Software Systems Engineer Cyber

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

ABOUT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations — with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

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 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Software Systems Engineer Cyber. This position can be based in our Irving, TX office. The candidate should have good experienced with software system engineering with experience in new product development and maintenance of software for medical Instruments. Displays standard software engineering principles to resolve difficult problems, from conception, design and delivery, selection and adaptation of various engineering techniques, procedures and criteria with minimal guidance.

What You’ll Work On

• Responsible for working within a collaborative, multi-discipline environment to produce deliverable products as part of an Agile team.
• Responsible to Identify risks, analyze risks for severity of consequences and likelihood of occurrence, prepare for technical risk mitigation, monitor status of each technical risk, Implement technical risk mitigation and contingency action plans.
• Responsible to define and managing Requirements, document expectations and confirm requirements baseline for new and existing products.
• Understand the point of view of the user (including End User, Marketing, Service, Regulatory, Quality Control, Manufacturing, Service, etc.) and ensure the stakeholders expectation are addressed throughout the project.
• Responsible to analyze scope of the technical problem, review design and product constraints, define functional and behavioral expectations in acceptable technical terms, define the performance requirements for each defined functional and behavioral expectation, define technical requirements.
• Support the planning and coordination with multiple discipline engineering and maintenance teams to address technical issues.
• Support product verification and analyze product verification outcomes.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in computer science or cyber security or similar Engineering curriculum.
• Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years’ experience in software development of complex systems.
• Master Degree with 0-1 years’ experience in software development of complex systems.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of the Systems Engineering lifecycle or Software Development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of Agile software development models.
• Ability to the identify, manage, and mitigate product cyber risks.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in working in Medical instrument development or controlled and heavy regulated environment.
• Knowledge of, and experience working in, DOORS or similar requirements management tool.

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

     

The base pay for this position is

$60,000.00 – $120,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

CRLB Core Lab

        

LOCATION:

United States > Irving : LC-02

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

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)

     

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

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf