Firmware Test Automation Engineer

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:

Job Title

Firmware Test Automation Engineer

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 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 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

We are recruiting for a Firmware Test Automation Engineer to join our Abbott Heart Failure team in Atlanta, GA or Pleasanton, CA where we are focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives.  This person will be primarily working on the CardioMEMS HF portfolio, which remotely monitors changes in pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, an early indicator of the onset of worsening heart failure, to aid physicians in preventing worsening heart failure, lower heart failure mortality rates, and improve quality of life for our heart failure patients.  The role is responsible for designing and developing test automation software for new products and changes and improvements to existing automation tools.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and develop automation test tools for embedded software.
• Design and develop test frameworks and systems that can be automated and integrated into current and future software releases.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers and Manual Test Engineers to implement automation tests.
• Shape the future of our automated testing and integrating with CI/CD pipelines.
• Write comprehensive test plans based on requirements.
• Develop and implement automated tests on embedded systems.
• Design, develop, and execute manual test cases and protocols to verify software system design when required.
• Convert existing manual test cases into automation tests.
• Peer review tests written by teammates
• Travel- approximately 5-10%

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• You will need experience testing complex embedded systems in a team environment focused on firmware behaviors
• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Positive attitude, team player, and ability to quickly adapt to changes
• Experience with C, C++, and Python testing frameworks ( pytest, etc.)
• Experience with continuous integration/deployment systems
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with Class II or III implantable medical device software development.
• Knowledge of FDA 62304 guidance and international regulatory requirements for medical device software.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.c