Senior Mobile Software Research & Development Engineer

Overview

Senior Mobile Software Research & Development Engineer in Abbott's CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management division, translating ideas into functional prototypes and products for Android and iOS remote care applications.

What you'll do

• Participate in ideation, front-end research, and prototyping through proof-of-concepts and product development of features, user workflows or platform capabilities for CRM's Android and iOS mobile applications.
• Support front-end activities such as technology maturation, market research and clinical trials, collaborating with the mobile software architect, clinical engineering, system engineering and marketing teams.
• Perform requirements gathering and definition, design, coding and unit testing of mobile software applications on Android and iOS, and support product verification and validation testing.
• Lead software development for one or more features, including technical requirements, interface specifications, component architecture and detailed design, prototyping, implementation, and development test strategy.
• Develop unit and component test designs, test cases, procedures and scripts, and execute tests.
• Ensure product development activities and deliverables comply with Abbott and CRM design and coding standards and regulatory requirements including FDA and EU-MDR.
• Perform analysis and defect correction, root cause analysis, and identify corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in development or enhancement of automated test frameworks across user interface, communication, network interface and performance layers.
• Contribute to engineering reviews with critical feedback and author or review project deliverables such as analyses, specifications, design, code and test procedures.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to other developers in delivering new features, platform enhancements and corrective actions.
• Stay current with mobile OS updates, deployment strategies, cloud interfaces, cybersecurity, user interface and test environments, and emerging technologies such as AI-ML, IoT and cloud.
• Work within Agile principles and a continuous integration development pipeline, managing dependencies and compatibility across phone platforms, OS and API versions.
• Support corporate and department-level initiatives in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and other regulatory requirements.

What you'll need

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience in mobile software development.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Mobile OS platforms: Android and iOS.
• Mobile software architecture and design patterns.
• Native vs cross-platform architecture.
• Application lifecycle management.
• User interface frameworks (e.g., Flutter, SwiftUI).
• BLE profiles and protocols (pairing, etc.).
• Android and iOS SDK frameworks and APIs.
• Mobile app programming in Java, Swift, C#, JS or Kotlin.
• Familiarity with the .NET framework.
• Mobile app testing strategy including user interface, platform and performance testing.
• Automation test framework.
• Mobile data management concepts.
• App deployment, OS upgrades and compatibility.

Nice to have

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Mobile OS platforms: Android and iOS.
• Native vs cross-platform architecture.
• Xamarin framework and Xamarin Forms UI.
• mySQL or Postgres interface.
• Knowledge of Bluetooth Low Energy concepts (pairing, etc.).
• Cybersecurity: concepts of secure design (encryption, authentication, certificates) and certificate management.
• Cloud interface: Azure cloud services (e.g., Azure IoT Hub).

Details

• Location: Sylmar, CA (13150 Telfair Avenue) or Sunnyvale, CA (645-647 Almanor Ave).
• Work shift: Standard.
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.
• Significant work activities: continuous sitting for more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8-hour day; keyboard use for 50% or more of the workday.
• Base pay: $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.