Software Technical Lead

About Thermo Fisher Scientific 

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the global leader in serving science, generating annual revenues of approximately $35 billion and employing around 110,000 people across more than 50 countries. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Through our industry-leading brands — Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, and Unity Lab Services — we support customers in accelerating life sciences research, addressing complex analytical challenges, enhancing patient diagnostics, and improving laboratory productivity. 

The Position 

Join the Platform TEM R&D organization within the TEM Modules Software group, where we develop advanced software modules designed to meet the growing demand for reliable, safe, and efficient imaging and sample handling solutions. 

As a Software Technical Lead within the Vacuum Software Team, you will play a key role in the design, development, and technical coordination of software enabling highly accurate and reliable vacuum systems for High-End and Mid-Range TEM products. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, ensuring robust architecture, high software quality, and efficient collaboration between teams and stakeholders. 

You will work within an Agile Development Team operating in a SAFe environment, collaborating closely with Software Engineers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Test Automation Engineers and System Architects to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions to our customers.

Development and validation activities are primarily carried out on TEM microscopes and dedicated test benches. Building strong system-level expertise is essential, together with a deep understanding of software and hardware interactions, customer workflows, and use cases. This knowledge is translated into scalable software solutions, robust system integrations, and maintainable architectures. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide technical leadership and guidance across the software development team and distributed sites 

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions for vacuum control and monitoring systems 

•  Drive software design decisions, and technical implementation strategies  

• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to translate requirements and user stories into technical solutions 

• Participate actively in software implementation, code reviews, debugging, and root cause analysis 

• Coordinate integration activities across software and hardware components 

• Troubleshoot complex system and integration issues together with colleagues of different competences 

• Coach and mentor software engineers to support technical growth and knowledge sharing 

• Contribute to effort estimation, technical planning, and risk assessment activities 

• Drive continuous improvements in software quality, development processes, and engineering practices 

Education and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 8 years of experience, or Master’s degree with at least 5 years of experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or related discipline 

• Minimum 8 years of experience in software development for complex multidisciplinary hardware/software systems, such as control software or mechatronics products 

• Proven experience in technical leadership or coordination roles within Agile development environments 

• Experience with system integration, software architecture, and software lifecycle management 

• Experience contributing to process improvements and engineering excellence initiatives 

Technical Skills 

• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and development methodologies 

• Proficiency in C++, C#, and experience with modern software development practices 

• Experience with User Interface frameworks such as MFC, Qt, WPF 

• Experience or familiarity with COM 

• Proficiency with Unit Test frameworks such as Nunit, Gtest/Gmock 

• Familiarity with CI/CD environments, version control systems such as Git, and DevOps practices 

• Experience with software quality processes, code reviews, and defect management workflows 

• Knowledge of Agile development tools such as JIRA, TestRail 

• Familiarity with Model-Based Testing (Axini) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is considered an advantage 

Competencies 

• Strong technical leadership and decision-making capabilities 

• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across geographically distributed team 

• Hands-on, pragmatic, and solution-oriented mindset 

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities 

• Structured and detail-oriented approach to software development 

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills 

• Ability to balance technical depth with delivery focus in Agile/Scrum environments 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with embedded software and/or firmware development, including interaction with hardware components, device communication protocols, and real-time or low-level system behavior, is highly desirable 

• Experience working within the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) environment

• Knowledge of or hands-on experience with microscopy systems