Embedded Systems Firmware Engineer

About Abbott

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.

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life.

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
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• 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

About the Role

Designs embedded systems firmware to support Abbott's imaging and physiology products for the catheterization lab. Gets involved in the full development cycle, including requirements, design, and test. Works with a multidisciplinary team to integrate his/her work into a working system. Remains abreast of and consults on technical advancements. Identifies and routinely uses the most effective and cost-efficient best practices to execute processes; continually evaluates their effectiveness and appropriateness.

Main Responsibilities

• Participates in the creation and design of novel solutions for intravascular diagnostics instruments
• Develops, tests, and releases firmware for imaging and physiology peripherals
• Works with the hardware developers to optimize low-level interfaces
• Captures firmware requirements from the overall product requirements
• Creates hardware abstraction layers to drive peripheral functions
• Participates in FMEA analysis and risk mitigation through firmware
• Creates test procedures to verify design inputs
• Develops testers to verify the functionality of peripheral subsystems in manufacturing and during the V&V process
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements
• 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

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum 5 years relevant embedded systems/firmware design using RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems) and testing tools in a regulated environment
• Ability to understand the technology and operation of medical instruments at the system level
• Ability to interpret hardware designs and write abstraction layer drivers
• Ability to write requirements and API documentation for embedded systems
• Experience writing firmware with and without real-time operating systems (e.g. Real-Time Linux, Threadx, Free-Rtos, etc.)
• Experience with source control software
• Command of the C programming language and relevant IDE development systems
• Command of test software programming languages

Preferred

• Masters Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Exposure to software FMEA and risk mitigation processes
• Ability to write programs to test peripheral subsystems in manufacturing and V&V
• Specific experience with ARM Cortex chips
• Specific experience with Nordic chips (ISM radios)
• Experience working in Agile development teams
• Experience with Git
• Python and C++/C# programming languages
• Previous experience with firmware for medical devices

Job Details

• Job Family: Product Development
• Division: AVD Vascular
• Location: United States > Massachusetts > Westford : 4 Robbins Road
• Work Shift: Standard
• Travel: Yes, 15% of the Time
• Medical Surveillance: Not Applicable

Significant Work Activities

• Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
• Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Compensation

The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Equal Opportunity

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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• EEO is the Law (English): http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf
• EEO is the Law (Español): http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

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