Highlights
The Opportunity : The Staff Embedded Software Engineer located in Alameda or Milpitas, California leads the development, verification, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to FDA-compliant design control procedures. 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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Alameda, California |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1910 |
| Website | http://www.abbott.com/ |
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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Opportunity:
The Staff Embedded Software Engineer located in Alameda or Milpitas, California leads the development, verification, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to FDA-compliant design control procedures. They provide technical leadership, mentoring, and strategic advice, working independently to identify new technologies and implement process improvements. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, they ensure high-quality software delivery and contribute to the full development life cycle from specification to support.
What you will do:
- Lead software development, verification, and validation for embedded bio wearable products, ensuring on-time delivery within budget.
- Implement FDA-compliant design control procedures.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring for embedded software projects.
- Ensure high-quality software delivery within schedule constraints.
- Own technical aspects of C-based software products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and consultants on product development.
- Interact with QA engineers to ensure software quality.
- Utilize appropriate tools and techniques for productivity and code quality.
- Research technical issues and propose solutions.
- Participate in full development life cycle from specification to support.
- Resolve significant technical issues and provide strategic advice.
- Lead technical teams and develop cross-functional networks.
- Adjust priorities and collaborate within team environments to meet project objectives.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics, or related field with at least 10 + years of experience or Master's degree with at least 7+ years of experience.
- Experience with software development of embedded systems for safety-critical products required
- Strong debugging techniques and experience on using debugger in an embedded environment is required
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Knowledgeable of device driver and low-level device interface design and development is required
- Experience in model-based design (UML or SysML), is highly desirable
- Detailed experience with medical device development processes and FDA 510K and PMA regulatory requirement
- Good knowledge of and experience in RF and WiFi software design, device driver configuration, and test is preferred
- Preferred team leadership experience and demonstrated mentorship capabilities
- Experience with Source Control Management is highly preferred
- Experience with testing embedded devices is a strong plus
The base pay for this position is
$130,700.00 – $261,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Product Development
DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
United States > Milpitas : 1820 McCarthy Blvd
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % 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)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
About Company
At Abbott, we are enthusiastic, energetic and committed to doing great work every day. Our employees are passionate about helping to translate science into lasting contributions to health care and the health of people worldwide. At the heart of our organization is our "Promise for Life"—a statement that embodies our company's commitment to employees, shareholders, local communities and the people who depend on our company and products to live healthier lives.
Vital to our promise is the speed in which we act, respond and deliver. As Abbott employees, we are ready to meet change and challenges head-on. As a result, we are a company that adapts quickly, and through our passion for innovation we are able to continually create a pipeline of products that help improve the length and quality of life around the world.
We are proud of our rich, more than 120-year history. We continue to be driven to advance leading-edge science and technologies, support diversity, focus on exceptional performance and earn the trust of those we serve.