Senior Software Engineer

R&D Senior Software Engineer

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 in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the student debt program and 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.

Our location in Sylmar, CA, currently has an onsite opportunity for a R&D Senior Software Engineer. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

What You'll Work On:

• Supports the implementation, development, enhancement, and modification of software tools and applications to facilitate product development and verification.
• Develops, maintains, and updates test requirements and designs based on requirement specifications.
• Support verification activities within the group.
• Identifies, debugs, and resolves software issues, providing strategic recommendations for future improvements.
• Creates design concepts, including parameters, structure, and core components.
• Participates in design reviews, documents findings, and addresses issues as directed.
• Contributes to peer reviews on related projects, offering constructive feedback.
• Assists in various development and testing phases as needed.
• May draft and update requirement specifications for assigned areas.
• Reviews project deliverablessuch as specifications, code, and test/tool proceduresfor feasibility, completeness, clarity, accuracy, and correctness.
• Ensures compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory standards, company policies, operating procedures, and assigned tasks. Maintains positive and collaborative communication with employees, customers, contractors, and vendors at all levels.
• Owns specific tasks within larger initiativessuch as user needs analysis, feature definition, validation, or subsystem developmentand drives them to timely, high-quality completion.
• Collaborates with internal teams, including Quality, as required.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Experience You'll Bring:

Required:

• Over 6 years of experience in software development, including programming-intensive coursework, academic projects, and professional roles.
• Skilled in clearly communicating technical solutions and issues to both management and project team members.
• Familiarity with software development processes for the medical device industry is a plus.
• Test automation experience is a plus.
• Experience with AI tools such as GitHub Copilot is a plus. Experience leading cross-site teams to work collaboratively is a plus.
• Ability to identify and drive process improvement initiatives is a plus.
• Proficient in capturing and analyzing customer requirements and translating them into effective design and solutions.
• Preferred experience with programming languages such as C#, VB.NET, VC++, Java, ASP.NET or Python
• Preferred experience with operating systems including Windows and Linux.
• Knowledge of multitasking systems / real-time application development preferred.
• Familiarity with Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) concepts preferred.
• Experience with tools such as Install Aware, AccuRev, Jira, Bit Bucket, Glib Repository, Microsoft Visual Studio and ClearQuest is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualification and Education:

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Preferred: Experience working in Regulated industries is a plus.

The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family: Product Development

Division: CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

Location: United States > Sylmar : 13150 Telfair Avenue

Work Shift: Standard

Travel: No

Medical Surveillance: No

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.