Staff 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:

ABOUT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations — with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

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.
• 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Staff Software Engineer. This position can be based in our Lake Forest, IL office. The primary function of this position is to independently apply advanced engineering knowledge to complete complex assignments, lead the design and development of complex software code, unit tests and integration tests for a subsystem.

What you’ll work on

• Demonstrates expert knowledge and proficiency of the complete software development process; leads and is accountable for the engineering design and implementation for all features and capabilities in one or more subsystems in the System.
• Oversees the end-to-end implementation of all internal and external interfaces, implementation patterns and unit, integration and performance testing strategy for all features in one or more subsystems.
• Defines strategies to meet functional and non-function requirements.
• Continuously monitors and reviews all code committed to one or more subsystems for quality, compliance and design adherence.
• Leads implementation for high-complexity, mission-critical features and capabilities.
• Oversees continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) design of one or more subsystems.
• Ensures test coverage of all features and capabilities in one or more subsystems.
• Develops software system test strategies and test plans including regression analysis for complex features.
• Provides technical feasibility assessment to System Engineer on emerging user needs and product requirements.
• Reviews software requirements as a technical subject matter expert.
• Evaluates multiple design options, leads proof-of-concepts and proposes optimal design solutions compatible with the software system architecture.
• Leads root cause investigations on high-complexity or high-severity issues.
• Participates in corrective and preventative action assessments as participant of CAPA activities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree with 6+ years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Bachelor's Degree and 8-10 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Expert experience in designing and developing complex software systems.
• Demonstrated ability in providing guidance to junior team members.
• Expert knowledge in modern prog