Senior Software Instrumentation Engineer II

Join the Madison Peptide Therapeutics (MPT) Engineering team as a Senior Software Instrumentation Engineer and help advance cutting-edge peptide array synthesis this role you will develop enhance and maintain software that operates internally developed laboratory instruments and synthesizers in a fast-paced biotech research environment. 

You will work at the intersection of software hardware and science applying your expertise in Linux-based C development to interface with sensors actuators pumps motors cameras and other electronic devices. Your work will support instrument operation system performance data visibility workflow efficiency and product quality. 

This role also contributes to workflow applications that enable operators to configure and run instruments as well as software tools that support quality and compliance processes. As a senior member of an Agile engineering team you will help solve complex technical challenges lead initiatives mentor junior engineers and deliver reliable solutions that increase throughput reduce cost and advance scientific capabilities. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Design develop test troubleshoot and maintain Linux-based software for internally developed peptide array synthesizers and laboratory instrumentation. 
• Develop and integrate machine-control software for sensors actuators pumps motors cameras and other electronic devices. 
• Apply software engineering expertise across system architecture programming data integration machine control data analysis and visualization. 
• Define and execute software testing and validation activities to ensure the quality reliability performance and maintainability of instrument software. 
• Support the deployment configuration operation and troubleshooting of software applications in a biotech research and manufacturing environment. 
• May lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers contributing to design decisions technical direction knowledge sharing and team development. 
• Design and conduct experiments engineering studies and system characterization activities to evaluate instrument behavior and inform design improvements. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including scientists electrical and mechanical engineers operations managers quality personnel and IT staff to gather requirements and deliver effective solutions. 
• Follow software development best practices including version control coding standards code reviews automated testing documentation Agile planning and lifecycle management. 
• Communicate technical information clearly through design documentation engineering reports presentations status updates and discussions with engineering leadership and project stakeholders. 

You will be accountable for delivering robust maintainable and compliant software solutions within your assigned technical scope while helping ensure that instrument systems meet operational quality safety data-security and business requirements. 

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelors degree with10 years of relevant experience masters degree with8 years of relevant experience or Ph.D. with4 years of relevant experience. 

• Proficiency inC and C development in a Linux environment. 

• Strong understanding of object lifecycles and manual memory management in C/C including: 

• Pointers and dynamic memory allocation 

• Ownership and object lifetimes 

• Memory leaks 

• Dangling pointers and use-after-free errors 

• Deallocation and resource cleanup 

• At least2 years of experience developing software for laboratory scientific medical or other complex instrumentation. 

• Understanding of software architecture and core technical concepts including: 

• Service-oriented architecture 

• Multithreading and concurrency 

• Semaphores mutual exclusion and synchronization 

• XML and JSON messaging 

• Familiarity with software development methodologies and demonstrated commitment to Agile practices. 

• Strong analytical troubleshooting communication and collaboration skills. 

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary environment involving software hardware science operations and quality functions. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Proficiency in one or more additional programming languages such asPython C# or Java. 

• Experience with electronics embedded systems or machine-control applications. 

• Experience interfacing with devices usingRS-232 RS-485 TCP/IP or similar communication protocols. 

• Experience integrating withTecan Hamilton or comparable liquid-handling platforms. 

• Experience with AI-assisted software development machine learning or data-driven engineering applications. 

• Experience usingGit and GitHubfor source-code management and collaborative development. 

• Experience with one or more database technologies including: 

• Windows software development 

• Relational databases 

• Graph databases 

• Time-series databases 

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors  including  geographic location and we may ultimately  pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be  modified in the future. 

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

• This job is eligible to  participate in our short-term incentive programs. 

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

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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