Abbott Laboratories - Los Angeles, CA
posted 3 months ago
This position works out of our Sylmar, CA location or can be performed remotely within the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, Abbott focuses on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. As the Staff Cyber Security Engineer, you will be on the front lines of the emerging area of medical device cybersecurity manufacturing. You will be an integral member and technical leader within a team responsible for creating, deploying, and monitoring cybersecurity and information security solutions for medical devices. This role involves interacting with both external and internal cybersecurity researchers to identify and remediate vulnerabilities within products and manufacturing systems. You will work directly with Research and Development (R&D) and Information Technology teams to ensure that all relevant security risks are identified and evaluated, and that appropriate and well-balanced solutions are implemented. Additionally, you will develop project security management deliverables for regulatory bodies to comply with standards and guidance documents, create and implement plans to address new standards and guidance, and successfully communicate cybersecurity technology to customers, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders. In this role, you will lead and perform product manufacturing cybersecurity-related activities ranging from incident response to vulnerability assessments and mitigation implementation. You will develop and perform manufacturing intrusion detection activities, lead manufacturing risk assessments in conjunction with product R&D teams, and develop and recommend specific security controls for product/system-wide security needs. It is essential to ensure that recommended security controls are feasible for embedded and constrained environments, including prototyping where appropriate. You will also participate in the creation and testing of product manufacturing security-related requirements and processes, evaluate and test security risks on programs across the entire development life cycle, and manage security-related deliverables for regulatory bodies, ensuring compliance with key standards and guidance documents. Working with third-party manufacturers to ensure appropriate manufacturing cybersecurity processes are in place will also be part of your responsibilities. You will contribute to the understanding of current industry best practices and how they can be applied to the Cardiac Rhythm Management products, develop advanced technical ideas, and guide their development into final products. Furthermore, you will execute and assist activities to sustain and develop internal and external partner security testing capabilities in alignment with testing strategies, maintain a high level of technical knowledge on security, and champion consistent implementation of the Security Development Life Cycle across projects.