Abbott · 1 day ago
Lead Systems Engineer
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The Lead Systems Engineer will design embedded systems firmware for imaging and physiology products, engage in the full development cycle, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to integrate work into a functioning system.
BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedicalMedical DeviceNutritionPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Participates in the creation and design of novel solutions for intravascular diagnostics instruments
Develops, tests, and releases firmware for imaging and physiology peripherals
Works with the hardware developers to optimize low-level interfaces
Captures firmware requirements from the overall product requirements
Creates hardware abstraction layers to drive peripheral functions
Participates in FMEA analysis and risk mitigation through firmware
Creates test procedures to verify design inputs
Develops testers to verify the functionality of peripheral subsystems in manufacturing and during the V&V process
Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements
Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors
Qualification
Required
Masters Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum 5 years
Relevant embedded systems/firmware design using RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems) and testing tools in a regulated environment
Ability to understand the technology and operation of medical instruments at the system level
Ability to interpret hardware designs and write abstraction layer drivers
Ability to write requirements and API documentation for embedded systems
Experience writing firmware with and without real-time operating systems (e.g. Real-Time Linux, Threadx, Free-Rtos, etc.)
Experience with source control software
Exposure to software FMEA and risk mitigation processes
Ability to write programs to test peripheral subsystems in manufacturing and V&V
Command of the C programming language and relevant IDE development systems
Command of test software programming languages
Specific experience with ARM Cortex chips
Specific experience with Nordic chips (ISM radios)
Experience working in Agile development teams
Experience with Git
Python and C++/C# programming languages
Previous experience with firmware for medical devices
Benefits
Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement
The Freedom 2 Save student debt program
FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
Company
Abbott
Abbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.79M2011-03-15Post Ipo Debt· $0.1M
2009-03-16Post Ipo Debt· $6.69M
1980-12-12IPO
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