Summary written by USA Jobs 24 from Abbott's advert and our data on 17,030 current US jobs. How we check every job
At a glance
Abbott is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer in Alameda, CA. It is a full-time role in Software & IT, asking for at least 8 years of experience, first listed on November 4. The advertised pay is $114,000–$228,000 a year. The description mentions Agile, Jira and Workday. Abbott has 99 other openings in the US, 1 of them in Alameda, CA.
How the pay compares
Abbott advertises $114,000 to $228,000 a year, a midpoint of $171,000 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 77% of the 1,317 software & IT jobs in California that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $213,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
Skills in this advert
How often each skill named in this advert appears across the 4,670 software & IT jobs we list today. Agile is the most widely requested (13% of jobs), while Workday is the least common (2%). Widely requested skills are what employers expect as a baseline; rarer ones show what is special about this job.
Paste your resume and this advert into our resume match tool to see which of these words your resume already covers.
Before you apply
- Check it is still open. We found this job on Abbott's Workday site on November 4 and checked it again November 4, 5:17 AM ET. When an employer takes a job down, we remove it at our next daily update.
- Check the location works for you. This role is based in Alameda, CA. If you would need to move, ask whether relocation help is offered.
- Match the experience. The advert asks for at least 8 years of experience. If you are a little short, a close match on the skills in the advert can still win an interview.
- Tailor your resume. Use the advert's own words, such as Agile, Jira and Workday, wherever they are true for you. Our resume guide shows how.
- Know your number. Decide the lowest offer you would accept before the first call. Our salary negotiation guide explains how to ask for more.
- Apply only through Abbott's own site. Our Apply button goes straight to Abbott's Workday page. If anyone contacts you about this job and asks for money, gift cards or bank details, stop and check it with our scam checker. Read how to spot a fake job offer.
About hiring at Abbott
Abbott has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 29 states. Most are in healthcare & pharma (28), software & IT (14) and sales & BD (14). The biggest locations are Altavista, VA (9), Abbott, IL (8) and Columbus, OH (8). 4% of them are remote, 5% are open to entry-level candidates and 99% show pay. We collect Abbott's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
This is Abbott's own description of the job, copied word for word from its careers site. We have not edited it.
Show the full advert from AbbottHide the advert866 words
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Job Description
Meet Lingo, a new biosensing technology that provides users a window into their body. Lingo tracks key biomarkers such as glucose, ketones, and lactate to help people make better decisions about their health and nutrition. Biowearable technology will digitize, decentralize and democratize healthcare, enabling consumers to take control of their own health.
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
- An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This Senior Systems Engineer position works onsite in our Alameda, CA location for Lingo.
We are seeking a Systems Engineer to lead design and development efforts across our cloud, and mobile platforms within a regulated medical device environment. This role is based in Alameda, CA, and plays a critical role in ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and scalable delivery.
What You’ll Work On
- Define and support software system architecture, safety classification, and system design to enable compliant, high-quality product development.
- Create and maintain interface control documentation to ensure robust integration between hardware, and data systems.
- Lead risk management activities, identifying hazards, defining mitigations, and ensuring traceability throughout design and development.
- Partner with QA/RA to maintain compliance with relevant standards, including FDA 21 CFR 820.30, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, and IEC 62304.
- Support verification and validation (V&V) processes which includes planning, execution, and documenting system tests to confirm requirements are met.
- Facilitate design reviews, coordinate multidisciplinary technical decisions, and champion systems thinking in everyday engineering.
- Maintain documentation for design history files (DHFs) and ensure full requirements traceability across the product lifecycle.
- Support defect analysis and disposition while ensuring alignment with safety and risk management processes.
- Support audits, regulatory submissions, SDLC process definition, non-product software validation, configuration management, and change control activities for software systems.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in systems engineering for regulated environments, ideally in medical devices or software as a medical device.
- Strong technical breadth across software, IoT systems, with the ability to communicate effectively across disciplines.
- Hands‑on experience with requirements definition/management tools (Jama, ALM, DOORS, Polarion, Ketryx, or similar) and interface control documentation.
- Hands‑on experience with requirements definition/management tools (Jama, Ketryx, or similar) and interface control documentation.
- Knowledge of core regulatory and quality standards for medical devices (FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, IEC 60601).
- Familiarity with risk management best practices for medical devices and maintaining hazard analysis/FMEA documentation.
- Demonstrated systems thinking skills, understanding how individual components affect safety, performance, and usability of the overall system.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler or Enterprise Architect.
- Background in biosensor, digital health, or IoT medical device development.
- Exposure to design history file creation, regulatory submissions, and audits.
- Experience integrating cloud‑based services with medical devices in compliance with security/privacy standards (HIPAA, GDPR).
- Familiarity with design controls for consumer medical or multifunction devices.
- Experience with Human Factors Engineering (IEC 62366).
- Experience with project-management and agile tools (e.g., Jira).
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal
#software
The base pay for this position is
$114,000.00 – $228,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Product DevelopmentDIVISION:
LNGO LingoLOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay ParkwayADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
StandardTRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)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.pdfUSA Jobs 24 copied this listing from Abbott's official careers site on November 4, 2026 and checked it again November 4, 5:17 AM ET. Abbott will never ask you to pay to apply or to buy equipment with a check they send you. If anyone does, it is a scam.
Something wrong with this listing? Tell us and we will look into it.