Senior Software Developer

Abbott Laboratories; Witney; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Canteen

Flexible benefits

Onsite allotments

Couch to 5k

Bee keeping

Yoga

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Witney is seeking an enthusiastic C#/.NET developer to join the Operations Systems Engineering team. You will help translate technical requirements into software solutions and actively participate in SCRUM ceremonies.

The role focuses on software for manufacturing and testing within a regulated environment, using Test Driven Development. A passion for manufacturing systems and a drive to grow with a global healthcare leader are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development within an industry setting.
• Exposure to Scrum/Agile and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Work with technical stakeholders to help product owners define technical requirements.
• Develop software solutions (C#) in line with priorities.
• Actively participate in SCRUM ceremonies.
• Join the team to manage the BAU backlog.

Skills

C#

Dot Net

Education

HNC/FDeg level

Job description

Job Description

Bring your passion, ideas and purpose to life in a company that can truly help you achieve your full potential.

World Leader in Blood Glucose Monitoring, Abbott's Diabetes Care team designs, develops and manufactures glucose monitoring systems for use in both home and hospital settings.

We have a Centre of Excellence in Witney for the manufacture of electrodes and biosensors used by patients and healthcare professionals for the day-to-day management of diabetes. The Operations group is the largest team in the Witney facility, producing high volumes of test strips and biosensors each year to the stringent quality standards demanded by European and US authorities and our internal quality systems.

The Operations Systems Engineering team provide software and hardware integrated solutions to support the manufacture and testing of both the Libre Continuous Glucose Monitoring sensor and Blood Glucose Measurement strip for the Abbott Diabetes Care division. Working with teams across Quality Assurance, Operations, Technical Investigation and R&D and the product software design and Third Party Manufacturing groups, the Systems team deliver best in class systems solutions within an Agile SCRUM\Dev Ops working framework to support these product lines. The team deliver end to end solutions from bespoke embedded firmware to database design and data analytics\reporting tools within a highly regulated environment.

With an increasing portfolio of Systems and a maturing culture of Agility there is a need to grow our software development team.

Main Responsibilities

• Work with technical stakeholders to help product owners define technical requirements.
• Develop software solutions (C#) in line with agreed priorities.
• Actively participate in all SCRUM ceremonies.
• Join the rest of the engineers to manage the Business As Usual backlog.

About You

You are an enthusiastic C# Dot Net developer who is building their career, whilst bringing baseline experience in industry. You have a passion for software engineering and enjoy working in a team delivering highly organised and efficient coded solutions in a Test Driven Development working methodology. You have demonstrated experience in delivering software and ideally you have worked within a Systems team delivering software in a Medical Device or similarly regulated environment (although wider FMCG or other sectors considered). You'll be educated to HNC/FDeg level as a minimum (or equivalent). You are a committed and enthusiastic technologist interested in manufacturing and business systems. You thrive in a dedicated team of skilled engineers but you also embrace the opportunity to represent your own contributions.

Abbott offers a benefits platform that provides security to you and your family. As you’d expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer and competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, subsidised canteen and a flexible benefits scheme. Here at Witney, we also like to help our employees live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including onsite allotments, couch to 5k campaigns, bee keeping, yoga and more!

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