Abbott

Sr. Software Engineer R&D

Abbott • $78K — $156K *
Lake Forest, CA 92630In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Associate's degree with 10+ years or Bachelor's degree with 6+ years or Master's degree with 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Advanced experience in designing and developing complex software systems with a focus on safety and reliability.
  • Proficiency in modern programming languages, notably C/C++/C# or Python, as well as agile methodologies.
  • Strong grasp of test-driven methodologies along with continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) protocols.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to mentor junior team members and explain complex technical concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop software for robotic medical devices while adhering to development processes and healthcare regulations.
  • Participate in all phases of software development: coding, testing, and validating to ensure performance standards are met.
  • Support quality assurance testing to ensure software complies with design specifications and regulatory requirements.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to define requirements, develop software solutions, and document all activities.
  • Create essential technical documentation, including design reviews and software testing results.
  • Develop low-level software ensuring hardware components can communicate effectively as needed.
  • Automate control of robotic and mechanical systems through application-level software using state-based design methods.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for employees and their families.
  • Access to resources and support systems for a balanced work-life integration.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development within the organization.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity
The Sr Software Engineer hired in this role will work out of the Irving, TX location on site. This is in the Abbott Transfusion Medicine Business Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

What You'll Work On

The Sr Software Engineer will help develop robotics control and scheduling applications used in a laboratory environment, automating the testing of donor blood and plasma. The ideal candidate will have experience in motion control and fluidics, utilizing servos and stepper motors to physically move mechanisms into position and valves and pumps to process fluids.

  • Help design and develop software that controls robotic medical devices, following established development processes and healthcare industry regulations.
  • Participate in software development activities, including designing, coding, testing, and validating software to ensure it performs safely and reliably.
  • Support testing efforts to verify that software meets requirements, follows quality standards, and complies with design specifications.
  • Collaborate with engineers and other team members across multiple disciplines to develop software solutions, define requirements, and document design and testing activities.
  • Contribute to technical documentation, including design reviews, code reviews, software requirements, and testing results.
  • Develop and maintain low-level software that allows hardware components and devices to communicate and function properly using programming languages such as C and C++.
  • Develop application-level software that controls and automates robotic and mechanical systems, using state-based design methods to manage device behavior and performance.
  • Assist in the evaluation of selected designs through testing and full documentation of the results.
  • Investigate on-market issues, determine appropriate corrections, and implement those corrections underneath our software engineering process.


Required Qualifications

  • Associate's degree with a 10+ years of related experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of related experience.
  • Master's Degree with 4+ years of related experience.
  • Advanced experience in designing and developing complex software systems.
  • Ability to provide guidance to junior team members.
  • Advanced knowledge in modern programming languages such as C/C++/C# or Python & agile methodologies.
  • Advanced level of understanding of test-driven methodologies.
  • Advanced level of knowledge with continuous integration & continuous development (CI/CD).
  • Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to develop & design at the component-level.
  • Advanced level understanding of design patterns.
  • Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.


Preferred Qualifications
  • 8 years of experience and a BS degree or 6 years with MS degree..
  • Experience with unit testing and mocking environments, (Google Unit Test, Google Mock, etc)
  • 5 years experience with RTOS based applications (QNX, etc) and inter-process communications (persistent-publish-subscribe (PPS), application messaging/notifications, google protocol buffers, etc).
  • Solid understanding of C++ and robotics and sensor control including state machine usage (boost statecharts, visual state, etc) and common algorithms (debouncing sensor inputs, slip detection, etc)
  • Understanding of device level communications (as demonstrated by prior work).
  • Preferred location: Irving, TX. Alternate location: Lake Forest, IL


Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/

The base pay for this position is
$78,000.00 - $156,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Product Development

DIVISION:
TM Transfusion Medicine

LOCATION:
United States > Irving : LC-02

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
United States > Lake Forest : J55

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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Learn more about Abbott
Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
NASDAQ
ABT
* Ladders Estimates

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