Staff Systems Engineer

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Title Sr. Systems Engineer WORKING AT ABBOTT At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You will also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Free medical coverage for employees through the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit. A company recognized as a great place to work around the world and among the most admired companies by Fortune.

Abbott Neuromodulation is a market leader in mobile, minimally invasive implantable technologies that help people living with chronic pain and movement disorders. Through advanced embedded systems, sensing technologies, and mobile applications, we develop differentiated therapy ecosystems that improve patient outcomes. Our Plano, Texas site has an opportunity for a Staff Systems Engineer . This senior individual contributor will lead systems engineering, architecture, and requirements definition for complex active implantable medical-device platforms. The role translates clinical, user, and business needs into robust, verifiable system solutions and guides system design across electrical hardware, embedded firmware, algorithms, software, mechanical interfaces, and human factors to deliver safe, high-performing products. The successful candidate is a hands-on systems design engineer and technical leader who is comfortable resolving ambiguous, cross-disciplinary problems; making sound design tradeoffs; and guiding product development from early concept through commercialization. This is a non-supervisory role.

Lead system architecture, design, and requirements strategy for complex neuromodulation products and technology platforms. Translate patient, clinician, customer, and business needs into measurable system performance requirements, design inputs, and acceptance criteria. Guide system design across electrical hardware, sensing, embedded firmware, algorithms, external software, mechanical interfaces, and multidisciplinary subsystems. Define and assess system behaviors, performance budgets, tradeoffs, operating parameters, and failure modes to reduce technical risk and optimize safety, usability, reliability, and product performance. Partner with firmware and software teams to shape embedded control, signal-processing, and data-analysis algorithms; establish system-level requirements and verification approaches for those capabilities. Lead cross-functional design reviews, technical investigations, and root-cause analyses; communicate clear recommendations that resolve complex system issues. Guide development and execution of system characterization tests to drive design and requirements, define operating ranges/tolerances, and establish performance budgets. Apply risk management, design-control practices, and industry standards appropriate for regulated medical devices; support design history file documentation, regulatory submissions, and audit readiness. Influence platform strategy, technology roadmaps, and engineering practices through sound technical judgment and a whole-system perspective. Mentor engineers and strengthen systems engineering capability through technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and disciplined problem solving.

Bachelor's degree in systems, Biomedical, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, or Software Engineering, or a related