Engineer, R&D

Title: Engineer, R&D

Location: Menlo Park, CA

Duration: 12 Months

100% Onsite

Description:

Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. Abbott’s Structural Heart division is a high growth business division working on MitraClip, TriClip, Valve Replacement Portfolios and novel Structural Heart therapies, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

 Our locations in Menlo Park, CA or St. Paul,MN currently have an opportunity for a Contract R&D Clinical Engineer.

We are seeking an engineer with experience that will allow them to evaluate usability of devices through human factors evaluations, develop anatomical models, and perform verification and validation testing. In this role, you will interact with physicians, medical staff, and various cross-functional teams, including Marketing, R&D, Risk Management, Medical Affairs, Quality and Regulatory Affairs. Work requires the application of theoretical principles, evaluation, ingenuity, and creative/analytical techniques.

• Perform tasks within a larger effort such as usability testing, validation testing, model development, and technical protocol/report writing.
• Simulate or test aspects of new projects to evaluate prototypes and validate output as meeting customers’ intended use requirements; analyzes data collected from the field or from research studies. 
• Perform lab testing and data analysis.
• Contribute to the evaluation and validation of a specific subsystem or project as necessary to conduct feasibility studies, usability and human factors analyses, technology assessments, concept studies, benchmarking studies, or submission studies.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• 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.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

Education: 

• BS Degree in biomedical, mechanical, electrical, biological or physical science.
• Minimum of 1 years of relevant work experience in medical product development and/or a graduate degree with relevant project experience.  
• Strong analytical, problem solving skills.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication ability.
• Meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.
• Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Preferred:

• Master’s in biomedical, mechanical, electrical or biological or physical science or medicine.
• Advanced credential in a relevant discipline/concentration, including Biomedical Sciences
• Medical device experience

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.