Software Engineer C++/Rust Developer

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, growing efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an outstanding combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Discover Impactful Work

To strengthen our agile Life Science Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry team, we are looking for a motivated Instrument Control Software Engineer. If you enjoy working with a multidisciplinary, multicultural, and worldwide team, this is your job.

A day in the Life:

Join our dynamic team and embark on an exciting journey filled with diverse tasks and responsibilities.

Your primary focus will be on development and maintenance embedded software for controlling mass spectrometers, proactively prioritize, estimate work items and analyzing data to solve complex technical problems. Working closely with our software architect and software colleagues, you will play a vital role in deriving detailed software technical specifications and overseeing all stages of software development, from initial research to customer release.

You will be responsible for independent development of complex concepts according to given architectures and their implementation in code using contemporary technologies, software quality and programming patterns. Additionally, you will provide guidance and support to software colleagues, and cross functional teams in developing Mass Spectrometer.

As an integral part of the project cycle, you will pro-actively contribute to seamless knowledge transfer to other software colleagues, science team, and product management team, enabling them to effectively support the newly developed instruments.

Keys to Success:

Responsibilities

• Conception and implementation of complex control flow of analytical instruments in a collaborative environment

• Develop and implement computationally efficient and precise algorithms for digital signal processing, meeting demanding requirements with a focus on efficiency and accuracy.

• Design and develop procedures for instrument calibration and performance evaluation, ensuring accuracy and reliability in the calibration process and assessing the instrument's performance effectively

• Actively prototype, implement and test new and existing software features, prioritizing software quality and aiming for zero defects to ensure the reliability and robustness of the software.

• Work closely with your software colleagues to address software defects/issues in a timely manner;

• Generate documentation as part of the development process, ensuring clear and comprehensive documentation

• Apply principles, rules, and strategies related to intellectual property when drafting invention disclosures, patents, publications, and presentations, ensuring the protection of innovative ideas and technologies

• Communicate software development progress verbally and in writing to reporting and other software colleagues

• Represent the company in interactions with external customers and collaborators

• This position responsibilities split (90% hands-on and remaining administrative activities)

• Traveling to Bremen, Germany will be occasionally required

Experience and Education

• Proven 2+ years of industrial experience in C++ software development.

• Experience working on embedded software development for complex software architectures.

• First experience in an analytic instrumentation domain or Mass spectrometry is highly appreciated.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Very good knowledge of C++ and strong background in software development

• Experience with Python and/or Rust is a plus

• Willingness to learn about mass spectrometry applications

• Excellent communication competence and strong collaboration skills

• Agile thinking and growth mindset

• Comfortable with a high paced work environment

• Passionate to push the limits of science and technology

• Promote teamwork actively

• Proficient in English.

What we offer

• Work with us and be an important part of a company developing groundbreaking technologies for analytical science customers worldwide.

• We have modern work environment including relax zones, power yoga lectures, gym, outside playground, and massages in the building. In the company canteen there is always fresh fruit and vegetable for free

• We have flexible working hours to better balance personal life, 25 days of vacation and 5 days of sick leave per year.

• Option for partial home office after probation period

• Financial benefits - annual bonus, meal allowance, pension insurance allowance.

• Further employee benefits - mobile tariff for you and your family members for excellent price, free Multisport card, possibility of life or health insurance for better prices.

• Specific trainings for your new role that are crafted by your manager. You don't have to worry about learning things without any support!

• We will support you in your development and education, including language courses.

• Each colleague is a part of an open company culture. We have company rock band, Dragon boats team, ice hockey team, you can enjoy with us many other sport and social activities.

• Brand-new Hacker space room equipped with VR headset, Recording studio for videos, music or podcasts, Lego Mindstorms, 3D printer, Arduino, and many others.

• Excellent working equipment: high quality notebook, company phone and two monitors are our standard, office equipment based on personal preferences.

Still not sure? Come and take a look!

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds has an outstanding story to tell. Join us and contribute to our unusual mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.