Senior Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title  

Senior Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing

Working at Abbott

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

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plano, TX location in the Neuromodulation division. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be involved in the day-to-day activities of Medical Device Product manufacturing. Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead Failure and Root-cause Analysis of products that fail during manufacturing process and test.
• Able to deep dive into the PCB schematics and layouts and assembly processes for failure analysis and troubleshooting.
• Create test plans, including protocol development, custom tooling and fixturing design, Electrical testing, data analysis and reporting.
• Analyze and interpret test data, identifying trends and formulating the next steps.
• Make changes to the existing Test Platform (SW and HW) as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems), Computer Science, or closely related discipline is desired or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5+ years of experience or equivalent, medical device experience preferable.
• Proficient in Visual Studio C# programming
• Hands on experience with Test Equipment
• Proficient in documenting test procedures, results, and issues
• Experience with AOI Systems including programming and debug of Cognex vision systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in the field of Medical Device Manufacturing
• Experience with testing BLE hardware including familiarity with spectrum and network analyzers.
• Exposure to Medical Quality Systems and Regulatory Requirements e.g. IEC, FDA, UL, CE
• Knowledge of SQL server database development and interaction.
• Experience with PLC logic and programming with any programmable logic controllers

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The base pay for this position is

$78,000.00 – $156,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

NM Neuromodulation

LOCATION:

United States > Texas > Plano : 6901 Preston Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf