Senior 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 Santa Clara, CA location in the Ventures division. 

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. 

We are recruiting for a Senior R&D Engineer to join our Ventures organization in Santa Clara, CA. This is a unique opportunity to join the transcatheter mitral valve replacement program that is developing a first of its kind technology solution for patients suffering from mitral valve disease who could benefit from transfemoral prosthetic mitral valve replacement. 

The individual who fills this role will play a pivotal part in the design, development, and testing of this TMVR delivery system from early clinical feasibility through commercialization.  The candidate will be responsible for providing engineering expertise in its creation and the development of this class 3 medical device product in this desirable technology space. 

Hiring Manager - Lior Noyovitch. 

What You’ll Work On

• Effectively Communicate with Injection Molding vendors to ensure high-quality production and make sure the proper considerations have been taking into account while making design decisions.

• Document and guide fabrication methods selection including Catheter Metals, Braiding, Coils, and Laminations. 

• Implement and Evaluate Component Changes to enhance system reliability. 

• Execute Component and Reliability Engineering efforts. 

• Coordinate Component Supply Chain Management to ensure timely delivery. 

• Supervise Suppliers Management to maintain quality standards. 

• Utilize CAD Modeling for precise component design. 

• Oversee Component Life Cycle Management to ensure longevity.