Senior Software Engineer

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences diagnostics and biotechnology

At Molecular Devices one of Danahers 15 operating companies our work saves lives - and we are all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

Youll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danahers system of continuous improvement you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

Join Molecular Devices and help drive scientific discovery for life science customers in academia biotech pharma and government. Our automated and AI-enabled technology empowers researchers to tackle complex questions and gain deep insights accelerating the development of safer more effective therapeutics. As part of our team - rooted in collaboration authenticity and innovation - youll ultimately contribute to groundbreaking science that enhances lives globally and shapes a healthier future for all.

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The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining production software that supports Molecular Devices life science instruments including licensing applications installers diagnostic utilities and related product software. This senior individual-contributor role focuses on application-level development connected-device integration and troubleshooting across software and hardware boundaries.

This position reports to the Supervisor Software Engineering and is part of the Imaging Software Engineering team located in Downingtown PA. This is an on-site role with no direct reports.

• Software Application Development: Design develop test debug and maintain reliable production software. Contribute across existing applications and codebases while improving maintainability testability and performance.
• Licensing Applications: Develop and maintain the software licensing application including its Angular user interface Python services MongoDB data layer REST APIs authentication product activation entitlement and license-generation workflows.
• Installers and Support Tools: Develop and maintain Windows installers launchers diagnostic utilities configuration tools and customer- and service-facing support applications. Use Python and PowerShell to automate reliable installation upgrade configuration and troubleshooting workflows with C# where appropriate. Partner with Operations and Manufacturing to prepare these tools and licensing workflows for instrument builds production release and shipment.
• Instrument Software Integration: Develop and support application software that communicates with scientific instruments and connected devices. Investigate integration issues and collaborate with firmware and device-driver developers to resolve problems across system boundaries.
• Software Quality and Lifecycle Ownership: Take ownership of software from design and implementation through testing release troubleshooting corrective maintenance and long-term support. Participate in code reviews technical design discussions defect investigation documentation and risk-based decision-making within a structured product-development environment.

• Education and Experience: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline with 7 years of professional software development experience; equivalent directly relevant experience may be considered.
• Software Application Development: Strong Python development skills and demonstrated experience designing implementing testing debugging and maintaining production software. Experience developing or maintaining Windows applications installers deployment utilities diagnostic tools or support software. Working knowledge of PowerShell and experience with C# or another strongly typed application-development language. Ability to understand established codebases identify root causes and implement maintainable corrective changes.
• Angular and Database-Backed Applications: Professional experience developing or maintaining applications using Angular and TypeScript REST APIs and databases. Hands-on experience with MongoDB or a comparable document database including data modeling queries integration and troubleshooting.
• Hardware-Connected Software: Professional experience developing or maintaining application software that communicates with physical devices including troubleshooting interactions with operating systems device drivers firmware SDKs or communication interfaces.
• Operations and Manufacturing Partnership: Experience working with Operations or Manufacturing to prepare software for new-product introduction and production release. Experience supporting product or instrument builds and resolving software issues affecting manufacturing or shipment.

• Scientific or Imaging Applications: Developing software for laboratory instruments microscopy imaging systems or analytical equipment.

• Up to 10% travel including occasional overnight travel to support manufacturing sites suppliers product transfers or internal planning activities.
• This position requires working on-site at the Downingtown PA location and may require occasional participation in time-sensitive support outside normal working hours.

Molecular Devices a Danaher operating company offers a broad array of comprehensive competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it is a health care program or paid time off our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $115000 - $125000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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