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Principal Engineer

at Abbott Laboratories

📍 United States - Minnesota - St. Paul Unknown 💰 $129K – $258K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $129K – $258K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

This role involves designing and developing medical devices such as implants and delivery systems, supporting testing and clinical evaluations, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

  • Design medical devices
  • Develop prototypes
  • Support clinical testing
  • Establish requirements
  • Ensure regulatory compliance

The technical scope includes mechanical design, prototyping, material selection, manufacturing processes, and regulatory standards within the medical device industry.

The ideal candidate is an experienced biomedical engineer with expertise in mechanical design, prototyping, and clinical evaluation support for medical devices, particularly implants and delivery systems. They are familiar with regulatory standards and manufacturing processes.

Mechanical designPrototypingRequirements and specificationsTest method developmentClinical evaluation support
Biocompatible material selectionDelivery system designImplant designMachiningMoldingExtrusionThermoformingSterilization
Design review toolsRegulatory standards (FDAISO)
Mechanical designPrototypingRequirements and specificationsTest method developmentClinical evaluationsBiocompatible materialsDelivery systemsImplantsMachiningMoldingExtrusionThermoformingSterilization
Mechanical designMaterial knowledgePrototypingProject planningAnimal and bench testingClinical evaluationsDesign reviewsRequirements and specificationsTest method developmentBiocompatible materialsDelivery systemsImplantsMachiningMoldingExtrusionThermoformingSterilization
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkproject management
Industry Healthcare & Medical
Job Function Design and develop medical devices with a focus on implants and delivery systems
Mechanical designPrototypingRequirements and specificationsTest method developmentClinical evaluationsBiocompatible materialsDelivery systemsImplantsMachiningMoldingExtrusionThermoformingSterilization

Lack of biomedical engineering background, No experience with medical device prototyping, Lack of knowledge of FDA/ISO standards, No experience in clinical evaluation support

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