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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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 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 Sr. Clinical Engineer, you'll be part of our Electrophysiology (EP) product development team focused on delivering the future in diagnostic, imaging, and ablation therapy catheters and EP capital equipment. This role will involve a range of responsibilities including but not limited to requirement development, testing and data analysis, validation testing, and serving as a clinical consultant on clinical workflows and risk evaluation documentation.

What You’ll Work On

+ Provide feedback and insight on clinical workflows and clinical use of EP products.

+ Support development of risk management documentation.

+ Design, conduct/supervise, and support bench and preclinical studies for product concept feasibility and formal regulatory submission.

+ Plan, coordinate, and conduct empirical and experimental analysis. Organize and analyze data from experiments or design builds and write reports on results.

+ Conduct research and prepare research tasks.

+ Document work suitable for technical papers and patents.

+ Participate in project design reviews and project planning. Track performance against plan. Develop plan in conjunction with technical supervisor.

+ 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

+ Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, a related engineering field oran equivalent combination of education and work experience.

+ Masters Degree (± 18 years) in relevant discipline/concentration, including Biomedical Engineering, preferred.

+ Minimum 6 years relevant, progressively more responsible work experience in medical product development and/or a graduate degree with relevant project experience.

+ Clinical EP experience as an EP tech, EP nurse, or in an industry EP field clinical support position with RCIS, RCES, CCDS, or CEPS certification; or, Design Validation and GLP study experience in the medical device industry.

+ Demonstrated ability to apply an expert understanding of clinical application to issues in order to bring tasks to resolution within assigned projects. Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs required. Medical device industry experience preferred. Training and experience in manufacturing processes and methods preferred.

+ Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred. Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment. Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment. Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects. Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in theorganization. Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner. Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

+ Ability to travel approximately 5%, including internationally.

**Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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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The base pay for this position is $75,300.00 – $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]