Senior GSE Software Engineer: Python & Async HW Control

Trident; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Holidays

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Leaves

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

Trident Systems seeks a Senior GSE Software Engineer in Sterling, VA to lead design, development, and evolution of software for automated test and support systems. This role owns the architecture of reusable frameworks for engineering development and production test environments.

The ideal candidate has deep Python expertise, asynchronous systems programming, and hardware communication experience. You will shape the core GSE platform enabling reliable, scalable automated test across programs and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
• 6+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree OR 4+ years with a graduate degree.
• Extensive professional experience developing software in Python.
• Expert-level proficiency with asyncio and concurrent/asynchronous programming paradigms.
• Significant experience communicating with hardware devices (e.g., instruments, controllers, embedded systems).
• Strong background in software architecture and object-oriented design for complex or distributed systems.
• Demonstrated ability to debug, stabilize, and optimize complex software systems that interact with physical hardware.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across disciplines including software, test, systems, electrical, and manufacturing engineering.
• Experience providing technical leadership or architectural direction for a software platform or framework.

Responsibilities

• Define the overarching GSE software platform architecture, including standards, design principles, and best practices.
• Design scalable asynchronous software architectures for concurrent control of instruments and support equipment.
• Lead the development of reusable Python frameworks that underpin automated GSE and test systems.
• Establish clear abstractions, interfaces, and patterns for instruments, communication buses, and test procedures.
• Evaluate and select tools, libraries, and technologies for the GSE software stack, providing well-reasoned recommendations and tradeoff analyses.
• Develop reusable instruments and communication abstractions across projects.
• Architect and implement execution frameworks for sequencing, scheduling, concurrency, error handling, logging, and health monitoring.
• Design and build measurement acquisition, data processing, and results management software integrated with enterprise tools.
• Implement robust configuration, deployment, and monitoring for GSE software in labs and production.
• Partner with Lead Test Systems Engineer to co-develop framework architecture.
• Translate I&T requirements into reliable automated test procedures on the GSE platform.
• Integrate GSE software with enterprise systems (databases, PLM, CM, data repos).
• Provide expert support to production test operations, diagnose issues, improve performance.

Skills

Python

asyncio

Hardware communication

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer/electrical engineering or computer science

Graduate degree with 4+ years experience

Tools

SCPI

PyVISA

Serial interfaces

CAN

TCP/IP

Job description

Trident Systems seeks a Senior GSE Software Engineer in Sterling, VA to lead design, development, and evolution of software for automated test and support systems. This role owns the architecture of reusable frameworks for engineering development and production test environments.

The ideal candidate has deep Python expertise, asynchronous systems programming, and hardware communication experience. You will shape the core GSE platform enabling reliable, scalable automated test across programs and