Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

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.

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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. As a key member of our R&D team, you will have the opportunity to lead product development projects and collaborate with our global network of sites.

Your primary focus will be on leading a software technical activity for mass spectrometers projects, guiding technical team in prioritizing work items, and analyzing data to solve complex technical problems. Working closely with our product and project management team, 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.

In this role, you will be making critical technical decisions on a daily basis, while also creating an environment that fosters effective decision-making among your colleagues. You will be responsible for planning, executing, and documenting software R&D activities, as well as developing software considering software and quality standards. Additionally, you will provide guidance and support to software colleagues and cross functional teams in developing Mass Spec.

As an integral part of the project cycle, you will ensure 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:

• Act as software technical leader for mass spectrometers projects (Lead all technical activities – requirements, hands-on, planning, technical guidance and testing etc.)

• Actively prototype, implement and test new and existing software features (Considering software quality and zero defect)

• Work closely with your software colleagues to address software defects/issues in a timely manner; (Hands-on software development required)

• Create and maintain documents as part of the product development process

• Apply intellectual property (IP) principles, rules, and strategies when writing invention disclosures, patents, publications, and presentations

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

• Be the pairing partner for architects and cross functional leaders

• Represent the company in interactions with external customers and collaborators

• This position responsibilities split (70-80% hands-on and remaining technical leadership / administrative activities)

• Traveling to Bremen, Germany will be occasionally required

Experience and Education

• Proven 4+ years of industrial experience in software development of complex analytic instrumentation

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

• First experience in a software technical leadership role is highly appreciated

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of Python and C++ and strong background in embedded software development

• Willingness to learn about mass spectrometry applications

• Role model for initiative, independence, and expansion of the technical horizon

• 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

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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.

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