Senior Electrical Engineer

Abbott • Alameda, CA

18d • $114,000 - $228,000

About The Position

About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. 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 Our location in Alameda, CA, currently has an opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer. Work independently in a lead role, or as part of a team to design, develop, and troubleshoot critical electrical designs. Identify, recommend, implement significant and/or complex new electrical design improvements or technologies that meet regulatory requirements. May lead multiple electrical engineering activities. Develop cross-functional working relationships and provide effective communication to Senior Management. What You’ll Work On • Research and develop high-volume consumer medical devices • Collaborate with product managers, cross-functional leaders, system designers to translate business needs and product requirements into feature definition, technical requirements and designs. • Develop embedded system requirements, specifications, architectures and translate into hardware meeting performance, cost, and manufacturability targets. • Work closely with software architecture leaders to ensure proper system implementation to support the needs for system verification, manufacturing, and the end user. • Create and review electrical design specifications and product requirements. • Support development of design FMEAs and V&V test protocols. • Ensure that electrical designs meet applicable industry and medical device standards. • Communicate effectively to and participate in cross-functional development teams. • Write and submit Engineering Change Orders in Agile PLM. • Serve as an independent reviewer on programs not directly involved. • Comply with corporate and divisional policies and support additional program needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
• Minimum of 7 + years of relevant experience
• Mastery of fundamental Electrical Engineering and Embedded Design principles.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Experience in performing complex engineering calculations and relating results to design verification tests including statistical analysis and tolerance analysis
• Demonstrated capability in developing embedded hardware systems with associated design documentation.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with emphasis on embedded processor architectural system design and C or C++ programming
• Knowledge of regulations and industry standards for medical device development including but not limited to ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and FDA Guidance for medical device development.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop high-volume consumer medical devices
• Collaborate with product managers, cross-functional leaders, system designers to translate business needs and product requirements into feature definition, technical requirements and designs.
• Develop embedded system requirements, specifications, architectures and translate into hardware meeting performance, cost, and manufacturability targets.
• Work closely with software architecture leaders to ensure proper system implementation to support the needs for system verification, manufacturing, and the end user.
• Create and review electrical design specifications and product requirements.
• Support development of design FMEAs and V&V test protocols.
• Ensure that electrical designs meet applicable industry and medical device standards.
• Communicate effectively to and participate in cross-functional development teams.
• Write and submit Engineering Change Orders in Agile PLM.
• Serve as an independent reviewer on programs not directly involved.
• Comply with corporate and divisional policies and support additional program needs.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees