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AI/ML Engineer

Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - California - Alameda

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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.

  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
  • What Abbott Laboratories paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $120k–$149k, median $135k. Most were filed at wage level I (50%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.

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73 H-1B filings certified since Oct 2025

The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).

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About the role

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 DESCRIPTION: At Lingo, we’re building a groundbreaking health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights to help people live fuller, longer, and healthier lives. Our systems ingest millions of sensor readings daily, powering experiences for consumers and partners worldwide, with the reliability and scalability of cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms. 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 AI/ML Engineer position can work out of Alameda, CA location. As AI/ML Engineer, you will bring machine learning models to mobile phones and wearables, so users receive real-time insights even without a network connection. You will own on-device inference, model optimization, and the logic that decides what runs locally and what runs in the cloud.   You will work closely with mobile and cloud engineers, data scientists, and the Data platform team, so strong collaboration and a high level of professionalism are required. This role shapes how the product works at the point of use. What You'll Work On • Convert, optimize, and deploy models to iOS, Android, and wearable devices using Core ML, TensorFlow Lite, ONNX Runtime, or similar. • Apply quantization, pruning, and distillation to meet latency, memory, and battery targets without losing clinical accuracy. • Design the on-device and cloud split, including offline behavior, fallback, and synchronization of results. • Build a safe, versioned process for updating models on devices, in partnership with the ML platform team. • Validate that on-device model outputs match reference models and build tests across device types and OS versions. • Collect on-device performance and quality metrics while respecting user privacy. • Partner with mobile engineers to integrate models into the app and sensor experience. • Contribute to design reviews, verification activities, and technical documentation in compliance with government and corporate regulations. • Proactively identify problems or areas for improvement and resolve issues. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field. • 6+ years of software or ML engineering experience, including 3+ years deploying ML models on mobile or embedded devices. • Hands-on experience with Core ML, TensorFlow Lite, ONNX Runtime, or equivalent edge inference frameworks. • Proven experience with model optimization techniques such as quantization and pruning. • Proficiency in Py

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Source: Employer career site (Workday) First seen: 2026-10-13 Last confirmed: 2026-10-13 How our data works → Report this job

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