Senior Staff RF Engineer

3 weeks ago

Pleasanton, United States Abbott Full time

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 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 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 generations of CardioMEMS components while also supporting the current generation of products.


What You’ll Work On

  • Contribute to a team committed to delivering the next generation 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


Preferred Qualifications

  • GPA: 3.0 or higher preferred
  • 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


Apply Now


*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.


Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com


Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.


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