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Abbott Engineer, Senior (Embedded Software) - Abbott Point of Care (Ottawa) in Ottawa, Ontario
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
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 will have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
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
This position works out of our Ottawa, Ontario location in the Point of Care, Diagnostics division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.
Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology. Our Ottawa office has an opportunity for an Embedded Software Engineer in the Research and Development Instrument group. The person in this role will work independently in one or more aspects of the overall software development process (such as software design, code development, testing and/or maintenance) of application software or embedded firmware under a disciplined product development process that meets FDA (Food and Drug Administration) requirements.
What You’ll Do
Works independently on identifying innovative technologies for implementation into new product development and process improvements.
Exercises independent judgment in identifying, recommending, and implementing significant and/or complex new tools/process improvements to meet company objectives in areas of new product development, product testing, process improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Readily adjusts priorities and works within team environment for timely completion of common objectives for multiple projects.
Resolve technical issues to meet company objectives.
Technical leadership in one or more areas of application/embedded software development (such as software design, code development, testing and/or maintenance) including project scheduling activities.
Reliably deliver high quality software within schedule constraints.
Actively participates in product development teams for the development of new products and services.
Works with the Software consultant(s) on the system and/or algorithm design and /or testing issues.
Interacts with QA engineers to ensure that software products are robust and of high quality.
Implement software or testing designs efficiently utilizing the appropriate tools such as C, C++, C#, Java, Python as well as use of Version Control and collaboration systems.
Participate in the full life cycle of development, from specification and design through implementation, testing, and support.
Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and performing other duties as assigned by management.
Implement approved Design Control procedures for software development in accordance with FDA guidelines.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or a closely related discipline and have demonstrated academic success. A post-graduate degree (MSc or PhD) is desired and may contribute towards the required years of experience.
Minimum of 5 years of direct R&D experience, preferably in an industrial R&D or manufacturing setting, with medical devices, sensors, microfluidics and reagents.
Preferred Qualifications
Extensive experience in C, C++, and C# programming. Proficient in Real-Time OSs, particularly Wind River VxWorks and Micrium uC/OS. Mastery of multitasking environments, and inter-task/process communication.
Proficient in development IDEs like Wind River Workbench, IAR Embedded Workbench, and Microchip MPLab IDE. Well-versed in Microsoft Windows application development using Visual Studio, C#, and .NET libraries.
Adept in network operations involving TCP/UDP/FTP, with hands-on experience in socket programming. Knowledgeable about Wi-Fi connection operations, network router setup, and configuration. Skilled in coding Wi-Fi connections using Wi-Fi module APIs.
Proficient in optimizing SQL and database operations with a focus on SQLite environment.
Demonstrated skill with test automation (unit and integration testing), source code analysis tools (Coverity, Black Duck) or similar are a strong plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
Excellent troubleshooting skills are necessary. Strong debugging techniques and experience with using debugger are required and/or use of testing tools to ensure a high-quality software product. Strong working knowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes.
Experience with collaboration (JIRA) and source control (GIT) tools is a plus.
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Abbott strives to promote and maintain an inclusive, high-performing culture that allows all employees to reach their full potential and contribute to Abbott’s success. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com