Staff Software Engineer - Automation & Quality Lead
Abbott
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Job summary
Abbott, a global healthcare leader, seeks a Staff Software Engineer in Plano, TX. This hands-on leadership role focuses on scalable test automation and continuous verification for safety-critical, connected medical devices.
You will embed quality from requirements through maintenance and apply AI responsibly, mentoring teams and shaping technical direction. The ideal candidate will drive automation strategy, architect reusable frameworks, and integrate quality into CI/CD while ensuring adherence
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on automation, software quality, system integration, verification, or platform and tools engineering.
- Deep hands-on experience designing test automation architecture, reusable frameworks, and CI/CD‑integrated quality capabilities for complex software systems.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate quality across requirements, design, implementation, integration, release, and maintenance using risk-based coverage, traceability, and measurable evidence.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python, with the ability to design maintainable production‑grade tools, services, and automation.
- Hands‑on experience using AI copilots, large language models, or agentic workflows in daily engineering work, with disciplined validation of accuracy, security, privacy, traceability, limitations, and appropriate human oversight.
- A track record of setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, and influencing decisions across teams and product lines.
Responsibilities
- Set the automation and quality strategy.
- Architect lifecycle automation.
- Integrate quality into delivery.
- Engineer connected‑system integration.
- Apply AI responsibly.
- Advance AI‑enabled engineering.
- Lead technical quality.
- Ensure safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Skills
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Job description
Abbott, a global healthcare leader, seeks a Staff Software Engineer in Plano, TX. This hands-on leadership role focuses on scalable test automation and continuous verification for safety-critical, connected medical devices.
You will embed quality from requirements through maintenance and apply AI responsibly, mentoring teams and shaping technical direction. The ideal candidate will drive automation strategy, architect reusable frameworks, and integrate quality into CI/CD while ensuring adherence
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