{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d051158b62b063d73c6c2dee","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d051158b62b063d73c6c2dee","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d051158b62b063d73c6c2dee","title":"Staff Software Systems Engineer","description":"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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.\nWorking at Abbott\nAt 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:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\nA 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.\nA 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.\nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of our Pleasanton, CA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. The Senior Software Systems Engineer is responsible for supporting the design, development, and testing of complex software systems for medical devices and connected health platforms. This role focuses on capturing and translating customer and stakeholder requirements into clear, actionable specifications, ensuring alignment across development and testing teams. Acting as a subject matter expert, this role provides technical leadership and guidance to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet regulatory standards and customer needs.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nLeads complex digital health programs spanning cloud platforms, mobile apps, connected devices, data pipelines, and clinical workflows\nDrives standardized engineering methods and processes that improve design rigor and cross-functional team alignment\nLeads structured execution of digital product development, translating ambiguous business and clinical inputs into well-defined plans and actionable requirements; drives issue resolution, prioritizes cross-functional trade-offs, and ensures validated, high-quality outputs aligned with regulatory expectations.\nPlans and executes the department strategy to deliver upon responsibilities; gathers information, frames problems, devises/executes plans, tracks progress and adjusts/measures success within scope of responsibility to improve development efforts as well as the organization.\nPartners with internal stakeholders (business, clinical, regulatory, and engineering) to define product vision and high-level requirements, then decomposes them into detailed software/system requirements and functional specifications for development and testing teams.\nContributes to risk management activities including hazard analysis, FMEA, and risk assessments; ensure risk controls are systematically translated into requirements, architecture/design, and verification/validation plans.\nDrive design reviews and enforce best practices for requirements traceability, validation, and compliance throughout the development lifecycle.\nDevelops and applies an expert understanding of designated systems as well as serves as a subject matter expert for the development team regarding behaviors, implementation trade-offs, customer needs, satisfaction of customer needs, clinical applications, and the applicable technologies required to solve problems and deliver upon business objectives. Participates in broad cross-functional reviews of work output.\nOrganizes and manages work to deliver programs, leads in the execution of assigned work.\nFosters collaboration with cross-functional teams and other leaders to drive work to completion and resolve issues.\nComplies 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.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field.\n8+ yrs relevant experience and a BS degree, or 6 yrs relevant experience and a MS degree, or equivalent years of education and experience in Engineering and Sciences.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDemonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs.\nMedical device industry experience.\nWorking knowledge of cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and mobile application ecosystems\nFamiliarity with relevant standards such as IEC 62304 (Software Lifecycle), ISO 14971, or similar\nExperience working with requirements, configuration, and defect management tools (e.g., DOORS, JIRA, etc.)\nExperience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model.\nAbility to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.\nAbility to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.\nAbility to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.\nStrong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.\nMultitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.\nStrong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.\n\nApply Now\nLearn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com\nFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.\nConnect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.\n\nThe base pay for this position is $100,000.00 – $200,000.00. 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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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.\nWorking at Abbott\nAt 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:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\nA 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.\nA 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.\nThe Opportunity\nThis position works out of our Pleasanton, CA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. The Senior Software Systems Engineer is responsible for supporting the design, development, and testing of complex software systems for medical devices and connected health platforms. This role focuses on capturing and translating customer and stakeholder requirements into clear, actionable specifications, ensuring alignment across development and testing teams. Acting as a subject matter expert, this role provides technical leadership and guidance to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet regulatory standards and customer needs.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nLeads complex digital health programs spanning cloud platforms, mobile apps, connected devices, data pipelines, and clinical workflows\nDrives standardized engineering methods and processes that improve design rigor and cross-functional team alignment\nLeads structured execution of digital product development, translating ambiguous business and clinical inputs into well-defined plans and actionable requirements; drives issue resolution, prioritizes cross-functional trade-offs, and ensures validated, high-quality outputs aligned with regulatory expectations.\nPlans and executes the department strategy to deliver upon responsibilities; gathers information, frames problems, devises/executes plans, tracks progress and adjusts/measures success within scope of responsibility to improve development efforts as well as the organization.\nPartners with internal stakeholders (business, clinical, regulatory, and engineering) to define product vision and high-level requirements, then decomposes them into detailed software/system requirements and functional specifications for development and testing teams.\nContributes to risk management activities including hazard analysis, FMEA, and risk assessments; ensure risk controls are systematically translated into requirements, architecture/design, and verification/validation plans.\nDrive design reviews and enforce best practices for requirements traceability, validation, and compliance throughout the development lifecycle.\nDevelops and applies an expert understanding of designated systems as well as serves as a subject matter expert for the development team regarding behaviors, implementation trade-offs, customer needs, satisfaction of customer needs, clinical applications, and the applicable technologies required to solve problems and deliver upon business objectives. Participates in broad cross-functional reviews of work output.\nOrganizes and manages work to deliver programs, leads in the execution of assigned work.\nFosters collaboration with cross-functional teams and other leaders to drive work to completion and resolve issues.\nComplies 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.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field.\n8+ yrs relevant experience and a BS degree, or 6 yrs relevant experience and a MS degree, or equivalent years of education and experience in Engineering and Sciences.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDemonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines including Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs.\nMedical device industry experience.\nWorking knowledge of cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and mobile application ecosystems\nFamiliarity with relevant standards such as IEC 62304 (Software Lifecycle), ISO 14971, or similar\nExperience working with requirements, configuration, and defect management tools (e.g., DOORS, JIRA, etc.)\nExperience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model.\nAbility to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.\nAbility to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.\nAbility to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.\nStrong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.\nMultitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.\nStrong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.\n\nApply Now\nLearn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com\nFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.\nConnect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.\n\nThe base pay for this position is $100,000.00 – $200,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.","datePosted":"2026-07-30T11:32:58.753Z","dateModified":"2026-07-30T11:32:58.753Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abbot","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Pleasanton","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"d051158b62b063d73c6c2dee"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d051158b62b063d73c6c2dee"}}