Principal Instrumentation Software Engineer, Windows

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Purpose:

We are seeking a talented Instrumentation Software Engineer with Windows C# desktop development experience to join the Madison Peptide Therapeutics (MPT) Engineering team. This individual will work with engineers and scientists to maintain and enhance our fleet of Peptide Array synthesizers in a biotech research environment. The Instrumentation Software Engineer combines a strong understanding of scientific, medical or laboratory instrumentation and their software engineering expertise to support and enhance internally developed laboratory equipment. They often write software that interfaces to hardware components, including sensors, actuators, pumps, motors, cameras, and other electronic devices, and to display the data collected from these devices. They often write software to implement workflows used by operators to set up and run the instruments, or software that supports the quality system. They work collaboratively in an Agile team environment to design and develop high quality software that increases throughput, reduces cost and improves the quality of the product.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and maintain Windows based software solutions that
• improve the capabilities of internally developed Peptide array synthesizers.
• Conduct software testing and validation to ensure quality, reliability and performance of
• applications.
• Assist in the deployment and configuration of software applications in a biotech
• manufacturing environment.
• · Adhere to team practices for software development, including version control, coding
• standards, code review, and documentation.
• 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.
• Conceives and directs/conducts experiments, or engineering studies/models to characterize
• aspects of the system and use the data to inform design decisions.
• 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.
• Keep engineering leadership, peers and team informed through effective verbal and written
• communication.
• May serve as project team leader.
• 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:

• 3+ years’ experience developing software for laboratory, scientific, or medical instrumentation.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years’ experience, Master’s Degree with 7+ years’ experience; PhD with 3+ years’ experience.
• Proficiency in C#, .NET, Windows Forms and GUI programming of desktop applications in Visual Studio IDE. · Experience with Service Oriented Architecture
• Understanding of multi-threading, semaphores, mutual exclusion
• Proficiency with XML and JSON messaging
• 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 with git, and GitHub for source code change control
• Experience with Device interfacing via RS232, 485, TCP/IP
• Proficiency in Python or Java programming languages
• Experience in machine learning or AI assisted software development
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• 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. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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