Software Engineering Manager (Hybrid Work Schedule)

Company: Laser Photonics

Industry: Private

Employment Type:  Full-time

Working Hours: 8 Hours

Job Location: USA

Full Job Description:

We are looking for an exceptional Software Manager to join our innovative product development engineering team at Spectra-Physics, which is part of the Lasers Business Unit of MKS Instruments. We push the boundaries of technology to develop a wide range of nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond lasers that address the needs of Industrial, Scientific, and Life and Health Sciences markets. In this position, you will contribute to the design and development of new free-space and fiber-based laser systems, providing firmware and software to enable new laser technologies. You will work collaboratively within a project team and use your communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional team members.

What you will do is:

  • Manage the embedded firmware and user interface development team
  • Develop and support innovative products that solve our customers’ most pressing challenges
  • Contribute to development of system architecture and behavior roadmap
  • Define and update version control, issue-tracking, regression testing, and code review procedures
  • Develop specifications for appropriate product interfaces for customers, engineers, and technicians.

What you will bring to the team, along with your curiosity, is:

  • Strong understanding of embedded firmware techniques and challenges, along with embedded operating systems experience
  • Experience with I/O devices such as ADC, DAC, and FPGA and interfaces such as I2C, SPI, RS232, USB, Ethernet
  • Proficiency programming in C, C++,  and C# using Keil IDE for ARM and Visual Studio for Windows GUI development
  • Demonstrated expertise working in a product development and transfer-to-manufacturing environment
  • BS degree and 7+ years industry experience (or equivalent advanced education)
  • Positive attitude for working with a diverse, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary team

If you have familiarity with any of the following, please let us know:

  • Experience working with distributed teams
  • Industrial laser products
  • Precision equipment design and development
  • Predictive Failure algorithms and associated enabling techniques for data collection and storage
  • Transitioning a team to new procedures

Software Engineering Manager (Hybrid Work Schedule)

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