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 114,000 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
This position works out of our Pleasanton, CA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
At Abbott R&D’s Heart Failure division, we spend our days engineering meaningful products that save and extend the lives of heart failure patients. Providing a full stack of solutions ranging from wireless implanted cardiac output sensors to mechanical pumps that assist failing hearts; we need your expertise to help us engineer the next generation of class III medical devices (i.e. Bluetooth enabled implants, Wireless charging, Remote monitoring with the cloud, telemedicine etc.)
We are seeking talented, enthusiastic, and dependable Senior Embedded Software Engineer who will collaborate with our systems, human factors, cybersecurity and regulatory teams to understand the needs of our products and our patients and then develop best-in-class firmware within a rigorous Agile process.
What You’ll Work On
- Develop C/C++ embedded software for Class III medical devices
- Working under limited supervision, develop high-risk/high complexity-level software project tasks
- Ability to work from requirement specifications and architectural guidelines to design and implement software and test strategies
- Collaborate with other developers in software design, implementation, unit testing, and debugging.
- Debug, troubleshoot, and isolate software problems and offer strategic advice regarding identified issues for future development.
- Participate in cybersecurity risk assessment, requirements development, and implementation of cybersecurity features and best practices.
- May present or contribute to presentations at design reviews; document and resolve issues as directed.
- Contribute to and support a variety of development and test phase efforts.
- May write and update requirement specifications for an assigned area.
- Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
- Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
- Perform other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
-
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related field
-
7+ years of related experience or master’s degree with 4+ years of related experience
Preferred Qualifications
-
At least one year working in Research and Development programming engineering prototypes
-
Knowledge of design controls and regulations for medical device development
-
Knowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes that are consistent with ISO, IEEE, or other FDA recognized standards
-
Experience analyzing and debugging embedded system using oscilloscopes, logic Analyzers and any other appropriate equipment
-
Experience with IAR compilers
-
Experience with ThreadX specifically and other RTOS in general
-
Experience creating requirements in DOORS
-
Experience in working in an iterative (Agile, Scrum, Kanban) development process using GIT for version control and Jira for issue tracking
Apply Now
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.
The base pay for this position is
$98,000.00 – $196,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:Product Development
DIVISION:HF Heart Failure
LOCATION:United States > Pleasanton : 5000 Franklin Dr
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:Standard
TRAVEL:Yes, 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf
EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
Similar Jobs
What We Do
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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
