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Staff Systems Engineer
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - California - Sylmar
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 roles1 certified filing for “SENIOR WAN ENGINEER” (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) in IL: $122k–$122k, median $122k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE Summarize the main purpose of the role. Accountable for delivering entire programs or complex, significant portions of programs with some level of novelty. Also accountable for organizing and managing work, investigating issues, defining behaviors, leading others in the executing of work, applying expertise and verifying designs and products for systems. Accountable for applying an expert understanding of applications, customer needs to be addressed, behaviors and architected solutions to streamline product development in addition to ensuring product quality. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer requirements and performance requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Primarily supports one key major program, but may advise other multiple efforts. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES •Leads programs while exercising significant novelty and integration across various disciplines as well as team members. Applies a demonstrated portfolio-centric approach to developing programs which are incorporated into platform strategies that achieve “win/win” scenarios for assigned efforts and platforms. •Plans and executes the department strategy to deliver upon responsibilities; gathers information, frames problems, devises/executes plans, tracks progress, and adjusts/measures success within scope of responsibility to improve development efforts as well as the organization. Applies skills to planning product development work; capturing requirements, designing solutions, defining behaviors, investigating issues, evaluating trade-offs, and verifying output. •Organizes and manages work to deliver programs, leads in the execution of assigned work. Prioritizes tasks by distinguishing urgent from important tasks and assess cost/benefit trade-offs. •Design and conduct system level characterization/verification of complex systems; collect, organize, analyze, and document test results. •Develops and applies an expert understand of designated systems as well as serves as a subject matter expert for the development team regarding behaviors, implementation trade-offs, customer needs, satisfaction of customer needs, clinical applications, and the applicable technologies required to solve problems and deliver upon business objectives. Participates in broad cross-functional reviews of work output. •Fosters collaboration with cross-functional teams, platform architects and other leaders to drive work to completion and resolve issues. Successfully influences stakeholders. Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management. Keeps leadership informed of progress and issues. •Innovates within program work to improve the organization, solve technical challenges, and develop intellectual property. •Support 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. QUALIFICATIONS Education Education Level Major/Field of Study Or Education Level Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) Soft