Embedded Firmware Technical Lead
AbbottAbout the role
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 .
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 position of Embedded Firmware Technical Lead is within our Infectious Diseases business unit located in San Diego, CA (On Site). Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.
This is a technical leadership position contributing to the design and development of our instrument platforms within the Instrument Software & Systems organization. The right candidate for this position will be a highly experienced embedded firmware engineer with medical device experience who has demonstrated success architecting, designing, and developing embedded firmware, and capable of leading the development of firmware subsystems and operate within a regulated quality management system.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide overall technical expertise and leadership for embedded firmware development team.
Design and development of embedded firmware controlling components such as sensors, serialized devices, drivers, A/D and D/A converters, multiple electro-mechanical and optical components, stepper motors, DC motors, pumps, and valves.
Develop thread safe multitasking code with a Real time OS, board bring up, performance evaluation, error handling, and working closely with hardware engineer to identify and remediate defects in the system.
Lead definition of technology, computing architecture, subsystem requirements definition.
Lead and contribute to platform activities with project teams across multiple business units and global sites.
Identifies areas for reuse of components and other SW/HW modules across different product lines.
Coordinates platform configuration management activities across different product lines.
Leads the analysis of system performance/behavior using simulation and modeling techniques as required.
Serves as a key technical contributor to requirements development. Collaborates to allocate system functions, define interfaces, resolve conflicting requirements, and develop requirements sufficient to enable delivery of the defined instrument architecture.
Advocates efficient, simple, and compliant mechanisms to build a robust and high-quality instrument platform, taking into consideration elements in the life cycle management of the instrument platform and corresponding products.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
10+ years of experience in architecting, designing, developing, debugging, reviewing and testing embedded firmware and at least 2 ye
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