R&D Engineer

Title: R&D Engineer

Location: St. Paul, MN

Duration: 12 Months

100% Onsite

Description

This role will involve a range of responsibilities, including but not limited to collaborating in the development and analysis of system and software performance and system integration for our next-generation products. In this role, you will be a key member of Abbott’s product development team to bring systems/software from concept to launch.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead application feature definition activities working cross-functionally with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Human Factors, Clinical Engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to overall project success and define necessary activities to achieve desired business results.
• Identify, quantify, and resolve technical risks that may require cross-functional collaboration to resolve complex system interactions.
• Manage system and subsystem requirements, including definition, decomposition, analysis, and traceability, to ensure clear and unambiguous software requirements.
• Play a key role in software/hardware integration. Collaborate with Systems Verification, Pre-Clinical Engineering, and other stakeholders to do root cause analysis and solution generation.
• Review software designs to ensure they implement the appropriate software behavior and requirements.
• Ensure that all activities conform to Quality and compliance requirements.
• As a technical leader, mentor, and guide other team members to facilitate completion of various project activities, from definition, identifying software functional requirements, implementation, code reviews, traceability, and final release according to medical device development processes.

Experience and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field with 3- bachelor’s degree in engineering (Computer, Electrical, Computer Systems, Systems, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of software engineering design and development or systems engineering experience.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish project goals.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex engineering problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines in a timely manner.
• Strong organizational skills, as well as attention to detail.

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.