R&D Software Engineer

Excelitas Technologies•Boulder, CO

1d•$110,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors. We are presently seeking a R&D Software Engineer who will support the continuous improvement and support of deployed software implementation in thin film optical coating manufacturing.

Requirements

STEM based bachelor’s degree
5+ years professional programming experience in C#
Ability to work with in house customers to develop design specifications and execute on software application to support new product and operational execution

Nice To Haves

Experience Programming in a manufacturing environment
C# programming with WPF, ADO.NET, Entity Framework, and WCF
MS SQL database design and query with TSQL
C# techniques - interface programming, multi-threading, asynchronous programming, MVVM, and Windows Services
Web App programming with MVC – with\without client-side JavaScript, and Web API
Basic use of Git/GitHub with Visual Studio and VS Code
Real-time machine control programming
Familiarity with RS232 / RS488 protocols
C++ and Python programming experience
Device firmware programming
SCADA programming
Vacuum system knowledge
User and design documentation

Responsibilities

Support current and develop new implementations of software supporting production optical thin film coating equipment
Develop software which interfaces process equipment to production databases
Collaborates with Thin Film Engineering team and incorporates feedback into current and future software deployments
Participate in peer reviews for software designs and implementations
Engage with a variety of team members with varying levels of expertise in software development
Support a formal software development lifecycle which delivers a well-documented, robust and reliable solution to ensure long-term sustainability
Develop documentation to support software users (software engineers, production technicians, and engineers)
Other duties as assigned