Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Abbott Laboratories · Alameda, California, United States · $131K–$261K/yr
Hospitals and Health Care · 10,001+ employees
About the role
Lead the full development life cycle of embedded bio-wearable products while ensuring adherence to FDA-compliant design control procedures. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and strategic guidance to cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience or a Master's degree with 7+ years of experience in embedded systems. Candidates must have strong debugging skills and experience with medical device regulatory requirements like FDA 510K and PMA.
Full description
The Opportunity:
The Staff Embedded Software Engineer located in Alameda or Milpitas, California leads the development, verification, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to FDA-compliant design control procedures. They provide technical leadership, mentoring, and strategic advice, working independently to identify new technologies and implement process improvements. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, they ensure high-quality software delivery and contribute to the full development life cycle from specification to support.
What you will do:
- Lead software development, verification, and validation for embedded bio wearable products, ensuring on-time delivery within budget.
- Implement FDA-compliant design control procedures.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring for embedded software projects.
- Ensure high-quality software delivery within schedule constraints.
- Own technical aspects of C-based software products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and consultants on product development.
- Interact with QA engineers to ensure software quality.
- Utilize appropriate tools and techniques for productivity and code quality.
- Research technical issues and propose solutions.
- Participate in full development life cycle from specification to support.
- Resolve significant technical issues and provide strategic advice.
- Lead technical teams and develop cross-functional networks.
- Adjust priorities and collaborate within team environments to meet project objectives.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics, or related field with at least 10 + years of experience or Master's degree with at least 7+ years of experience.
- Experience with software development of embedded systems for safety-critical products required
- Strong debugging techniques and experience on using debugger in an embedded environment is required
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Knowledgeable of device driver and low-level device interface design and development is required
- Experience in model-based design (UML or SysML), is highly desirable
- Detailed experience with medical device development processes and FDA 510K and PMA regulatory requirement
- Good knowledge of and experience in RF and WiFi software design, device driver configuration, and test is preferred
- Preferred team leadership experience and demonstrated mentorship capabilities
- Experience with Source Control Management is highly preferred
- Experience with testing embedded devices is a strong plus
The base pay for this position is $130,700.00 – $261,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
