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Staff Engineer, Systems Software

Abbott
Madison, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/29/2026
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.

A senior engineering professional who independently applies advanced knowledge to complete complex assignments, who leads

the design and development of complex software code, unit tests and integration tests for a subsystem.

Main Responsibilities

  • Leads, is accountable for, and serves as the technical subject matter expert for the engineering design and implementation for

one or more software features, identifying process issues and recommending corrective measures.

  • Defines feature evolution, branching, integration and deployment strategy.
  • Defines structure of the source code files.
  • Ensures successful integration.
  • Implements hardware/interface simulation.
  • Analyzes user needs, product requirements, software requirements and provides input to stakeholders

Education Level Major/Field of Study or Equivalent :

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years)

Experience/Background

Minimum 6 years Minimum 6 - 12 Years of experience

The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Salary : $99,300 - $198,700

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