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Systems Engineer II

Abbott

St. Paul, MNJob$61–123K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$61–123K/yr
Location
St. Paul, MN
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Systems Engineer II works in Abbott’s Electrophysiology division in St. Paul, applying systems engineering practices across system concepts, interfaces, and product implementation. The role translates stakeholder and clinical needs into requirements, develops system architecture, and collaborates with cross-functional teams on verification, validation, characterization, integration, and performance evaluation of electrophysiology systems.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringRequirements ManagementArchitecture DefinitionInterface ControlVerification and ValidationCardiac AnatomyElectrophysiologyPythonMATLABProgrammingStatistical AnalysisMinitabJMP

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical, Systems, Biomedical Engineering or Related2+ Years R&D or Medical Device Experience or Equivalent Systems Engineering ExperienceINCOSE ASEP/CSEP or Equivalent Systems Engineering CertificationMaster's in Electrical, Biomedical, Systems Engineering or Related

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

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.

Systems Engineer II

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:

The Opportunity

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location in the Electrophysiology division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Systems Engineer II you will apply rigorous systems engineering practices aligned with INCOSE principles. You will operate across abstraction levels — from system concepts and interfaces down to product and firmware/software implementation details — while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners.

What You’ll Work On

  • Analyze and translate stakeholder and clinical needs into system requirements.

  • Develop, review, and maintain system architecture, including structural, behavioral, and dependability views.

  • Decompose system requirements and allocate functions and performance to system elements.

  • Lead or support system verification and validation planning and execution to confirm that the system meets its specified requirements (verification) and fulfills the needs of the intended users in the intended use environment (validation).

  • Partner with Marketing, Product R&D, Preclinical, Design Assurance, Regulatory, and Verification teams to ensure design implementations satisfy requirements.

  • Define and execute system characterization, integration, and performance evaluation activities.

  • Interface with end users to keep design direction aligned with real-world needs and clinical workflows.

  • Apply multidisciplinary engineering judgment to design, develop, integrate, and troubleshoot complex electrophysiology systems.

  • Contribute to risk management, interface management, and configuration control activities as part of new product development programs.

Required Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related discipline.

  • 2+ years of experience in an R&D or medical device environment (or equivalent systems engineering experience).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Demonstrated systems experience

  • Experience applying structured systems engineering processes (requirements management, architecture definition, interface control, V&V).

  • INCOSE ASEP/CSEP (or equivalent systems engineering certification) preferred.

  • M.S. in Electrical, Biomedical, Systems, or related engineering discipline.

  • Working knowledge of cardiac anatomy and electrophysiology.

  • Programming experience (Python, MATLAB, or similar) for analysis, modeling, or automation.

  • Applied statistics experience with tools such as Minitab or JMP.

Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en)

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/ (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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.

Connect with us at abbott.com , on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/ , and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers .

The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]

How this job compares

Set against the 11,242 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$61–123K/yr
  • Minnesota median$102–150K/yr100 salary ranges
  • US median$116–187K/yr8,253 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $92K, is 27% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($125K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 127 open Systems Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 11,242 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,520 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,646 of the 11,242 open Systems Engineer jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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