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.

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 a 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 worldwide 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

This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location in the SH division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

What You’ll Work On

The Staff Firmware Engineer will provide technical leadership within a vibrant and high-performing R&D team that is redefining the treatment of structural heart disease. The incumbent will primarily lead firmware development involving Bluetooth, NFC and message handling of a critical subsystem, including cybersecurity hardening, test method development, software documentation, and other workstreams as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Minimum 8 years of software development experience.
• Track record of consistent delivery of working software including increasing scope, complexity and leadership responsibilities over time.
• Coding experience in C, C++, C#, etc.
• Experience in software development involving BLE/NFC stacks.
• Strong familiarity with a variety of development tools (IDEs, configuration management systems, code repositories, debuggers, unit test frameworks).
• Experience in developing, authoring, testing and managing software requirements.
• Experience in detailed software documentation.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to address areas of ambiguity, both from a product design and development process standpoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree such as Master’s or PhD Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Experience with Nordic nRFConnect SDK and RTOS.
• Experience with Laird BLE/NFC family of microprocessors.
• Experience with NXP MCU Xpresso IDE and family of microprocessors.
• Experienced in developing Class B and C medical device software subject to IEC 62304 software development life cycle processes and other global regulatory standards.
• Experienced in the sequential phases of the medical device development from early feasibility and VOC through development, test, commercial launch, and post-market support.
• Knowledge and application of systems engineering fundamentals.
• Familiarity common with development methods/frameworks used in software, such as Waterfall, Agile, Spiral, etc.
• Experience in cybersecurity risk management principles and implementation of security mitigations.
• Experience in the use / deployment of a requirements management environment, such as DOORS, JAMA or Cognition Cockpit.
• Experience in development of cloud connected devices.
• Experience in serving as primary software development liaison for a 3rd party design firm augmentation of an internal R&D team.
• Experience in first-in-human and pivotal clinical trials.
• Experience and/or familiarity with cardiac anatomy and interventional cardiology.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

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.

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The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.