Principal Engineer – Imaging, Digital Solutions

Abbott

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$130,700–$261,300 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $200k
This role $196k
$115k most similar roles pay here $277k

This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$235,275 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $196k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 56 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $113,300–$226,700 across 54 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Abbott

At a glance

TL;DR · Principal Engineer – Imaging, Digital Solutions

Apply Now Log in to save

As a Senior Principal Engineer in Imaging and Digital Solutions at Abbott’s Santa Clara location, you will lead the development of next-generation medical image visualization platforms, focusing on high-performance rendering and interactive image manipulation. Your role involves driving architectural leadership for complex systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards such as FDA guidelines, and mentoring engineers across functions. You will work with advanced technologies like OpenGL, Vulkan, WebGL, and DirectX to optimize rendering performance and manage memory effectively. Key responsibilities include defining engineering standards, conducting rigorous validation methodologies, and collaborating closely with imaging, platform, and clinical stakeholders to deliver impactful patient care solutions. Essential skills include a deep understanding of medical image analysis, proficiency in Python, C++, VTK, and Qt/QML, and experience with cloud environments like AWS or Azure.

Skills

AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Helm Terraform GitHub GitLab Azure DevOps Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Kafka Spark Databricks Python C++ VTK Qt QML NumPy SciPy PyTorch CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Leads design and development of new medical imaging systems and products.
  • Defines and improves engineering standards, processes, and procedures for medical devices.
  • Drives technical decisions across visualization frameworks like OpenGL, Vulkan, WebGL, DirectX.
  • Ensures high-performance rendering and interactive image manipulation in medical applications.
  • Establishes best practices for GPU acceleration, memory management, and DICOM-based workflows.
  • Provides architectural leadership for next-generation medical image visualization platforms.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in imaging development and architecture.
  • Strong background in medical image analysis including 3D data processing and geometric feature extraction.
  • Experience with scientific frameworks like NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, and VTK.
  • Deep understanding of algorithm optimization, numerical stability, and validation methodologies.
  • Proven ability to lead complex system architectures across cloud and edge environments.
  • Demonstrated skill in communicating technical concepts clearly to cross-functional teams.

Related searches

More Principal Engineer jobs Principal Engineer jobs in Santa Clara All jobs at Abbott

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Systems Engineer - Imaging

Medtronic

Usa-Ma, US 1 day ago $110,400–$165,600
Matlab Linux C++ Python CI/CD GUI design Systems Engineering X-ray imaging systems AI tools Algorithm design Terraform AWS Kubernetes Docker PostgreSQL Git Jenkins Ansible Prometheus Grafana
Hybrid
Save

Principal Engineer - Digital

CVS Health

Remote (Work At Home-Rhode Island, US) 1 day ago $144,200–$288,400
AWS Azure GCP React Next.js TypeScript Kubernetes Docker CI/CD MLOps LangChain Prometheus Grafana Redis PostgreSQL Terraform OpenAI Anthropic Datadog New Relic Dynatrace Flutter
Remote
Save

Senior Engineer, Imaging Solutions

Cardinal Health

Remote (Oh-Ohio-Work From Home, US) 37 days ago $87,700–$145,350
Powershell ConfigMgr Windows 11 USMT Task Sequences AutoPilot Entra Hybrid AD WDS PXE OEM Driver Management Network Services Configuration Scripting CI/CD Virtualization Real-Time Communications Endpoint Management Application Management
Remote
Save

Principal Engineer

Intuit

Mountain View, CA 50 days ago $245,500–$332,500
Python Java Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB Git Jenkins SonarQube Selenium JUnit
Save

Principal Engineer

Qualcomm

San Diego, CA 39 days ago $200,800–$301,200
Python C++ TensorFlow PyTorch Linux Android Computer_Vision Deep_Learning Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Qualcomm_Accelerators INT8 FP16 Heterogeneous_Compute AR/VR Robotics Autonomous_Vehicles IoT
Save

Principal Engineer

Broadcom

San Jose Innovation Drive, CA 40 days ago $141,300–$226,000
Verilog RTL Ethernet TCP/IP MPLS Python Perl ASIC deep submicron technologies timing closure low power design clock domain crossing
Save