JobsUSAPrincipal Instrumentation Software Engineer, Windows
Company : AbbVie
Location : Madison, WI, 53703
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Software Development
Occupation : Software Engineer
Job Details
Job Title
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
Job Description
Purpose:
Combine software engineering expertise, leadership and a strong understanding of scientific, medical or laboratory instrumentation to support and enhance internally developed laboratory equipment. Conceive, design, engineer, and implement software, and technology solutions that solve significant engineering, scientific or business problems.
The Instrumentation Software Engineer often writes software to interface with hardware components, including sensors, actuators, pumps, motors, cameras, and other electronic devices. They are involved in developing, software that controls and interacts with instruments and systems used for measurement, automation, and process control. They critically evaluate relevant technological advances and integrate this knowledge into new business technology solutions. They may act as team leaders in their area of expertise and mentor more junior software engineers.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and maintain Linux and Windows based software solutions that improve the capabilities of internally developed laboratory instrumentation.
- Assist in the deployment and configuration of software applications in a biotech manufacturing environment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including scientists, electrical and mechanical engineers, operations managers, and IT staff, to gather requirements and deliver software solutions that meet business needs.
- Conduct software testing and validation to ensure quality, reliability and performance of applications. Adhere to team practices for software development, including version control, coding standards, code review, and documentation.
- Demonstrate creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult problems and champion new technologies to achieve project goals.
- Demonstrate mastery across a wide range of technologies and platforms related to software design and development, programming languages, machine control, data integration, data analysis and visualization tools.
- May mentor/supervise a team of one or more and guide and evaluate the performance of those individuals; is accountable for the effective performance of the team/individuals.
- Keeps executive leadership, peers and staff informed through effective verbal and written communication.
- Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle.
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree with 8 years' experience, Master's Degree with 7 years' experience; PhD with 3 years' experience.
- 3 years' experience developing software for laboratory, scientific, medical, or industrial equipment.
- Proficiency in C#, .NET, Windows Forms and GUI programming in Visual Studio IDE
- Understanding of multi-threading, semaphores, mutual exclusion
- Proficiency with XML and JSON messaging
- Experience with git, and GitHub for source code change control.
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies and a commitment to Agile approaches.
Preferred:
- Experience integrating with Tecan, Hamiliton, or similar commercial liquid handling robots
- Experience in Linux, including gnu C/C++ GTK application development and shell programming
- Proficiency in Python or Java programming languages
- Experience with Service Oriented Architecture
- Experience with relational databases and SQL.
- Experience with Device interfacing via RS232, 485, TCP/IP
- Experience in Image Analysis and graphics libraries
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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