Senior Design / Product Development Engineer

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: The Opportunity We have a great opportunity for a Sr. Design / Product Development Engineer to join our team in Alameda, California The Sr. Engineer is responsible for being our internal product and technology expert who can work with our internal software architects, developers and product managers to make sure their business requirements are properly mapped to the features and capabilities of our products. You will play a crucial role in our software development process to help our customers define their needs, work with our architects to validate our designs meet those needs, and ensure what we build meets the requirements. What Youll Work On Work with stakeholders, users and product managers to uncover, understand, and translate business needs on sensor data ecosystem into technical requirements. Develop system design documentation, requirements specification and system architecture. Perform requirements writing, requirements management and analysis. Verify/validate requirements. Integrate analytical and performance related elements with software, hardware, and electronics system components. Design and conduct system level test and evaluation of tool ecosystem with complex data collection and data processing; Collect, organize, analyze, and document test results. Analyze unstructured and/or structured biological data from biosensor clinical trials, and evaluate biosensors performance to support product designs. Proactively identifies improvement opportunities for sensor product design and/or manufacturing process. Develop and prioritize user stories, along with success criteria for testing and product acceptance. Develop and maintain feature backlogs. Communicate effectively and participate on cross functional development teams with good negotiating skills to direct multi-disciplinary teams toward solutions. Required Qualifications Bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering or related scientific discipline. Masters or above preferred. 6+ yrs relevant experience and a BS degree, or 4 yrs relevant experience and a MS degree, or equivalent years of education and experience in Engineering and Sciences. Understanding of the electro-mechanical, software, mathematical, chemical or biochemical process operative in diagnostic systems. Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization. MATLAB Programing proficiency is required Preferred Qualifications Experience with biological data analysis and software programming. Medical Device or other regulated field experience preferred. The base pay for this position is $98,000.00 $196,000.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. JOB FAMILY: Product Development DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care LOCATION: United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) 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 Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether its next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of lifes greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. Follow Us: Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Twitter