[Remote] Sr. Embedded Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The Sr Embedded Software Engineer oversees the design, development, and validation of software for embedded systems, ensuring compliance with FDA requirements. They play a crucial role in software design, coding, and validation, while mentoring junior engineers and adhering to FDA-compliant Design Control procedures.ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement software in current programming languages (e.g. C, C++, C#, python)Working from requirement specifications, develops, maintains, and updates detailed design and interface specificationsParticipates in and supports the implementation, development, enhancements, and modifications to software source code, scripts, and proceduresDebugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems as well as offer strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues for future developmentAssist in the evaluation of selected designs through testing and full documentation of the resultsWork on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of identifiable factorsExercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate actionParticipate in software development, verification and validation following the guidance of software leadFollow approved Design Control procedures for software development in accordance with FDA guidelinesContributes to and supports writing, updating, developing and maintaining Hazard/Risk analysis specificationsContributes to and supports root-cause analysis of failuresSkillsMinimum 7 years of related experience or Master's Degree with 4+ years of related experienceExcellent written and verbal communication skillsStrong familiarity with current development tools (IDEs, debuggers, unit test frameworks)Experience with middleware frameworks, protocol stacks, or system-level software. Examples: USB stack, BLE stack, TCP/IP, file systems, etcExperience building end-to-end systems (firmware → middleware → application)Experience testing software is a plusKnowledge of design controls and regulations for medical device development is a plusKnowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes that are consistent with ISO, IEEE, or other FDA recognized standards is a plusExperience with software development life cycle processes is a plusCompany OverviewAbbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines. It was founded in 1888, and is headquartered in Illinois City, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.abbott.com.