Electrical Engineer, Sustaining

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:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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.
• 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 position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division, where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.   

The Electrical Engineer, Sustaining works independently in a lead role, or as part of a team to investigate complaints from on market products or clinical studies.

This is a fully on-site (5 days/week) role in Alameda, CA.

What you’ll work on

• Utilize expertise in the areas of analog measurement electronics, digital electronics, embedded software, firmware, NFC, Bluetooth, and high volume manufacturing to work with teams inside and outside of R&D performing failure analysis investigations.
• Identify opportunities and work with quality assurance to robustly document methods of using product event and data logs to identify root cause of product failures.
• Synthesize electrical and software design documentation.
• Provide strategies for verification/commissioning of electrical test fixtures. 
• Review test protocols and reports, participate in CAPA process.
• Utilize excellent communication and organization skills to work with cross functional teams outside of R&D and vendors.
• Utilize good engineering sensibilities, first principles, knowledge of failure modes, knowledge of good lab technique.
• Utilize good deductive reasoning, sound logic and the ability to explain complicated ideas.
• Communicate fluently with electrical, mechanical, and embedded software designers as well as quality assurance, clinical investigations, and upper management.
• Communicate effectively and participate on cross functional development teams with good negotiating skills to direct multi-disciplinary teams toward solutions.
• Work in conjunction with developers in creating investigation processes for new products and solutions for identified failure modes.
• Provide guidance and/or act as independent technical reviewer on projects with little to no previous direct involvement, including technical product design reviews, design requirements documents and CAPAs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring.
• Assist as needed with other projects within R&D

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Electrical/electronic engineering or related engineering field.
• Bachelors Degree (BA or BS) in Electrical/electronic engineering or related engineering field.
• Strong technical experience in the Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline
• Extensive understanding of processes used in design and manufacturing
• Experience working in a development environment with a regulated industry, and working on a development team with an emphasis on minimizing time to market
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential

Preferred Qualifications

• Some experience in engineering management or technical leadership desirable

What We Offer

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer: 

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance  
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans  
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs 
• Paid time off  
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match 
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities 

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:? www.abbottbenefits.com  

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. 

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $109,300.00 – $218,500.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.