Senior Staff Engineer, Instrument Software

Personal and Professional Attributes:

• You have a talent for architecting software abstractions that focus on being clean, robust and maintainable
• You have significant experience writing production software in a real-time control environment
• You have created quality code in an agile software environment with an emphasis on automated testing
• You are able to perform root-cause analysis and debug complex software systems
• You have a strong desire to achieve commercial success with your company’s products

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design and code across the entire software stack in our DNA sequencers
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists and program managers to achieve scalable instrument software architectures
• Communicate and document designs using behavioral and structural diagrams
• Quickly create proof-of-concept prototypes and evaluate feasibility
• Support and mentor software team members

Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related discipline, or equivalent
• Excellent coding skills and fluency in managed runtime environments, such as .NET or Java
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to be able to effectively interact with mechanical, electronic, quality, and manufacturing engineers
• High-performance computing solutions knowledge/experience preferred
• Diagnostic equipment or services in the life sciences industry knowledge/experience preferred

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