Sr. Product Development Engineer

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This Sr. Product Development Engineer works ONSITE in Sylmar CA in the Cardiac Rhythm Management. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Use multidisciplinary engineering knowledge to design and develop innovative medical devices or components/subsystems in
support of company's strategic plan. Responsible for designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products.

What You’ll Work On

• Design devices to meet user needs.
• Establish requirements and specifications for these devices (including justification and supportive testing).
• Use experimental, empirical and numerical analysis to evaluate designs. Lead test method and model development.
• Identify and mitigate project risks.
• Work with internal departments and external vendors to obtain prototype parts and to expand these groups’ capabilities.
• Lead pre-clinical and support clinical testing of devices.
• Lead design reviews and support physician visits.
• Maintains a detailed understanding of the developing clinical environment (i.e. current treatment methods, evolving clinical needs etc.).
• Maintain a detailed understanding of division, FDA and ISO regulation. Provide input into shaping division quality and regulatory requirements.
• Work with project management to develop overall schedule. Manage time and tasks within schedule.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field plus 

• Minimum 5 years' experience designing and testing closely related medical devices required.
• or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred
• Experience with a variety of manufacturing processes and designing for manufacturability preferred.
• Ability to lead small teams and to work within large multi-discipline teams as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment. Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Exposure to latest design tools and techniques (six sigma, DFM, analytical design).
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred.
  Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

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