Senior Software NPI & Release Engineer, Life Sciences

Radiometer; Downingtown (Chester County); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Molecular Devices, a Danaher operating company, located in Downingtown, PA, seeks a Senior Software NPI and Release Engineer to drive software readiness for life‑science instruments. You will own manufacturing readiness reviews, coordinate release planning, and ensure traceability across Engineering, Operations and Service.

The role requires 5+ years in software development/release engineering with Python and experience across Windows/Linux, REST APIs, and licensing workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 5+ years of software development or release engineering experience.
• Strong Python development skills and ability to work across codebases (C#, TypeScript, Angular).
• Experience building and supporting software release pipelines and installers.
• Experience with REST APIs, licensing workflows, and server environments.
• Knowledge of configuration management, change control, and release criteria.

Responsibilities

• Own and facilitate software Manufacturing Readiness Reviews from planning through commercial launch.
• Coordinate release scope, milestones and handoffs for candidate releases and master images.
• Develop and maintain installers, imaging tools, and deployment utilities; support DevOps for release infrastructure.
• Maintain product-activation and license-generation services; troubleshoot readiness issues.
• Coordinate software release readiness across multiple functions and report progress.

Skills

Python

C#

TypeScript

Angular

DevOps

Windows/Linux

TeamCity

Docker

MongoDB

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

TeamCity

PyInstaller

PowerShell

ProGet/UPack

Docker

MongoDB

Job description

Molecular Devices, a Danaher operating company, located in Downingtown, PA, seeks a Senior Software NPI and Release Engineer to drive software readiness for life‑science instruments. You will own manufacturing readiness reviews, coordinate release planning, and ensure traceability across Engineering, Operations and Service.

The role requires 5+ years in software development/release engineering with Python and experience across Windows/Linux, REST APIs, and licensing workflows.