Job Description

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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries

JOB DESCRIPTION:

ABOUT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS:

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbotts life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

Our Irving,TX location currently has an opportunity for a Software Engineer. The position can also be based in Lake Forest, IL.

WHAT YOULL DO

The Software Engineer, under the guidance of a senior 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. Primary function is to develop software for an automated IVD system for processing Immunoassays and Clinical Chemistry assays. Participate in a team-oriented environment to develop user interface, business rules, data management, or embedded system control applications (specifically embedded system control applications).

* Will contribute to the design and development of embedded robotic control software under a disciplined product development process that meets FDA and other regulatory requirements.
* Software development responsibilities include executing software development life cycle activities from software requirements, design and implementation, through design verification. Will support formal verification and validation testing, and ensure that development conforms to design specifications and coding standards. Responsible for implementing and maintaining compliance to the development plans and practices.
* Responsible for developing test plans and test cases for software components. Develop, test, and integrate software using current software technologies.
* Responsible for documenting work products via software design descriptions, design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, and formal verification.
* Design and implement low-level device control layer (driver level) software in current programming languages (e.g. C, C++).
* Design and implement application layer device control software utilizing statecharts to automate mechanical engineering designs.
* Assist in the evaluation of selected designs through testing and full documentation of the results.
* Provide support for fault isolation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities during system integration and testing for systems in development and on-market.

This is an individual contributor position, with the expectation of some (limited) prior experience in embedded software.

The individual will be accountable for meeting deliverable commitments including schedule and quality compliance. Must have skills to plan and schedule own work activities, and coordinate activities with other software engineers.

An individual contributor in this position may travel occasionally within the U.S or abroad as required per project assignment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOULL BRING

Required:

* Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Biomedical engineering is required.
* 2+ years experience covering the entire software lifecycle (requirements definition through verification) in a team environment.
* Academic experience with UML or other formal object oriented design notation is a must (OOA/OOD CASE tools, such as Rational Rose or Rhapsody is preferred).
* Good knowledge of software engineering principles
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
* Able to apply the latest software design and development tools and techniques as required.
* Solid understanding of C++

Preferred :

* Masters of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering.
* Experience with unit testing and mocking environments, (Google Unit Test, Google Mock, etc)
* 3 years experience with RTOS based applications (QNX, etc) and inter-process communications (persistent-publish-subscribe (PPS), application messaging/notifications, google protocol buffers, etc).
* Understanding of device level communications (as demonstrated by prior work).
* Solid understanding of robotics and sensor control including state machine usage (boost statecharts, visual state, etc) and common algorithms (debouncing sensor inputs, slip detection, etc)

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

* Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
* Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
* Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
* Paid time off
* 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
* The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. 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 and @AbbottGlobal.

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

ADD Diagnostics

LOCATION:

United States > Irving : LC-02

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Lake Forest : CP01 Floor-5

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)

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