Overview

Intersted in joining our Software Team?

At TA Instruments, we're looking for creative and innovative engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including data processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. We encourage all our engineers to constantly add value to themselves and the business through learning and collaboration.

We are looking for smart, self-motivated software engineers to join our truly exceptional engineering team.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer you will:

• Develop features and new instrumentation support on our C# windows desktop application for instrument control and data visualization
• Research, design, develop and release/maintain: Application, User interface, Data analysis, Instrument control software for thermal analysis, rheological, and calorimetric instruments.
• Evalutate system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications.
• Responsible for ongoing support of current programs including performance, diagnosis and troubleshooting of problem programs and designing solutions to problematic programming.
• Working within a formal development process covering the full development lifecycle.
• Use code design abilities (including working to SOLID principles and some knowledge of engineering for performance) to generate and document appropriate designs.
• Work in collaboration with the agile team and appropriate experts to implement your designs.
• Provide code and supporting documentation in accordance with the coding guidelines, quality processes and applicable procedures, including team's definition of DONE.
• Work in collaboration with the agile team to generate automated and manual tests to verify implemented software.
• Provide work estimation and tracking information to support management decisions and planning.
• Keep a pro-active attitude to insure continuous improvement of the software quality, work process and individual skills.
• Provide contributions to the application architecture with a focus on scalability, maintainability, security and performance.
• Provide product specific and technical support to internal and external users where appropriate.

• Participate in all team meetings and ceremonies in direct collaboration with other sites, provide input and feedback, take ownership on identified improvements.
• Actively participate in learning and sharing activities either during informal or formal training and demos.
• Demonstrate continuous technical improvement.

• You have a Bachelors Degree (preferably in a science related subject or in engineering)

• 5+ years experience developing windows desktop applications
• You have C# and/or other .Net Programming experience and a basic experience in applying technical standards.
• Windows Desktop experience (WinForms, XAML, .net Framework)
• Experience working in heavily multi-threaded environments
• You are using efficiently your communication, teamwork, analysis and decision making skills and you are familiar with Agile methodologies.
• You will be working closely with management team in evaluating current systems and making design decisions on future development.
• As new technologies emerge and impact our systems, you will learn these technologies very quickly and resolve any problems involved in integrating technologies with our systems.
• You care about software; you have a passion for what you do which you can clearly convey by your actions and experiences. You have an eye for software design and can talk eloquently on a range of topics due to your experiences and also from reading and experimentation.

• Experience working in an analytical instrumentation domain
• Networking and TCPI/IP communication
• Interfacing with embedded devices