Sr. R&D Engineer- EP

Abbott • Saint Paul, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. R&D Engineer works in Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) division at the Tech Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The role supports a product development team focused on diagnostic, imaging, and ablation therapy catheters and EP capital equipment. Work includes providing clinical workflow insight, developing requirements and risk-management documentation, conducting and analyzing testing, and supporting product feasibility studies and regulatory submissions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, biological sciences, medical/clinical science, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of R&D experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience in or willingness to learn preclinical testing methods.
• Experience working both within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively at multiple organizational levels.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, with attention to detail.
• Technical leadership skills, including the ability to coach and mentor less experienced employees.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Ability to leverage or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Abbott’s EnSite mapping system or a competitor’s mapping system.
• Clinical EP experience in a patient-facing clinical lab setting, including electrophysiology lab experience.
• Design Validation and GLP study experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise or cross-division business unit model.
• Ability to plan, execute, analyze, and document individual scientific studies.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback and insight on clinical workflows and clinical use of EP products.
• Support development of risk management documentation.
• Design, conduct or supervise, and support bench and preclinical studies for product concept feasibility and formal regulatory submission.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct empirical and experimental analysis.
• Organize and analyze data from experiments or design builds and write reports on results.
• Conduct research and prepare research tasks.
• Document work suitable for technical papers and patents.
• Participate in project design reviews and project planning.
• Track performance against plan.
• Develop plans in conjunction with the technical supervisor.
• Comply with FDA regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintain positive and cooperative communication and collaboration with employees, customers, contractors, and vendors at all levels.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Potential eligibility 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.

What This Job Offers

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