Systems Staff Engineer, Software

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science with an annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research solving complex analytical challenges increasing productivity in their laboratories improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 130000 colleagues delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific Applied Biosystems Invitrogen Fisher Scientific Unity Lab Services Patheon and PPD. For more information please visit.

How will you make an impact

The ideal candidate enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary high-tech and international environment to tackle complex technical problems. We are driving security into the software development lifecycle and helping ensure the security of our products. This role requires a strong background in software security and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews architecture planning and prototyping of modern cloud-native applications.
• Configure deploy and troubleshoot custom Ubuntu Linux distributions for Edge AI platforms ensuring secure boot setups and OS hardening.
• Identify assess and mitigate security risks through penetration testing threat modeling and vulnerability patching on Linux-based systems.
• Ensure compliance with open-source licensing policies track OSS updates and integrate secure open-source software into commercial products.
• Develop and automate Linux system utilities security scripts and embedded tools using C C Python and C# optimizing performance and security.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of security assessments system hardening steps and compliance processes while collaborating with cybersecurity teams.
• Benchmarking performance for Object Detection and Image Classification Algorithms on across various hardware accelerators including NVIDIA Jetson

Technical Skills

• Proven understanding of Ubuntu Linux Distribution for Edge AI platforms
• Proficiency in programming / scripting languages such as Python C or C#.
• Proficiency in the development and optimization of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Expertise in Performance benchmarking across various hardware accelerators like NVIDIA JETSON.
• Excellent communication documentation and leadership skills.
• Experience in using AI / ML and use of new tooling to drive efficiency.
• Experience with project management methodologies (PMI PMBOK Agile).

Qualifications

• Bachelors / masters degree in computer science or a related field.
• 8-10 years of experience as Systems Engineer and strong hands-on programming skill in C.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Relevant certifications (e.g. 3 CEH SANS) are a bonus.