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Sr. Embedded Software Engineer

Abbott

Company websiteabbott.com (Abbott, opens in new tab)

Base salary $114K  to $228K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States

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About this job

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity:

The Sr Embedded Software Engineer can be located in our Milpitas or Alameda, California locations oversees the design, development, and validation of software for embedded systems, ensuring compliance with FDA requirements. They manage a team of software engineers.  Playing a crucial role in software design, coding, and validation, addressing moderate scope problems, and participate in software development activities under guidance and mentoring junior engineers. Adherence to FDA-compliant Design Control procedures and proficiency in software implementation are key aspects of the role.

What you’ll work on

·       Design and implement software in current programming languages (e.g. C, C++, C#, python).

·       Manage a small software team, assist in developing and mange project schedules and in performance reviews

·       Working from requirement specifications, develops, maintains, and updates detailed design and interface specifications.

·       Participates in and supports the implementation, development, enhancements, and modifications to software source code, scripts, and procedures

·       Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems as well as offer strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues for future development.

·       Assist in the evaluation of selected designs through testing and full documentation of the results.

·       Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

·       Participate in software development, verification and validation following the guidance of software lead.

·       Follow approved Design Control procedures for software development in accordance with FDA guidelines.

·       Contributes to and supports writing, updating, developing and maintaining Hazard/Risk analysis specifications.

·       Contributes to and supports root-cause analysis of failures.

Required Qualifications

·       Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar with a minimum 7 years of related experience or Master's Degree with 4+ years of related experience

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·       Strong familiarity with current development tools (IDEs, debuggers, unit test frameworks)

Preferred Qualification

·       Experience in managing a team.

·       Knowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes that are consistent with ISO, IEEE, or other FDA recognized standards or regulated industry is a plus

·       Experience with middleware frameworks, protocol stacks, or system-level software.  Examples: USB stack, BLE stack, TCP/IP, file systems, etc.

·       Experience building end-to-end systems (firmware → middleware → application)

·       Experience testing software is a plus

·       Knowledge of design controls and regulations for medical device development is a plus

·       Experience with software development life cycle processes is a plus

The base pay for this position is

$114,000.00 – $228,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:

United States > Milpitas : 1820 McCarthy Blvd

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

Source: Abbott on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($114,000) is above 7% of the 10,168 Software Engineering roles nationwide listed on this site; 19 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $161,886; the middle half runs from $140,000 to $191,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 5, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Abbott roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Abbott roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer (this listing)$114K - $228K
Product Marketing Manager$114K - $228K
Manager, Product Quality Engineering$114K - $228K
Senior Systems Engineer$114K - $228K
Staff AI/ML Platform Engineer$114K - $228K
Manager, Clinical Data Review – Medical Devices (on-site)$114K - $228K
Brand Manager, HCP Marketing, Peer-to-Peer$114K - $228K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Abbott roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

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Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-30
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: United States > Milpitas : 1820 McCarthy Blvd • United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road

$114,000.00 – $228,000.00

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