Software Integration Engineer

Abbott • Irving, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. The Opportunity Our Diagnostics business in Transfusion Medicine currently has an opportunity for a Software Integration Engineer. This position is based in our Irving, TX office. The primary function of this position is to perform software integration testing for an automated IVD system used for blood and plasma screening. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 2 years' work-related experience
• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics
• Reviews, generates and documents Verification & Validation or characterization related inputs
• Demonstrates use of experimental and data Analysis techniques including statistics, DOE and Six Sigma training
• Presents, delivers and interprets information amongst product team members, scientists, engineers, and other systems development personnel
• Proficient in operation of instruments, and repair/replacement of parts/subassemblies

Nice To Haves

• Experience performing software integration testing of complex electromechanical systems
• Regression and Functional Testing is a plus for understanding as it is part of this role
• Experience working in the medical industry and an FDA-regulated environment is a plus
• Hands-on experience with complex diagnostic medical equipment; experience with Abbott IVD systems is a strong plus
• Moderate knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Scripting knowledge is a plus including using python and or Bash
• Troubleshooting experience across multiple system functions (i.e., hardware and software)

Responsibilities

• Integration testing throughout the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Heavily interacts with the development teams to ensure the right tests are being executed properly.
• Collaborate with other Software Integration Test Engineers to develop integration test plans and test scenarios and perform the testing on the target instrument in the lab.
• Complete software integration activities for the development of user stories within an Agile SDLC process.
• Perform exploratory testing and system-level end-to-end integration incorporating customer day-to-day scenarios.
• Investigate and report unexpected events, issues, or software bugs.
• Verify fixes.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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