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 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 Burlington, MA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

We are seeking a high caliber Engineer II, Clinical Engineering and Human Factors to support product development efforts by performing clinical engineering tasks such as investigating, defining, analyzing, documenting, and testing activities associated with the development of heart failure devices. Clinical Engineering performs additional analyses and/or interviews to determine the requirements and constraints on the system and is accountable for resolving cross-functional issues. Work requires the application of theoretical principles, evaluation, ingenuity, and creative/analytical techniques.

What You’ll Work On

Own pre-defined tasks within a larger effort such as definition, development, or validation of a system or sub-system, and drive them to on-time, high quality completion.

Develop expertise in the scientific, technical, medical, and clinical aspects of Abbott heart failure devices and features and the disease states they aim to treat.

Leverage clinical knowledge and product expertise to aid new concept and product development, define preferred embodiments of products, features, and algorithms, and evaluate compatibility of system components in clinical workflow scenarios.

Leverage human factors expertise to investigate and define clinical and/or usability requirements for new devices and system features, drive integration of features into the existing clinical workflows, and facilitate the transition of these features into products through clinical review and evaluation.

Gather and analyze use errors and issues for medical devices and translate these into specific system risk mitigations. 

Simulate or test aspects of new projects to evaluate prototypes and optimize the user experience.  

Interact with project teams and functional groups to plan and execute feasibility studies, preclinical studies, formative and summative usability studies, data development and claims studies, technology assessments, concept studies, or benchmarking studies.

Develop and support preclinical evaluation protocols, data analysis, and reports.

Represent the voice of customer by working with field and medical personnel to define user needs and user experience for products/features.

Apply usability improvement principles to the evaluation and solution of complex product design problems. 

Create detailed usability deliverables, such as concepts, use case specifications, use FMEAs, and usability protocols/reports.

Provide input to the risk management process, including risk brainstorming, identification of Patient Harms, and severity and probability assessments.

Contribute to the evaluation and validation of a specific subsystem, system, or product prior to submission

Work across internal functions and geographic sites to create and manage deliverables.

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

Produce documentation, reports, and analysis that adheres to FDA Guidelines for usability, as well as IEC Standards 62366-1 and 60601-1-6.

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 an Engineering discipline (Biomedical, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Software) or related discipline

Minimum of 2 years of R&D experience in medical device development and/or other highly regulated industry. (Advanced degree may substitute for some experience.)

Demonstrated ability to apply understanding of clinical applications to issues in order to bring tasks to resolution within assigned projects

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

Ability to work in a highly matrixed, geographically diverse, fast-paced business environment

Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects

Ability to travel approximately up to 25%, including internationally

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced level degree in an Engineering discipline (Biomedical, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Software) or related discipline

Class III implantable medical device experience

Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written, presentation), with ability to clearly communicate complex information across all levels of the organization

Strong analytical, problem solving skills

Meets deadlines in a timely manner

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The base pay for this position is $60,000.00 – $120,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.