Manager - Hardware Engineering - Medical Device

Company: Abbott Laboratories
Location: San Diego
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

Manager - Hardware Engineering - Medical Device 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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Diagnostic testing is a compass, providing information that helps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a range of health conditions. Abbott's life-changing tests and diagnostic tools give you accurate, timely information to better manage your health. We're empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott's diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. Our location in San Diego, CA currently has an exciting opportunity for a Manager - Hardware Engineering within our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Infectious Disease business. The Manager - Hardware Engineering will manage a team of engineers with a focus on product support and development. This role will help execute our short-term project needs while helping define future product development activities. WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manages technical engineering team, including electrical and mechanical engineering and technician roles, with focus on policy and strategy implementation supporting operational/tactical responsibilities.
• Able to recruit and develop engineering resources to support our product strategy and vision.
• Responsible for the activities related to the improvement of existing products and technology, as well as the development of a product or line of products.
• Manages the design analysis on components and/or assemblies to develop products that are cost efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.
• Communicates with cross functional management to coordinate the support and design activities to assure project completion.
• Ensures the completion of departmental goals to support the identified business objectives.
• Identifies design, development and support methods to improve efficiency. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING Required
  • Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical, Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering field, related fields will also be considered. Masters preferred.
  • 10+ years of product focused experience in medical technology field, IVD experience is a plus
  • Experience managing teams of technical resources within the medical technology field. Preferred
    • Experienced leader with a track record of increasing responsibility including leading and building teams of technical professionals.
    • Systems approach to problem definition, scoping and solving
    • Demonstrated ability to deliver products in a regulated environment and the phase gate process
    • Experience collaborating with internal and external partners and contract manufacturers
    • Ability to analyze, resolve and reconcile ambiguous or conflicting requirements
    • Knowledge of international standards relevant to the development of an IVD product
    • Experience with optical systems and components relative to IVD detection methods WHAT WE OFFER At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
      • Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
      • Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
      • Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
      • Paid time off
      • 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
      • The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Get tailored job recommendations based on your interests. The Senior Hardware Engineer will be responsible to support the hardware instrument design and the development of elements related to the new point of care instrument platform. The Senior Hardware Engineer... The right candidate for this position will be an experienced Software Engineer who has demonstrated success designing and developing cloud solutions that interface to IoT and mobile devices. 5+ years of... 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... 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... Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday) Our business encompasses many different functions and capabilities, which allows you to explore careers in various fields.-- GROWTH PLANNING Growth Planning and Performance Excellence is an annual process through which you'll be able to have open career discussions with your manager to help you determine your own career path and future. TRAINING & NETWORKS We provide a wide range of classroom and e-learning courses to help you develop new skills and enhance your career.-- WE'RE RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDEX BEST CORPORATE CITIZENS FORTUNE CHANGE ---------------------THE WORLD FORTUNE'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES JOIN OUR TALENT COMMUNITY We will notify you about relevant positions, and keep you in mind whenever we have interesting opportunities.-- Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce including Minorities, Women, Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Unless otherwise specified, all product and service names appearing in this Internet site are trademarks owned by or licensed to Abbott, its subsidiaries or affiliates. No use of any Abbott trademark, trade name, or trade dress in this site may be made without the prior written authorization of Abbott, except to identify the product or services of the company.

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