Staff Software Engineer - New Product Development

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' mission is to empower those seeking answers to life's most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130 countries, you'll help drive our vision of accelerating answers-and our commitment to excellence.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

Do you want to work with a life science team that develops, markets and sells innovative, cutting-edge liquid handling instruments? Do you enjoy developing real-time instrumentation and measurement systems? Then read on!

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop software for life sciences instrumentation and real-time measurement systems. The ideal candidate will have significant industry experience in life science instrumentation and automation, delivering quality products, working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of software, hardware and systems engineers, QA, and physicists. The successful candidate must be fully prepared and motivated to work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

This role is located in San Jose and can be onsite 5 days to work with the hardware/firmware or with some work from home days.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and developing client/server software using Visual Studio/C# with .NET Framework and .NET 8
• Designing and developing internal client applications and tools that interface to the instrument using Visual Studio/C#
• Supporting an existing embedded controller using Eclipse/FreeRTOS/C and Eclipse/Linux/C++ for real time data capture and processing
• Interfacing with Hardware to support changes to an instrument controller using both C# and C
• Supporting an existing instrument controller using Visual Studio C++

The required qualifications for the job include:

• B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 8 years industry experience in instrumentation and measurement
• Excellent C/C# programming skills. C++ is a plus
• Experience with software interfaces to control hardware (data acquisition, digital I/O, motion control, etc.)
• Signal-processing knowledge (FFTs, correlation, convolution, multi-rate signal processing, digital filters)

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Embedded Linux / RTOS experience in real-time control systems
• Interfacing to FPGA hardware and debugging hardware interfaces
• Experience with serial communication protocols (e.g., CAN, RS-232, SPI, TCP/IP, JTAG)

The salary range for this role $120,000 to $190,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. Our global teams are pioneering what's next across Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology and beyond. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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