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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the design and development of software code, unit tests, and integration tests for a feature of a subsystem.
• Lead medium-sized or multiple medium projects.
• Work independently on complex project activities within the discipline area.
• Troubleshoot and recommend solutions for complex issues.
• Own software engineering design and implementation for one or more application features in the system.
• Define code-level application programming interfaces and strategies for unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing for one or more features.
• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for one or more features.
• Define feature evolution, branching, integration, and deployment strategy.
• Define the structure of the source code files for one or more features.
• Ensure successful integration of one or more features in the continuous integration environment.
• Review testing strategy and test protocols for one or more features.
• Implement hardware/interface simulation for one or more features.
• Analyze user needs, product requirements, and software requirements, providing input to the System Engineer.
• Define low-level (detailed) design for the feature based on the high-level design and cross-cutting architecture.
• Author feature description, design, and technical specification artifacts.
• Interface with Global Service and other cross-functional teams to respond to customer complaints and on-market issues in a timely fashion.
• Provide engineering effort estimates for major/complex feature changes or enhancement requests.
• Support project management through effort estimates and status updates.
• Lead feature technical teams.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers.
• Follow defined software development lifecycle procedures and Abbott's quality system procedures.
• Act as a subject matter expert in application layer best practices and governing development procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers on Abbott and local processes and practices.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6-8 years of related experience, Master's Degree with 4+ years of related experience, or Associate's Degree with 10+ years of related experience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to recommend solutions.
• Independent and strong software technical expert capable of leading a feature team.

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 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 Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. 

     

The base pay for this position is

$85,300.00 – $170,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

CRLB Core Lab

        

LOCATION:

United States > Lake Forest : CP01

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

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