Software Developer - Simulation Engineer III

Abbott • Charlottesville, VA

1d • $78,000 - $156,000

About The Position

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.

This position works out of our Charlottesville, VA or Lake Forest, IL in the Cardiometabolic and Informatics facility. Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges. As the Software Developer - Simulation Engineer III, you will have the chance to provide software development services by building and coding additional functionality and upgrade of proprietary software: a diabetes simulator which can perform clinical protocols on virtual subjects and analyze output data to produce meaningful reports that will guide Abbott Diabetes Care and other researchers in device and control algorithm development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences or other related fields with a strong computational component, such as application development, statistics, and applied mathematics.
• Experience in implementing algorithms and data structures for simulator computing applications.
• Experience with source code control tools, such as Git.
• Experience with writing and executing software unit testing.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Experience (or knowledge) in statistical analysis and data presentation design.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Visual Studio is a plus.
• Demonstrates initiative, dependability, flexibility, and enthusiasm.
• Contributes to multiple projects simultaneously.
• Identifies problem areas and provides solutions.
• Develops process improvement strategies.
• Provides sound leadership.
• Handles unexpected demands in a professional manner.
• Takes on additional tasks where appropriate, without being asked.
• Ability to think out of the box, learn new skills and stretch beyond current capabilities.
• Works well with other people.
• Effective oral and written communications skills.
• Adherence to divisional and corporate SOP’s and ethics.

Responsibilities

• Builds and codes applications and/or modules using languages such as C++, JavaScript, MATLAB, XML, C#, .NET Core framework, REST APIs, Python, React, nextJS, etc. Knowledge of version control tools and CI/CD pipelines. Some knowledge of IIS and MS SQL.
• Designs software architecture to meet the specific needs of users.
• May build add-on modules or plugins using application program languages.
• May have client management responsibility.
• Performs code review of other simulation programs.
• Follows software development procedures and good documentation practices of Abbott Rapid Diagnostics - Informatics quality system.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level