors. 
• Plan and organize non-routine tasks w/approval. 
• Initiate or maintain work schedule. Establish priorities of work assignments. 
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Masters Degree (± 18 years) preferred.
• Minimum 8 years years related work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area.
• Wide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures.
• Strong understa