Engineer II – Cybersecurity

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That’s why we’re committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people’s health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Our location in Sylmar, CA, currently has an opportunity for an Engineer II  – Cybersecurity.  

We are seeking a high-caliber Engineer II for the Systems engineering function of the Cardiac and Rhythm Management (CRM) division of Abbott. An Engineer II – Cybersecurity is expected to conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, which include threat modeling, and define, develop and validate cybersecurity features for a number of CRM product lines. They are expected to work with cross functional teams to create cybersecurity design elements and requirement specifications, work through implementation issues, and oversee cybersecurity validation efforts. A Security Analyst is expected to exercise technical judgment in planning, organizing, performing and coordinating assignments, and stay abreast of cybersecurity trends and new regulatory requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Synthesizes information gathered from a cross-functional team, identifies and negotiates solutions based on technical and regulatory constraints, and defines/authors the behavioral requirements and design of the system.

• Stay abreast of cybersecurity threats and trends and bring that knowledge into the development and risk management process.

• Assesses the cybersecurity risks of new products and features and identifies potential interactions with existing ones.

• Guides development on cybersecurity maintenance process of various products.

• Assigns implementation of requirements to specific development teams and determine how systems will be architected and implemented.  Provides guidance and leadership to development teams as appropriate.

• Works in close collaboration with software and hardware developers to ensure cybersecurity requirements are fully understood and correctly implemented.

• Performs technical planning, analyzes system integration issues, and generates system requirements, software requirements and interface specifications.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.  Proposes and plans for improvements to processes within regulatory constraints.

• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

• Identifies and resolves issues, escalating as appropriate.

• Supports all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required