Software 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:

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.
• 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 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

Software Engineer – Embedded Platform Applications  

Description: 

We are seeking a high caliber SW Development Engineer to work onsite in our Sylmar CA location in our Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. 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.

Working under general supervision, performs and coordinates a variety of development and verification activities including, but not limited to, planning and coordinating software development with the local team, and working closely with the team in the US. You will be working on various Medical Embedded Platform applications. 

About the team: 

The Software Engineering team provides a fast-paced, dynamic work environment where engineers work closely with a cross-functional team building embedded applications for physicians. You will collaborate with other engineers in Architecture, Development, Product, Systems engineering, and SW Quality teams to build new products and support existing products. We’re passionate about building products that improve the quality of life for patients. We like to learn along the way and depend on everyone’s input to help us grow as a team. Employees act on their strong desire to make a difference, partner with others and put ideas into action. Employees are engaged by a work culture that is team oriented, fast-paced and progressive. 

What You’ll Work On

• Implement software in current OOPs programming languages such as Java/C++ and investigate issues on multi-threaded applications. Has a good understanding of object-oriented programming principles, multi-threaded applications.

• Evaluates multiple design options, leads proof-of-concepts, and proposes optimal design solutions compatible with the software system architecture. 

• Should be familiar with different versions of Java (8 and above) or similar programming languages to be able to <