Principal Instrumentation Software Engineer, Windows
AbbVie
Full-time
Remote friendly (Madison, WI)
United States
$121,000 - $230,000 USD yearly
IT
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Role Summary
Principal Instrumentation Software Engineer, Windows — Combine software engineering expertise, leadership and a strong understanding of scientific, medical or laboratory instrumentation to support and enhance internally developed laboratory equipment. Conceive, design, engineer, and implement software, and technology solutions that solve significant engineering, scientific or business problems.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and maintain Linux and Windows based software solutions that improve the capabilities of internally developed laboratory instrumentation.
- Assist in the deployment and configuration of software applications in a biotech manufacturing environment.
- 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.
- Conduct software testing and validation to ensure quality, reliability and performance of applications. Adhere to team practices for software development, including version control, coding standards, code review, and documentation.
- Demonstrate creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult problems and champion new technologies to achieve project goals.
- 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.
- May mentor/supervise a team of one or more and guide and evaluate the performance of those individuals; is accountable for the effective performance of the team/individuals.
- Keeps executive leadership, peers and staff informed through effective verbal and written communication.
- 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.
Qualifications
- Required: Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years’ experience, Master’s Degree with 7 years’ experience; PhD with 3 years’ experience.
- 3 years’ experience developing software for laboratory, scientific, medical, or industrial equipment.
- Proficiency in C#, .NET, Windows Forms and GUI programming in Visual Studio IDE
- Understanding of multi-threading, semaphores, mutual exclusion
- Proficiency with XML and JSON messaging
- Experience with git, and GitHub for source code change control
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies and a commitment to Agile approaches.
Preferred
- Experience integrating with Tecan, Hamilton, or similar commercial liquid handling robots
- Experience in Linux, including GNU C/C++ GTK application development and shell programming
- Proficiency in Python or Java programming languages
- Experience with Service Oriented Architecture
- Experience with relational databases and SQL
- Experience with Device interfacing via RS232, 485, TCP/IP
- Experience in Image Analysis and graphics libraries