Sr. Software Engineer R&D

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.

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 Sr Software Engineer hired in this role will work out of the Irving, TX location on site . This is in the Abbott Transfusion Medicine Business Division.  Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.  What You’ll Work On The Sr Software 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.  Help design and develop software that controls robotic medical devices, following established development processes and healthcare industry regulations. Participate in software development activities, including designing, coding, testing, and validating software to ensure it performs safely and reliably. Support testing efforts to verify that software meets requirements, follows quality standards, and complies with design specifications. Collaborate with engineers and other team members across multiple disciplines to develop software solutions, define requirements, and document design and testing activities. Contribute to technical documentation, including design reviews, code reviews, software requirements, and testing results. Develop and maintain low-level software that allows hardware components and devices to communicate and function properly using programming languages such as C and C++. Develop application-level software that controls and automates robotic and mechanical systems, using state-based design methods to manage device behavior and performance. Assist in the evaluation of selected designs through testing and full documentation of the results. Investigate on-market issues, determine appropriate corrections, and implement those corrections underneath our software engineering process.

Associate's degree with a 10+ years of related experience. Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of related experience. Master's Degree with 4+ years of related experience. Advanced experience in designing and developing complex software systems. Ability to provide guidance to junior team members. Advanced knowledge in modern programming languages such as C/C++/C# or Python & agile