Senior Instrument Control Engineer: Python & Robotics

Programming.com; San Carlos (CA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 250.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Programming.com in San Carlos, CA is seeking a Senior Instrument Control Software Engineer to join a Python-driven instrument-control platform coordinating robotics, imaging and sensors. You will work across hardware, firmware and software teams on a high-visibility, complex scientific instrument.

The role involves developing, debugging, and stabilizing software that interfaces with real hardware systems, cameras, telemetry, and custom electronics.

Formación

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on Python development in production systems.
• Strong Linux experience with debugging and device interaction.
• Experience integrating software with physical hardware or embedded systems.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, maintain, debug, and improve Python-based instrument-control software.
• Quickly understand and take ownership of portions of a large codebase.
• Diagnose failures involving software and multiple hardware subsystems.
• Debug integration issues across robotics, motion control, sensors, imaging, microfluidics, and electronics.
• Investigate intermittent instrument failures and improve stability and observability.
• Integrate Python applications with hardware devices and firmware interfaces.
• Collaborate with firmware, electrical, mechanical, systems, and software engineers.

Conocimientos

Python development

Linux

Debugging

Telemetry

Asynchronous programming

Hardware integration

Distributed systems

Herramientas

Serial interfaces

CAN bus

Modbus

Ethernet

Descripción del empleo

Programming.com in San Carlos, CA is seeking a Senior Instrument Control Software Engineer to join a Python-driven instrument-control platform coordinating robotics, imaging and sensors. You will work across hardware, firmware and software teams on a high-visibility, complex scientific instrument.

The role involves developing, debugging, and stabilizing software that interfaces with real hardware systems, cameras, telemetry, and custom electronics.