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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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’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 Opportunity:

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer, .NET C#, WPF.

This Senior Software Engineer can be based in our Abbott Park/ Lake Bluff, IL or Irving, TX office.

The primary function of this position is to develop Windows desktop software for an automated IVD system for blood and plasma screening.

What You’ll Work On:

You will participate in a team-oriented environment to define and develop user interface, business rules, and data management applications. Software development responsibilities include executing software development life cycle activities from software requirements, design and implementation through design verification.

• Leads and is accountable for the engineering design and implementation for one or more software features in the System.
• Working independently under limited supervision, performs highly complex and specialized level software project activities in such areas as Requirements, Design, Development, Documentation, Test, Debug, and/or related areas.
• Participates in and supports the implementation, development, enhancements, and modifications to software source code, scripts, and procedures.
• Defines code-level application programming interfaces and strategies for unit testing, integration testing and performance testing for one or more sub-systems, features.
• Serves as the technical subject matter expert for one or more features.
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• Reviews and develops testing strategy and test protocols for one or more features.
• Provides effort estimates for software functionality. Plans, conducts, and technically directs projects or sub-systems of significant projects.
• Analyzes user needs, product requirements, software requirements and provides input to System Engineer and other stakeholders. Assesses areas impacted by new feature requests and determines approach to accommodate new capabilities.

• Investigate on-market issues, determine appropriate corrections, and implement those corrections underneath our software engineering process.
• Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems as well as offers strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues for future development.
• Contributes to and supports writing, updating, developing and maintaining Hazard/Risk analysis specifications
• 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.

Required Qualifications

Education:

• B.S. in Computer Science or similar engineering discipline including Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering is required.

Experience:

• 4+ yrs. of relevant experience with Master’s Degree or 6+ yrs. relevant experience with Bachelor’s degree. Experience should be related to software design and coding.
• Excellent knowledge of software engineering principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Preferred / Ideal Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in developing Windows Desktop applications utilizing .NET framework, C#, WCF, WPF/XAML and SQL Server.
• Strong Objected Oriented Analysis and Design skills.
• Advanced experience in designing and developing complex software systems.
• Ability to develop & design at the sub-system and component-level.
• Advanced level of understanding of test-driven methodologies.
• Advanced level understanding of design patterns.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities.
• Ability to provide guidance to junior team members.
• Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought.
• Demonstrated ability to set and meet tight deadlines and function well under pressure.