Senior Systems Engineer, Neuromodulation

Abbott • Plano, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer works in Abbott’s Neuromodulation division in Plano, Texas. The role is an individual-contributor position driving systems engineering for complex active implantable medical device systems. It translates clinical, user, and business needs into robust, verifiable solutions while maintaining a whole-system perspective across implants, leads and electrodes, external accessories, patient and clinician applications, and their interfaces. The engineer helps guide development from concept through commercialization.

Abbott’s Neuromodulation business develops implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people with chronic pain and movement disorders, including non-opioid interventional pain therapies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering or scientific field.
• At least 6 years of relevant R&D or product development experience, including systems engineering, system design, or requirements development for complex multidisciplinary products.
• Demonstrated experience defining or developing system architectures, requirements, subsystem allocations, interfaces, design tradeoffs, and verification approaches.
• Working understanding of how hardware, embedded firmware, software, mechanical components, and user interactions integrate to determine overall system behavior, performance, and safety.
• Experience working in a regulated development environment and applying risk management, design controls, and relevant industry standards.
• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous problems, document technical decisions, and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Class II or Class III medical devices, particularly active implantable devices, neuromodulation, cardiac rhythm management, or other electromechanical therapy systems.
• Experience taking multidisciplinary products through the complete development lifecycle, from needs identification and concept development through system integration, verification, validation, and commercialization.
• Experience defining system requirements and interfaces for stimulation or sensing, implant-to-external-device communication, battery or charging systems, and patient or clinician software applications.
• Understanding of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML, or INCOSE-aligned practices, including using system models for architecture, behavior, interface definition, and requirements analysis.
• INCOSE certification, such as CSEP.
• Experience with requirements-management tools, user-centered design or human factors, and medical device standards such as ISO 13485, ISO 14971, ISO 14708, and IEC 60601, as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system architectures, design documentation, and system requirements for implantable neuromodulation systems, external devices, and software applications.
• Translate patient, clinician, customer, and business needs into measurable system requirements, design inputs, acceptance criteria, and traceable engineering deliverables.
• Define system behaviors, interfaces, workflows, operating modes, and architecture models, and identify gaps, conflicts, and risks across multidisciplinary systems.
• Collaborate with electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, clinical, human factors, and business teams to evaluate concepts, resolve design tradeoffs, and support system integration.
• Support risk management, verification and validation, system characterization, regulatory documentation, design reviews, and commercialization activities.

Benefits

• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor’s degree.
• Career development opportunities with an international company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior