Software Integration Engineer

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Software Integration Engineer is a newly created, full-time position which works out of our Irving, TX location in IACC (Immunoassay Clinical Chemistry) / Diagnostics Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our integrations, instruments and informatics systems are 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.

As the Software Integration Engineer you'll be responsible for:

• Representing software integration throughout the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Performing all the SQA functions (integration case creation and execution, exploratory integrationing, integration plan and integration report creation).
• Heavily interacting with the development and quality teams to ensure the right integrations are being written and executed.

What You'll Work On:

• Complete software integrationing and activities for development user stories within an Agile SDLC process
• Review System Specifications/Requirements documents, user stories and create verification integration cases (based on those requirements) and execute integration cases

• Investigate and report unexpected events, issues or software bugs. Verify fixes.

• Perform exploratory integrationing, system level end to end integrationing, develop integration datasets and execute automation scripts (to ensure application software releases are of high quality)

• Create verification and validation integration plans, integration reports, trace matrices and review with relevant stakeholders (dev and quality)
• Travel requirement: minimal.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 2-4 years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Moderate knowledge of Agile methodologies

• Moderate level of understanding of integration methodologies

• Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities

Preferred / Ideal / Optional Qualifications

• 2 - 4 years' med tech experience
• Experience with Alinity C or Alinity S

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

The salary for this role is between:

N/A

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

IACC Immunoassay and Clinical Chemistry

LOCATION:

United States > Irving : LC-02

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

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.

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