Principal Clinical Engineer
Abbott - Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
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Abbott 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.
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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 onsite in our Sylmar, CA or Sunnyvale, CA locations in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.
What You’ll Work On
Leads by example as the clinical engineering lead responsible for major programs accountable for clinical risk burn down and program technical execution. Owns pre-defined tasks within a larger effort such as user need and feature definition, validation or product development of a sub-system, and drives them to on-time, high quality completion. Leads investigation and definition clinical requirements for new product/feature development and facilitates the translation into new projects through clinical review and evaluation. Works with field and medical personnel to define the benchmarks for evaluating the clinical performance of these products/features. Organizes and manages work to deliver clinical engineering deliverables on programs; leads and mentors other clinical engineers or other external resources in the execution of assigned work. Reports significant progress and final findings of projects to management and product development staff in the company. Gathers and analyzes input requirements for medical devices, supporting instrumentation/service infrastructure, and translates these into specific system requirements/interface specifications. Identifying potential product enhancements and new product ideas by applying an analytical approach to understanding the clinical needs of physicians and users Simulates or tests aspects of new projects to evaluate prototypes and validate output as meeting customers’ intended use requirements; analyzes electrograms, diagnostic or programming data collected from the field or from research studies. Develops and directs preclinical evaluation protocols, data analysis, and reports Contributes to the evaluation and validation of a specific subsystem or project as necessary to conduct feasibility studies, usability and human factors analyses, technology assessments, concept studies, benchmarking studies, or submission studies. Collaborating with other organizations within the company as needed: engineering, regulatory, human factors, quality, marketing, etc Provides input to the risk management file and Clinical Evaluation Reports in support of the product throughout its lifecycle. Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements. Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors. Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Domain knowledge of cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices strongly preferred BS Degree in biomedical, mechanical, electrical, or similar Minimum of 10+ years of clinical medical device experience or equivalent, ideally with CRM products Experience in leading within matrix organizations requiring strong influence management skills Ability to travel approximately 10%, including internationally.
Preferred Qualification And Education
Master’s or Doctoral Degree in biomedical, mechanical or electrical engineering, or a biological or physical science or medicine Professional training/education certification in CRM products Domain knowledge of cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices strongly preferred Advanced credential in a relevant discipline/concentration, including Biomedical Engineering, preferred. Fluent in medical procedure terminology and sound knowledge of cardiac anatomy Medical device experience preferred
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The base pay for this position is $146,700.00 – $293,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. Seniority level
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