Lead Product Engineer

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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 is based in our Alameda, CA location within the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. Our mission is to empower people with diabetes to manage their health through innovative products that deliver precise data for better decision-making. We're transforming glucose monitoring with our cutting-edge sensing technology.
The candidate will lead the transition of medical device designs to high-volume manufacturing. The candidate will use an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing processes, product components, and product functionality to contribute to development plans and impact assessments. The candidate will serve as the primary R&D point-of-contact for operations, external vendors, and third-party manufacturers.
What You'll Work On
Define product requirements to support high-volume production
Provide input to design and process failure mode analyses, and drive improvements to minimize residual risk
Use familiarity with manufacturing processes to perform impact assessments for new product introduction and process validation
Manage bill of materials for all levels of product assembly
Root-cause product and manufacturing issues observed during production
Develop custom equipment for manufacturing processes
Required Qualifications
B.S. in Engineering Discipline (Electrical Engineering or Physics preferred)
Relevant experience in electrical engineering and at least 2 years of engineering management experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
Excellent knowledge of general Engineering principles.
Extensive Knowledge of regulations for medical device development (ISO13485, FDA) is a plus. Extensive understanding of processes and materials used in the development and manufacturing of medical devices, particularly handheld devices.
Extensive experience in all of the following:
Performing complex engineering calculations and relating results to controlled tests, including statistical analysis, tolerance analysis
Working in a development environment with an emphasis on medical product development.
Writing process/product requirements and design specifications.
Equipment/facility/process commissioning and validation required
Working on a development team with an emphasis on minimizing time to market.
Design for manufacture of low cost, high volume handheld electronic products.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of GxP, ISO and medical device regulations and the development/implementation of new products/processes in a regulated environment.
Extensive experience working in cross functional team environments is required.
Strong technical experience in Electrical engineering discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
8+ Years of experience with electrical circuit design and analysis, troubleshooting, manufacturing process development, and/or test automation
Familiarity with wired and wireless communication protocols, e.g.: UART, SPI, NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi
Familiarity with one or more programming languages (Python, C#, C++, or similar)
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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 $128,000.00 - $256,000.00. 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 corpjat@abbott.com
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Location:
Alameda, CA, United States
Category:
Architecture And Engineering Occupations

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