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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott Diagnostics:

Diagnostic testing is a compass, providing information that helps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a range of health conditions.

Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools give you accurate, timely information to better manage your health. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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

Abbott Diagnostics Business currently has an opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer, who will contribute to the development and maintenance of Maintenance and Diagnostic procedures for diagnostic test analyzers. You will support and implement IronPython scripts. Procedure development will rely heavily on a comprehensive knowledge of theory and design. You will use both software simulation and working on real hardware in a laboratory setting during your development activities. You will have the ability to support stakeholders world-wide.

This position can be based in our Abbott Park (Lake County), IL or Irving, TX office.

The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for development and working on complex system software; takes pride in building top-quality software; and is driven to achieve operational excellence.

What You’ll Do:

Software development responsibilities include executing software development life cycle activities from software requirements, design and implementation through design verification.
Develop, test and integrate software using current software technologies.
Define code-level application programming interfaces and strategies for unit testing and integration testing.
Serve as the technical subject matter expert for one or more procedures
Author and maintain procedure description, design, and technical specification artifacts.
Provides technical mentorship to junior engineers. Responsible for fault isolation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities during system integration and testing for systems in development and On-Market
Able to apply the latest software design and development tools and techniques as required.
Work independently on more complex level project activities and provide strong troubleshooting skills and recommend solutions.
Analyze user needs, product requirements, software requirements and provides input to System Engineer
Lead procedure design review team meetings
Ability to work with cross functional teams to maintain/advance the Maintenance and Diagnostics strategy and held accountable for the work output.

Education & Experience You’ll Bring:

Required

Bachelor's Degree with 6-8 years of related experience, Master's Degree with 4+ years of related experience, or Associate's Degree with a 10+ years of related experience

Preferred

Excellent knowledge of programming concepts using IronPython scripting language
Familiar with Microsoft .NET technology framework and object-oriented programming concepts
Knowledge of the Agile software development lifecycle
Strong, effective troubleshooting skills
Ability to manage priorities effectively to drive multiple projects forward in parallel as necessary
Strong written and verbal communication skills

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 (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 $71,300.00 – $142,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]

This job was posted on Wed Oct 25 2023 and expired on Tue Nov 14 2023.

$71K /yr Average

Tasks

Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.

Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.

Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.

Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.

Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.

Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.

Determine system performance standards.

Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.

Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance.

Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.

Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.

Train users to use new or modified equipment.

Specify power supply requirements and configuration.

Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.

Skills

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Programming - Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.