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Staff Product Security Engineer
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - Minnesota - St. Paul
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
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 roles4 certified filings for “SENIOR CYBERSECURITY COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST” (Information Security Analysts) in IL: $131k–$144k, median $137k. Most were filed at wage level IV (50%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% 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.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Abbott Laboratories
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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: 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 At Abbott, we develop life-changing technologies that improve patient outcomes around the world. We are seeking a Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer who combines strong technical expertise with excellent communication and collaboration skills to help secure next-generation connected medical devices. This position is part of our EP division and will be located onsite at our Tech Center in St. Paul, MN. In this role, you will serve as a cybersecurity leader across the product lifecycle, partnering with software, firmware, hardware, systems engineering, quality, regulatory, and product management teams to ensure security is designed into products from concept through deployment and sustainment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical expert in embedded systems, firmware, hardware security, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and security architecture who can also effectively communicate cybersecurity risks, strategies, and compliance requirements to internal stakeholders, customers, auditors, and regulatory agencies. What You’ll Work On Cybersecurity Architecture & Secure Product Design • Lead cybersecurity architecture reviews and security-by-design initiatives for connected and embedded medical devices. • Drive design discussions and ensure security considerations are incorporated into product architecture, development, and deployment decisions. • Design and evaluate secure boot architectures, hardware roots of trust, device identity frameworks, code-signing solutions, certificate management, and secure firmware update mechanisms. • Create, review, and maintain security architecture documentation, design specifications, and cybersecurity reports. • Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to implement secure design practices across software, firmware, hardware, and cloud-connected systems. Embedded Firmware & Hardware Security • Develop and review security controls implemented in C/C++, Python, Linux-based systems, and embedded platforms. • Assess embedded firmware, operating systems, bootloaders, and hardware platforms for potential security weaknesses. • Review and validate: • Secure boot implementations • Firmware authentication and validation • Cryptographic services • PKI and certificate management • Secure key storage • Secure provisioning processes • Evaluate hardware security controls, including: • Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) • Secure Elements