Staff Systems Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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:

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  Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

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  Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

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  An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.

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  Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save ( student debt program and FreeU ( education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.

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  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.

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  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.

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The Opportunity

This position works out of our Sylmar, CA location 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.

What You'll Work On

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  Leads programs while exercising significant novelty and integration across various disciplines as well as team members. Applies a demonstrated portfolio-centric approach to developing programs which are incorporated into platform strategies that achieve "win/win" scenarios for assigned efforts and platforms.

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  Plans and executes the department strategy to deliver upon responsibilities; gathers information, frames problems, devises/executes plans, tracks progress, and adjusts/measures success within scope of responsibility to improve development efforts as well as the organization. Applies skills to planning product development work; capturing requirements, designing solutions, defining behaviors, investigating issues, evaluating trade-offs, and verifying output.

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  ?Organizes and manages work to deliver programs, leads in the execution of assigned work. Prioritizes tasks by distinguishing urgent from important tasks and assess cost/benefit trade-offs.

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  Design and conduct system level characterization/verification of complex systems; collect, organize, analyze, and document test results.

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  Develops and applies an expert understand of designated systems as well as serves as a subject matter expert for the development team regarding behaviors, implementation trade-offs, customer needs, satisfaction of customer needs, clinical applications, and the applicable technologies required to solve problems and deliver upon business objectives. Participates in broad cross-functional reviews of work output.

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  Fosters collaboration with cross-functional teams, platform architects and other leaders to drive work to completion and resolve issues. Successfully influences stakeholders. Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management. Keeps leadership informed of progress and issues.

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  Innovates within program work to improve the organization, solve technical challenges, and develop intellectual property.

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  Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

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  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.

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Required Qualifications

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  Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field an equivalent combination of education and work experience

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  Minimum of 8 years of progressively more responsible work experience system engineering with product development experience in Engineering or physical science.

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  Experienced in one or more of the following: electrical, electro-mechanical, software, mathematical, chemical or biomedical technologies as they pertain to the design, integration, evaluation and commercialization of implantable systems.

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Preferred Qualifications

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  Domain knowledge of cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices strongly preferred.

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  Medical device experience in the cardiac space preferred.

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  Masters Degreel in a relevant discipline/concentration, including Biomedical Engineering, preferred.

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  Demonstrated ability to apply an expert understanding of systems to issues in order to bring tasks to resolution within assigned projects.

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  Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs required.

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  Strong knowledge of defined development process that is consistent with ISO, FDA design control standards or requirements.

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  Professional certification or designation preferred.

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  Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

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  Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.

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  Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

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  Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.

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The base pay for this position is $112,000.00 - $224,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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