Senior Autonomy Systems Engineer
Caterpillar
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This role pays less than 97% of similar roles. Most pay $159,375–$222,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $117k versus about $191k for comparable roles.
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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
Abbott currently has 215 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 132 roles with salary data.
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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.
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Median $165025 from 264 postings across 40 companies.
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