Engineer II, Software

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Join our engineering team and help develop innovative embedded software solutions for advanced scientific instruments. As a Software Engineer II, you will design and implement embedded software that powers our High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems.

Working in an agile, international environment, you will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and domain experts to deliver robust, high-quality solutions that drive technical innovation and scientific discovery.

A Day in the Life

• Develop embedded software for instrument control systems, including actuators (motors, valves, pumps) and sensor data acquisition, filtering, and analysis across fluidics, optics, and mechanical subsystems.
• Collaborate with instrument development teams to translate scientific and technical requirements into software solutions.
• Partner with electronics engineers on board bring-up, hardware validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Extend and maintain embedded platform libraries by implementing, testing, and documenting new interfaces and components.
• Contribute to firmware architecture, specifications, and design reviews for new product developments.
• Investigate and resolve field issues, ensuring product reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain and enhance the embedded software toolchain and development environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of experience in embedded software development within a commercial environment, preferably in Computer Science, Physics or a related technical field
• Strong experience developing embedded software for microcontrollers and SoCs, preferably using C++
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design, software architecture, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with multithreaded and multicore programming in RTOS environments.
• Hands-on experience with hardware debugging, board bring-up, and root-cause analysis.
• Good understanding of embedded hardware, communication protocols, and processor architectures (e.g., USB, PCIe, I²C, SPI, ARM, Intel, Microchip).
• Proficiency with modern software development tools and practices, including Git/SVN, GCC, Eclipse, Jenkins, Jira, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in cross-functional, global teams.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• High motivation and ability to learn quickly

Experience with one or more of the following would be beneficial:

• Interest in AI-assisted development tools and awareness of cybersecurity and software quality requirements.
• FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog)
• Python or C#
• Embedded Linux
• Agile development methodologies
• Electronics design

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to better balance your personal life. 25 days of vacation, plus 5 sick days per year
• Option for partial home office (1 to 2 days per week) after probation period
• Financial benefits: annual bonus, meal allowance, and pension insurance allowance
• Additional perks: discounted mobile plan for you and your family, free Multisport card, and discounted life and health insurance
• Modern work environment with relax zones, power yoga classes, a gym, an outdoor playground, and on-site physiotherapy massages. The company canteen serves fresh meals throughout the day.
• Brand-new maker space equipped with a VR headset, a recording studio for video, music, and podcasts, Lego Mindstorms, a 3D printer, Arduino kits, and more