Staff Embedded Software Engineer

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.

Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to join our Abbott Heart Failure team in Atlanta, GA, where we are focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives. The person will be primarily working on the CardioMEMS HF portfolio, which remotely monitors changes in pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, an early indicator of the onset of worsening heart failure, to aid physicians in preventing worsening heart failure, lower heart failure mortality rates, and improve quality of life for our heart failure patients. The role is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of device software for new products and changes and improvements to device software for existing products. You will plan, lead, and execute technical and cross-functional project work that may include efforts in various phases of medical device product development, including design and development planning, requirements definition, product development, risk analysis, supporting verification test protocol development, and complaints investigation. Will work with cross-functional teams

• Quality, regulatory, EE, Systems, product performance group, and Clinical engineering teams.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Technical leadership for the device software development effort for a medical device.

• Perform software unit requirement analysis.

• Prepare software unit architecture and designs.

• Implement software units, perform peer code review, and create software unit tests.

• Detect, report, investigate, disposition, and fix product defects.

• Assist with escalated customer complaints investigations.

• Performing timely, detailed CAPA engineering tasks like assessing issue descriptions, reviewing CAPA data sources, assisting with root cause analysis, and quality problem-solving.

• Work with cross-functional teams

• Quality, regulatory, EE, Systems, and Clinical teams.

• Follow established guidelines for and participate in the review of product engineering artifacts (e.g., specifications, designs, test descriptions, implementations, tests, records, reports, etc.).

• Assist in the preparation and review of product and software development plans and reports as required.

• Under minimal direction, participate in the review and update of system specifications, designs, test descriptions, risk analysis, verification test procedures, and related documentation.

• Travel- approximately 5-10%

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

• 10+ years of overall experience in software product development and 3+ years in the medical device industry.

• C/C++ language embedded software experience.

• GUI design and development experience with Qt/QML and Qt Widgets.

• Operating systems like Linux or RTOS.

• Experience with hardware, MCU development kits, and electrical test equipment.

• Experience with selecting the best MCU for a product.

• Experience developing test cases in C++ GTest framework or similar frameworks.

• Experience developing test cases in C Ceedling or similar frameworks.

• Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (e.g. JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence, DOORS, CMake.)

• Experience performing risk management analysis of software (e.g. SW FMEA techniques).

• Knowledge within the medical device industry including IEC 62304 quality requirements and regulatory requirements or similar regulated experience.

• Proven collaboration with cross-functional/multi-disciplinary teams.

• Familiar with good documentation practices (software Design, data analysis, and reports)

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or related discipline with 5+ years of work experience in the medical device industry.

• Experience with static code analysis tools such as Coverity.

• Experience working in an Agile development environment.

• Experience with Agile development methodologies.

• Experience working with BLE and NFC is a big plus.

• Experience with Class II or III implantable medical device software development.

• Strong knowledge of FDA and international regulatory requirements for medical device software

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: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx

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.

The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 - $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.