Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

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.

Senior Manager Systems Engineering The System Engineering Senior Manager , at our Little Canada/St.

Paul, MN location, will play a key role in this fast growing, highly visible group, designing and developing electromechanical medical devices in Abbott’s Electrophysiology medical device division.

In this role, you will provide functional and technical leadership for system engineering team.

The team is responsible for the product development of new products and subsystems for our market-leading Electrophysiology (EP) mapping, EP recording, and Ablation devices.

Each employee can make a difference at Abbott.

Each employee is empowered, both individually and as a team member, to influence the success of the company.

We are team-oriented, fast-paced engineering organization and consider ourselves progressive thinkers and problem solvers.

We value our team members and their respective great ideas, and aim to foster an environment where collaboration and support from internal and external resources work together to accomplish our goals.

Responsibilities include: Hiring and ensuring the team is comprised of diverse, highly qualified staff who have the technical competencies/proficiencies to meet current and future engineering needs.

Coaching, mentorship, and constructive feedback to the team to increase technical proficiency, provide career development and growth.

Maintaining a safe, positive, and engaged work environment.

Inspiring an energized, empowered and accountable work force.

Managing the development of goals, objectives and strategies for system engineering team.

Working with program managers and other functional managers to allocate people and resources per plan and budget.

Ensuring the team is aligned with meeting program timelines and milestones.

Participation in formal design reviews.

Developing and maintaining system assets including requirement and design documentation of various levels, traceability; providing guidance to risk management and V&V activities.

Serving as liaison between R&D and marketing, regulatory, quality, operation and other non-engineering departments Managing system level product development processes like issue tracking, risk management, system behavior definition, change control, ripple effect analysis, etc.

System engineering team leadership: Communicating to senior management as required including technical presentations, status updates, and program reviews as required.

Coordinates and manages resources to meet detailed project timelines and milestones.

Remains current on developments in field(s) of expertise, system engineering best practices, regulatory requirements, as well as industry trends.

Promoting and supporting the development intellectual property.

Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

Required Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, BioMedical, Computer, Mechanical Engineering or other related Engineering or Physics/Applied Mathematics 10 years of progressively increased work experience in a high technology research and development environment of which a minimum of 4 years of experience at a supervisory/managerial level Strong leadership skills and experience managing an engineering team Strong communication skills (written and verbal).

Must be able to effectively communicate information succinctly at multiple levels in the organization.

Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model Project Management: Strong organizational, planning, and budgeting skills Preferred 5 years of experience in a regulated medical device space or similar environment Master’s Degree in related engineering Statistical analysis, or similar tool set 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 Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program 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 Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future.

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