Senior Systems Engineer, Neuromodulation

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
Plano, TX
Salary
$78,000–$156,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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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

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TL;DR · Senior Systems Engineer, Neuromodulation

The Senior Systems Engineer, Neuromodulation joins the Neuromodulation division to drive systems engineering for complex active implantable medical device systems. This individual contributor role involves translating clinical, user, and business needs into robust, verifiable solutions across implants, leads, electrodes, external accessories, and applications. Key responsibilities include developing system architectures, design documentation, and requirements while defining behaviors, interfaces, and workflows. The role requires collaborating with electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, and clinical teams to resolve design tradeoffs and support risk management, verification, and validation. Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and experience with hardware, embedded firmware, and software integration. The work focuses on non-opioid therapies for chronic pain and movement disorders, specifically managing stimulation, sensing, battery charging, and implant-to-external-device communication within regulated environments.

What does a Systems Engineer earn?

Median $165025 from 264 postings across 40 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain system architectures, design documentation, and system requirements for implantable neuromodulation systems.
  • Translate patient, clinician, and business needs into measurable system requirements and traceable engineering deliverables.
  • Define system behaviors, interfaces, workflows, and architecture models while identifying technical gaps and risks.
  • Evaluate concepts and resolve design tradeoffs across electrical, firmware, software, and mechanical subsystems.
  • Support risk management, verification and validation, system characterization, and regulatory documentation.
  • Guide the development of complex active implantable medical device systems from concept through commercialization.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of relevant R&D or product development experience in systems engineering, system design, or requirements development for complex multidisciplinary products.
  • Demonstrated experience defining system architectures, requirements, subsystem allocations, interfaces, design tradeoffs, and verification approaches.
  • Working understanding of how hardware, embedded firmware, software, mechanical components, and user interactions integrate to determine system behavior, performance, and safety.
  • Experience working in a regulated development environment applying risk management, design controls, and relevant industry standards.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills to structure ambiguous problems and influence cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with Class II or Class III medical devices, particularly active implantable devices, neuromodulation, or cardiac rhythm management (preferred).
  • Experience with MBSE, SysML, INCOSE-aligned practices, or INCOSE certification (preferred).

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