Principal Systems & Controls Software Engineer

SPhotonix Inc; Neuenburg; Vor Ort; CHF 170.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SPhotonix Inc is hiring a visionary Software Architect to transform our research-grade environment into a robust, industrial-scale platform. You will lead architecture for hardware control equipment and scientific instrument software, transitioning from a Python-heavy stack to modular C++/Rust/C production.

Responsibilities include integrating Aerotech, NI, and Zeiss ecosystems, developing recipe-driven control, and mentoring an on-site engineering team while setting testing and telemetry

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years building software for complex physical systems.
• Expert-level Python with proficiency in C++, Rust or C.
• Hardware fluency: multi-device synchronization and machine state machines.
• Hands-on with vendor SDKs/APIs for controllers, cameras, signal generators.
• Experience establishing engineering processes (testing, telemetry, CI/CD).
• Masters or PhD in CS, Electronics, Robotics or related field.

Aufgaben

• Architect control architecture across optical machine platforms (HAL, control, data, API).
• Integrate Aerotech, NI, Zeiss hardware and ensure multi-device synchronization.
• Refactor Python code into high-performance C++/Rust/C for production.
• Develop laser-machining software with calibration, alignment and state models.
• Set engineering standards for testing, telemetry, FPGA/embedded work; mentor on-site team.

Kenntnisse

Python

C++

Rust

C

Hardware synchronization

Machine state machines

Reading schematics

Vendor SDKs/APIs

CI/CD

Telemetry

Ausbildung

Master's or PhD in CS, Electronics, Robotics

Tools

Aerotech Automation1

NI

Zeiss

Jobbeschreibung

About SPhotonix - https://sphotonix.com/

SPhotonix is redefining data storage by developing revolutionary 5D optical systems inside fused silica. We are building state-of-the-art R&D laboratories to create exabyte-scale digital storage and advanced polarization-control optics. We are looking for a visionary Software Architect to transform our research-grade environment into a robust, industrial-scale platform.

The Role

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on hardware control equipment and scientific instrument software , not generic SaaS. You will architect the "brain" of our machines (hardware abstraction, machine coordination, real-time automation), leading the transition from a Python-heavy R&D stack to a modular, production-ready system (C++/Rust/C).

Key Responsibilities

• Architectrure & Technical Ownership: Own the control architecture across our optical machine platforms — designing a modular stack spanning HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer), control logic, data processing, and API layers.
• Hardware Integration: Build and maintain integrations for Aerotech motion stages, femtosecond lasers, Zeiss high-speed cameras, and National Instruments DAQ systems, including multi-device synchronization and machine state models.
• Strategic Refactoring: Lead the evolution of experimental Python code into high-performance, deterministic systems (C++/Rust/C) for industrial productization.
• Automation Development: Build proprietary laser-machining software featuring recipe-driven control, calibration/alignment flows, and machine state models, guiding the integration of image/signal processing algorithms into the control stack.
• Technical Leadership: Set engineering standards for testing and telemetry, establish best practice processes, oversee FPGA/embedded work, and mentor and grow a high-performing on-site engineering team.

Qualifications

• Experience: 6+ years building software for complex physical systems (semiconductor tools, robotics, industrial automation, or laser systems).
• Languages: Expert-level Python plus deep proficiency in at least one system language ( C++, Rust, or C ).
• Hardware Fluency: Proven experience with multi-device synchronization, machine state machines, and reading schematics to debug hardware/software interactions.
• Infrastructure: Hands-on experience integrating vendor SDKs/APIs (controllers, cameras, signal generators).
• Process Ownership: Experience establishing engineering processes (testing frameworks, telemetry, CI/CD) in a hardware-software environment.
• Education: Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Electronics, Robotics, or a related field.

Nice-to-Have

• FPGA/HDL/Embedded firmware development.
• Image and signal processing (DSP) or machine vision.
• Prior experience with Aerotech Automation1 , NI , or Zeiss ecosystems.
• Background in photonics or laser micromachining.