Senior Staff RF 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.

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Job Title

Senior Staff RF Engineer

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.

Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement, the student debt program, and 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 , working mothers, executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Pleasanton, CA office in our Heart Failure division.

The Heart Failure team is focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives.

This Senior Staff / Principal RF and Electromagnetics Engineer will be primarily working on the CardioMEMS HF system, which remotely monitors changes in pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, an early indicator of the onset of worsening heart failure, to aid physicians in preventing worsening heart failure, lower heart failure mortality rates, and improve quality of life for our heart failure patients.

The role is within the R&D organization charged with developing and releasing the next of CardioMEMS components while also supporting the current of products.

What You’ll Work On

Contribute to a team committed to delivering the next of CardioMEMS products to help our patients (and their clinicians) manage their heart failure

Conduct bench and preclinical studies supporting product development teams for concept feasibility and formal regulatory submission

Contribute to the continuous improvement of CardioMEMS electronic designs

Draft test protocols and reports

Independently plan, coordinate, and execute activity in support of project goals

Support design reviews

Support development of risk management documentation

Gain an understanding of the quality and regulatory requirements of Abbott, FDA and ISO regulations

Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors

Perform other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent experience.

Experience owning and driving deliverables within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment

Proficient in collaborating with project stakeholders (client and internal), end-users, business partners, and technical team members

Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail

Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization

Distilling complex topics into easily digestible content, headlining key points

RF circuit design aptitude the ability to translate requirements into circuit designs / specifications (especially in the sub-GHz range)

Modeling and simulation experience both in the circuit domain as well as free space. Proficiency with Comsol / Ansys / HFSS / CST or other similar packages, both in the context of creating new designs as well as debugging issues.

Demonstrated initiative in going beyond assigned tasks on own agency

History of applying critical thinking to address design challenges

Ability to plan, execute, analyze, and document individual scientific studies

Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data using statistical methods

Qualifications

GPA : 3.0 or higher

10+ years’ experience designing, testing, manufacturing or other engineering support

Medical device experience

Experience working with an electronic document control system (Windchill, etc.)

Experience working with cross-functional teams in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization

Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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