Senior Software Development Engineer – Windows Instrumentation and Automation

Jobtailor

Santa Barbara (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor in Santa Barbara is seeking a senior software engineer to architect, implement, and deploy production software for automated scientific instruments and semiconductor metrology systems. You will build responsive Windows apps with C#, .NET, WPF, and modern C++/STL, and integrate with hardware subsystems including motion, vision, and data acquisition.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong OO design, and proven ability to deliver low-latency, real-time capable software within a

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing complex production systems.
3+ years of hands-on Windows application development using both C#/.NET/WPF and modern C++/STL.
Strong object-oriented design, API design, debugging, and refactoring skills in a substantial existing codebase.
Demonstrated experience designing and debugging multithreaded, asynchronous, and performance-sensitive Windows software.
Experience integrating software with hardware, instruments, robotics, automation equipment, or other physical systems with timing and reliability constraints.
Experience building interactive desktop user interfaces and the underlying application, data, and device-control layers.
Demonstrated architecture ownership and technical leadership across subsystem or product boundaries.
Meaningful, regular use of GitHub Copilot or comparable AI coding agents on production software.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, implement, debug, test, and deploy production software for automated scientific instruments and semiconductor metrology systems.
Develop responsive, multithreaded Windows applications using C#, .NET, WPF, and modern C++/STL.
Integrate desktop software with precision motion, nano-positioning, vision, data-acquisition, control, and automation subsystems.
Design low-latency software that coordinates real-time hardware behavior with non-real-time workflows, data persistence, and intuitive interactive controls.
Own architecture for new capabilities and guide their integration into a mature product codebase through sound interfaces, layering, refactoring, and incremental delivery.
Diagnose complex behavior across software and hardware boundaries; lead technical investigations, articulate options and risks, and drive issues to resolution.
Lead software integration and product deployments in partnership with applications, systems, hardware, test, and manufacturing engineering teams.
Remain deeply hands-on while providing technical direction and raising engineering quality across a small cross-functional team.

Skills

C# Application Development

Windows Application Development

Multithreaded Software Design

Software Integration with Hardware

Technical Leadership

API Design

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Data Acquisition Systems

Automation Equipment

Vision Systems

Job description

Architect, design, implement, debug, test, and deploy production software for automated scientific instruments and semiconductor metrology systems
Develop responsive, multithreaded Windows applications using C#, .NET, WPF, and modern C++/STL
Integrate desktop software with precision motion, nano-positioning, vision, data-acquisition, control, and automation subsystems
Design low-latency software that coordinates real-time hardware behavior with non-real-time workflows, data persistence, and intuitive interactive controls
Own architecture for new capabilities and guide their integration into a mature product codebase through sound interfaces, layering, refactoring, and incremental delivery
Diagnose complex behavior across software and hardware boundaries; lead technical investigations, articulate options and risks, and drive issues to resolution
Lead software integration and product deployments in partnership with applications, systems, hardware, test, and manufacturing engineering teams
Remain deeply hands-on while providing technical direction and raising engineering quality across a small cross-functional team

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing complex production systems
3+ years of hands-on Windows application development using both C#/.NET/WPF and modern C++/STL
Strong object-oriented design, API design, debugging, and refactoring skills in a substantial existing codebase
Demonstrated experience designing and debugging multithreaded, asynchronous, and performance-sensitive Windows software
Experience integrating software with hardware, instruments, robotics, automation equipment, or other physical systems with timing and reliability constraints
Experience building interactive desktop user interfaces and the underlying application, data, and device-control layers
Demonstrated architecture ownership and technical leadership across subsystem or product boundaries
Meaningful, regular use of GitHub Copilot or comparable AI coding agents on production software

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in architecting and developing complex production software for automated scientific instruments and semiconductor metrology systems, with a strong focus on multithreaded Windows applications using C#, .NET, and modern C++/STL. Proven ability to integrate software with hardware systems while leading technical investigations and providing direction to cross-functional teams.

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