Staff Engineer – Control Software

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions Office

Job Description

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will become part of a highly collaborative team that is passionate about building software platforms that power advanced scientific instruments and solutions. With industry-leading investment in innovation, we provide our teams with resources and opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the world.

How will you make an impact?

As a Technical Lead in the Vacuum Software Team, you will contribute to the software that keeps TEM microscopes accurate, reliable, and ready for advanced scientific use. You will work on the design, development, and maintenance of vacuum control software for High-End and Mid-Range TEM products, partnering with engineers and stakeholders to deliver dependable, high-quality solutions.

We are seeking an experienced Staff Engineer with 10–15 years of experience in the development and maintenance of Microscope Control Software. You should have strong hands-on expertise in C++, COM, MFC, Qt, C#, and test frameworks such as GTest/GMock. Experience with WPF will be an added advantage.

In this role, you will help drive the enhancement, modernization, and quality of software systems used in advanced scientific instruments. You will contribute to software design, system integration, and engineering best practices, while also supporting mentoring, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the team.

What will you do?

• Provide technical leadership and guidance across the software development team and distributed sites.

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain Microscope Control Software and related Windows-based components using C++, COM, and MFC, with exposure to C# and WPF where applicable.

• Develop software layers that interface with supplier-provided hardware APIs.

• Implement and maintain hardware abstraction layers (HAL).