Hybrid Staff Engineer, Design Assurance – Software

at Abbott

• Job title: Staff Engineer, Design Assurance – Software
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $99,300 - $198,700 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Cyber Security
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Staff Engineer in Abbott's Heart Failure Division ensuring software quality assurance for medical devices. Overseeing design control, risk management, and regulatory compliance in a dynamic team environment.

Responsibilities

• Own software design assurance for new products and significant changes across the full development life cycle; plan and lead design control activities, ensuring complete, auditable traceability from user needs through requirements, architecture, implementation, verification, validation, and release.
• As part of the Global Design Quality Department, provide oversight of R&D design control deliverables for development of medical product software (Cloud Patient Care Networks, mobile applications and embedded software), non-medical software, and non-product software
• Define and approve verification and validation strategies proportionate to software safety classification per IEC 62304; review and approve software development plans, requirements, test protocols and reports, cybersecurity tests, and associated documentation for embedded, mobile, and cloud components.
• Support software verification and validation activities for new products and software changes in accordance with plans.
• Review and approve of requirements, software test case protocols/reports, software development plans, and other system and software documentation.
• Participate in meetings to evaluate, prioritize, and develop action plans for addressing software defects/bugs captured in the problem resolution systems
• Lead risk management for software and system hazards in accordance with ISO 14971, including risk management plans, hazard analyses, software FMEAs, fault trees as appropriate, benefit‑risk evaluations, risk controls, and production/post‑production feedback integration; ensure EU MDR expectations are met for software (including Rule 11 implications) and that EN ISO 14971 harmonization notes are applied where relevant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in a scientific, technical, or engineering discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of Software Development and Design Quality Engineering experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of FDA regulations and guidance, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, Software Standards (e.g., 62304), EU Medical Device Regulations and MDSAP
• Experience with medical device software development lifecycle for Cloud-based networks and/or mobile applications.
• Demonstrated leadership as a quality core‑team member on complex programs involving mobile and cloud components; proficiency reviewing and approving requirements, architecture, verification/validation evidence, and risk files; fluency with defect and change control processes and audit practices seen at leading OEMs.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.