Scientific Software & Research Platform Engineer (m/f/d)
Thermo Fisher Scientific5 days ago
Bremen, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Design, execute, and validate experiments using instrument, multi-sensor, and multi-modal data.
- Develop and evaluate algorithms for diagnostic and failure-mode modeling.
- Turn exploratory analyses and prototypes into reusable, tested research tools and reproducible experiment frameworks.
- Manage data versioning, metadata, experiment tracking, model/version management, and scalable laptop-to-server or cluster execution.
- Build safe programmatic interfaces to instrument-control software, firmware, and test stands, including autonomous agentic workflows.
- Package, install, troubleshoot, and validate software iterations in laboratory and production test environments.
- Collaborate with Research, Production Engineering, IT/Operations, and Support to ensure reliable and traceable deployment.
- Translate manual processes into documented and increasingly automated workflows.
Requirements
- Background in physics, applied mathematics, or a related quantitative or scientific field, with a strong record of independent research and quantitative modeling.
- Hands-on experience with scientific investigation, experimental design, and complex real-world instrument or experimental data.
- Experience developing research software and translating scientific insights into diagnostic, predictive, or decision-support tools.
- Comfort working directly with physical instruments and deploying and validating software in controlled laboratory or production test environments.
- Proficiency with Python, clean APIs, modular design, testing, and reproducible research workflows.
- Knowledge of data analysis and visualization, SQL/NoSQL and file-based data systems, diagnostic modeling, experiment tracking, and model/version management.
- Strong Linux/Bash skills and experience with CI, containerization, and server or cluster execution.
- Familiarity with C++ or Rust is a plus.
- Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
Benefits
- Standard Monday-Friday work schedule in an office-based, on-site role in Bremen.
- Innovative, future-oriented organization with career and development prospects.
- Company pension scheme and other fringe benefits.
- Company culture emphasizing integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific builds analytical instruments, lab equipment and consumables, specialty diagnostics, and provides pharma services (CDMO and clinical research) for biotech, pharma, academic, and healthcare customers. It earns revenue through product sales, e-commerce distribution (Fisher Scientific), and contract services under brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Patheon, and PPD. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (TMO) and was created by the 2006 merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific.