Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

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 Tech Center in Little Canada/St. Paul, MN in the EP 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 Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, you'll have the chance to play a key role in this fast growing, highly visible group, designing and developing electromechanical medical devices in Abbott’s Electrophysiology medical device division.  In this role, you will provide functional and technical leadership for the System Verification team. The team is responsible for the product development of new products and subsystems for our market-leading Electrophysiology (EP) mapping, diagnostic, and ablation devices.

Each employee can make a difference at Abbott.  Each employee is empowered, both individually and as a team member, to influence the success of the company. We are team-oriented, fast-paced engineering organization and consider ourselves progressive thinkers and problem solvers.  We value our team members and their respective great ideas and aim to foster an environment where collaboration and support from internal and external resources work together to accomplish our goals.

What You’ll Work On

• Building and coaching a team through identifying career development opportunities, providing constructive feedback when necessary, and increasing the technical proficiency across all team members.
• Working with program managers and cross-functional leaders to guide and scope program planning, schedules, and budget.  Ensuring the team is aligned with meeting program timelines and milestones. Participation in formal design reviews.
• Managing the development of goals, objectives and strategies for the System Verification team. 
• Developing and maintaining system level expertise and continually working to improve system level test methods, strategy and clinical relevance.
• Proactively drive ownership of V&V plans, system integration strategies, and execution. Work cross-functionally with other areas of R&D, regulatory, and quality to ensure comprehensive design characterization and V&V strategies.
• Promoting and supporting the clinical relevance of test methods and development of intellectual property.
• Identify opportunities to develop data for claims substantiation.
• Communicating to senior management as required including technical presentations, status updates, and program reviews as required. 
• Remains current on developments in field(s) of expertise, system engineering best practices, regulatory requirements, as well as industry trends. 
• Support Systems Engineering requirements development and tracing.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Biomedical, Mechanical Engineering or other related Engineering or Physics/Applied Mathematics.
• 10 years of progressively increased work experience in a high technology research and development environment of which a minimum of 4 years of experience at a supervisory/managerial level.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model.
• Proven experience in a technical leadership role, with a track record of successfully coaching and managing teams.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).  Demonstrated ability to communicate an organizational vision to inspire a team.
• Proficient at organizational planning and budgeting with demonstrated success in project execution.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in related engineering.
• 5 years of experience in a regulated medical device space or similar environment.
• Experience with electrophysiology, cardiac medical devices, and/or cardiac anatomy and physiology.
• Statistical analysis, or similar tool set.
  
  

Apply Now

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The base pay for this position is $127,300.00 – $254,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.