Abbott Posted September 9, 2026

Senior Electrical Engineer

Plano, Texas, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

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

Senior Electrical 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’ll also have access to:

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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plano, TX location in the Neuromodulation division.  Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

What You’ll Work On

The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for the design, development, verification, and sustaining of electronic systems and circuits that support Abbott Neuromodulation products. This role provides technical leadership across the product development lifecycle, from prototype through design transfer, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, high-quality medical device solutions.

Serves as a technical lead and key contributor in the design and development of implantable and external electronic systems for neuromodulation products.

Designs, analyzes, and documents analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power management circuits, including schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout guidance.

Develops and executes characterization, verification, and validation test strategies to ensure products meet performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.

Collaborates closely with systems, firmware, mechanical, quality, manufacturing, and regulatory teams throughout the product development process.

Investigates complex technical challenges, performs root cause analysis, and implements effective corrective actions to support product development and sustaining activities.

Partners with suppliers and manufacturing organizations to support component selection, design for manufacturability, and successful product transfer to production.

Effectively communicates technical information, project status, risks, and recommendations across all levels of the organization to support informed decision-making.

Minium Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline

Minimum 5 years of experience in electrical/electronic engineering or related field

Strong technical experience in electronic circuit design, development, and verification

Experience with schematic capture, PCB development, and circuit debugging

Experience developing and executing characterization, verification, and validation testing for electronic systems

Experience working in a regulated product development environment

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

7+ years of experience in product development of complex electronic systems

Experience developing Class III medical devices

Experience with analog, digital, mixed-signal, and low-power circuit design

Experience developing automated test solutions using C#, Python, or similar tools

Experience with reliability testing of electronic systems.

Experience working with cross-functional product development teams throughout the product lifecycle

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Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Plano, Texas, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 629 comparable Senior Manufacturing & CMC roles across 84 biopharma companies.

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607Currently active
84Companies hiring similar roles
30Countries represented

Salary context

235 of 629 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior Maintenance Technician - Medicine Foundry · Lilly $22/hr – $32/hr (≈ $44,990–$65,998/yr)
Highest disclosed · Associate Director / Director - Biologics Drug Product Development · AbbVie $160,500/yr – $305,000/yr
Peer group range $55,494 – $232,750 (median $151,700)

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Seniority mix

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Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
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