Principal Software Engineer (Instrument Control)

We are looking for an experienced Instrument Control Software Engineer to join our team! This role will be hybrid/on-site in San Diego, CA or Branford, CT and we will provide relocation assistance for non-local candidates.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and improve control system software for the instrument opto-mechanical, sensor, and thermal subsystems.
• Data acquisition, motion control, signal processing, data analysis, automated workflow development, and user interface development on a complex scientific instrument.
• Collaborate with systems integration and engineering teams to define and implement new instrument functionality.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering or related discipline and 5+ years of industry experience
• Experience with control systems for complex instrumentation
• Opto-mechanical control system design and implementation
• Signal processing methods for use in control systems
• On-instrument measurements and calibration
• Experience with real-time data acquisition and signal processing in C/C++
• Experience designing & writing APIs for custom hardware.
• Experience writing diagnostic software for critical instrument functions.
• Recent C/C++ in a multi-threaded Linux environment
• Python experience