Senior Electrical Engineer

Abbott • Atlanta, GA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Heart Failure team is focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives. The engineer will be primarily working on the CardioMEMS HF system, which remotely monitors changes in pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, an early indicator of the onset of worsening heart failure, to aid physicians in preventing worsening heart failure, lower heart failure mortality rates, and improve quality of life for our heart failure patients. The role is within the R&D organization charged with developing and releasing the next generations of CardioMEMS components while also supporting the current generation of products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or biomedical engineering, or similar
• 5+ years’ experience designing, testing, manufacturing or other engineering support
• Experience owning and driving deliverables within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization
• Distilling complex topics into easily digestible content headlining key points
• Demonstrated initiative in going beyond assigned tasks on own agency
• History of applying critical thinking to address design challenges
• Proficient in collaborating with project stakeholders (client and internal), end-users, business partners, and technical team members
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail
• Ability to plan, execute, analyze, and document individual scientific studies
• Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data using statistical methods
• Demonstrated history of two or more of the following: Releasing to production an electro-mechanical design with design-responsibility of the ECAD
• Design of radio frequency antenna elements (modelling and characterization of antennas – preferably low frequency)
• Use of automation for characterization and/or data analysis to spead design cycles
• The translation of electrical requirements into circuit designs and specifications

Nice To Haves

• Medical device experience
• Experience working with an electronic document control system (Windchill, etc.)
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a team committed to delivering the next generation of CardioMEMS products to help our patients (and their clinicians) manage their heart failure
• Conduct bench and preclinical studies supporting product development teams for concept feasibility and formal regulatory submission
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of CardioMEMS electronic designs
• Draft test protocols and reports
• Independently plan, coordinate, and execute activity in support of project goals
• Support design reviews
• Support development of risk management documentation
• Gain an understanding of the quality and regulatory requirements of Abbott, FDA and ISO regulations
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned

Benefits

• Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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: Senior