Abbott Laboratories Hiring for Software Engineering Internship – Summer 2023 Year in Industry placement Job at Witney, England Full Time

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 130 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. At Abbott, you can work with great people, not only helping our patients and customers, but also helping communities thrive.

Abbott has been around for 135+ years, developing solutions for the world’s health issues and creating a workplace that enables employees to live full lives. At our Witney site we focus on driving innovation in the manufacture of sophisticated electrodes and biosensors used daily by diabetes patients and healthcare professionals globally. The innovations we have delivered over the last 20 years have had a lasting impact on the quality of life our end-users and their families. We are very excited about the future benefits we can offer those families with some of the innovations we have planned.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Joining one of our systems Agile development teams to take on specific development and testing tasks
• Generate unit tested feature sets to agreed sprint cycle.
• Participate in all ceremonies in the AgileSCRUM sprint cycle.
• Support stakeholder engagement through regular review cycles
• Assist with the validation and roll out of both new and enhanced systems

You will be working in one or more of the following areas:

• Embedded software design.
• Microsoft Dot NetCore software development.
• Oracle database programming.
• Machine Learning and AI algorithm design.

You will be collaborating with colleagues in the delivery of end-to-end software systems to support the manufacture and testing of ADC’s glucose monitoring devices. Working as part of a dedicated Agile team you will be exposed to all aspects of professionally managed software system lifecycle – from regular stakeholder engagement through solid software component design and testing to validation and deployment.

To be considered for the Internship you will need to:

• currently be studying for a degree in Computer Engineering.
• Show interest biased towards software development in your chosen language (no specific language requirements but a demonstratable understanding of OO design principles is necessary).
• Thrive on solving challenging problems, determined to explore for yourself but not afraid to ask for guidance.

At our Centre of Excellence site in Witney we also support our employees to live life to the fullest – whether it’s joining our Schools program, tending the allotments, or supporting Wellness, Charity or STEM teams, there is plenty going for you to engage with as and when you wish.

ADC Witney is committed to growing diverse and inclusive teams. As such, we would be keen to discuss your application if the job description as a whole appeals, even if there are specific areas where you don’t have previous experience or would require training support.

To apply, please submit your CV & Cover letter (to include what you are passionate about in your course) in one consolidated document. The closing date is 8th January 2023, applications will then be reviewed from W/C 15th January 2023. By submitting your application, you consent for your details to be shared with Randstad, our Third Party Labour supplier who are working on behalf of Abbott on this position.