Staff Software Engineer

Title: Staff Software Engineer

Location: St. Paul, MN

Duration: 7 Month Assignment

Description:

• This position works out of our Tech Center in the Twin Cities, MN in the EP division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business,
• we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
• As the Staff Software Engineer, you'll have the chance to be a critical contributor to building compelling products within Abbott’s Electrophysiology Division.
• The individual will participate in the development and deployment of system and software architecture to support our development programs.
• Design, develop, and document software applications embedded in diagnostic and interventional cardiology devices.
• Participate in all phases of the software lifecycle, including concept development, requirements, design, implementation, and testing.

What You’ll Work On

• Apply solid software design skills to develop medical devices to meet specific performance requirements and deliver on goals according to product development quality system.
• These activities include developing requirements specifications, design, implementation and testing of software and embedded software algorithms or/and general Linux applications and GUIs.
• These algorithms include real-time 3D location tracking, real-time 3D anatomical model creation and intracardiac signal visualization.
• As a team member, contribute significantly to completion of various project activities, from definition, identifying software functional requirements, implementation, code reviews, and final release according to medical device development processes.
• Create and implement software/test plans/protocols and generate test reports to ensure software/firmware design meets the specifications and quality system requirements.
• Work closely with cross-function team, including design reviews with QA, RA, test engineers, hardware engineers to ensure the firmware design meets the product requirements, including safety, reliability and serviceability. Be creative and innovative in the product development process.
• Make, recommend or justify critical technical decisions in product design. The decision should be based on broad investigation and testing.
• Document and transfer developed solutions to manufacturing team for mass production and provide technical support and sustaining development in launch phase.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or M.S+ (Preferred) in Computer Science.
• 6+ years of software development or equivalent (e.g., 4+ years of Ph.D. research experience in Computer Science).
• 5+ years of Object-Oriented Design, C++ and Qt Programming Experiences on Linux platform.
• Strong experience in design and implementation of cutting-edge graphics techniques and detailed knowledge of graphics hardware such as OpenGL shader language, CUDA, Nvidia GPU programming, OpenGL 2D/3D texture mapping, CPU/GPU performance profiling and characterization, and other general stream programming techniques.
• Excellent knowledge and experience in computational geometry algorithms.
• Excellent knowledge and experience in developing multithreaded real-time applications.
• Excellent analytical and mathematical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Software development through full product lifecycle.
• Experience with creating and managing requirements and translating them into effective architectures and software design.
• An understanding of requirements for, and experience in medical device development.
• Excellent documentation skills (highly regulated development environment). Preferred Qualifications
• GUI development experience: Qt/QML.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

 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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.