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Design Assurance Engineer II

Abbott
Minneapolis, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 2/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2025

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION : 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.
  • 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 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 Plymouth, MN location in the Electrophysiology division. In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Design Assurance Engineer II, you will represent Design Assurance on electrophysiology catheter and disposable sustaining and new product development engineering projects. This role is responsible for maintaining a strong collaborative partnership with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure that devices are developed and maintained in accordance with product requirements, and that they meet their intended use delivering the safest experience possible to our patients. This role will review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely feedback aimed at improving product quality, safety, reliability, and manufacturability to sustaining engineering teams.

What You'll Work On

  • Execute on Holistic & Strategic Design Verification / Validation Strategies with emphasis on :
  • Technical analysis of requirements, specifications, and control strategy

  • Efficient and cost-effective execution of validation and verification
  • Maintain DHF, design input / design output, external requirements, and risk management documentation
  • Lead risk management meetings assessing the impact of product or supplier changes to risk profile
  • Execute design verification and validation activities including test planning and execution, and creation of protocols and reports
  • Interpret external standards and implement product requirements and testing to meet external standards
  • Ensure DHF content completion, integrity, and regulatory and standards compliance; collaboratively communicating and resolving gaps
  • Support design, test, inspection method development, and lead method validation activities
  • Participate in root cause investigations, including corrective and preventive action activities, with the purpose of identifying the underlying issues and offering efficient long-term solutions.
  • Present to the manager level on significant matters
  • Serve as a back-room representative during internal and external inspections and inquiries from regulators such as FDA and ISO as it relates to design assurance
  • Ability to work both within a team, and independently, in a geographically diverse business environment
  • Strong verbal and written communications with effective communication at multiple levels in the organization
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by functional management based on the current project / business objectives including 10% travel, including international travel and regular predictable attendance
  • Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor level degree in an Engineering or Science
  • 1.5 years' experience
  • Strong technical writing skills
  • Experience with root cause identification and problem solving
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree in Material Science, Mechanical, Biomedical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering experience and demonstrated use of Quality tools / methodologies
  • Knowledge of FDA, GMP, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971
  • Prior medical device experience
  • Apply Now

    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.

    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

    60,000.00 - $120,000.00

    In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

    JOB FAMILY : Operations Quality

    DIVISION : EP Electrophysiology

    LOCATION : United States >

    Minnesota >

    Plymouth : 5050 Nathan Lane N

    ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS :

    WORK SHIFT :

    Standard

    TRAVEL :

    MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE :

    Not Applicable

    SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES :

    Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

    Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities / Women / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans.

    EEO is the Law link - English : http : / / webstorage.abbott.com / common / External / EEO_English.pdf

    EEO is the Law link - Espanol : http : / / webstorage.abbott.com / common / External / EEO_Spanish.pdf

    Salary : $60,000 - $120,000

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