Staff, Systems Design – System Architect
Thermo Fisher Scientific1 day ago
Base Salary
$136k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and technical design of embedded software for complex scientific instruments and laboratory automation platforms.
- Define software boundaries, component responsibilities, interfaces, communication patterns, diagnostics, workflow execution, error recovery, event handling, configuration, and state management.
- Translate product and system needs into embedded software requirements, architecture specifications, design documentation, and implementation plans.
- Partner with electrical, mechanical, firmware, systems, and application software teams to deliver integrated instrument capabilities.
- Establish reusable architectures, design patterns, coding standards, interface specifications, and technical-review practices.
- Lead investigations and root-cause analysis for complex integration, reliability, performance, and field issues.
- Define and support unit, integration, system, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop verification strategies.
- Develop or guide automation and engineering tools that improve software quality, test coverage, and development efficiency.
- Mentor embedded software engineers and influence technical roadmaps, platform reuse, and software development lifecycle improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field plus 8 years of experience, or an advanced degree plus 6 years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering embedded software for complex electromechanical products, scientific instruments, laboratory automation, robotics, industrial systems, or comparable products.
- Strong experience with modular software design using C++, Python, or other relevant programming languages.
- Experience designing software components, service interfaces, communication layers, diagnostics, error handling, and state management across distributed instrument subsystems.
- Experience integrating embedded software with sensors, actuators, motion systems, fluidics, imaging systems, control electronics, or external devices.
- Experience with embedded or real-time operating environments and hardware-interfacing constraints.
- Experience developing automated test frameworks, integration tools, simulation environments, or hardware-in-the-loop capabilities using Python or similar technologies.
- Understanding of software design principles, API and interface design, version control, code review, continuous integration, automated testing, and release management.
- Experience leading technical design decisions and influencing cross-functional engineering teams.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with laboratory, analytical, life sciences, medical-device, automation, robotics, regulated products, distributed embedded systems, industrial protocols, Ethernet-based systems, real-time behavior, Linux-based embedded platforms, RTOS products, containerized or edge environments, firmware collaboration, and regulated software practices.
- Ability to travel up to 20% as needed.
Benefits
- California-based salary range is $135,900.00–$170,000.00, with potential eligibility for a variable annual bonus.
- Medical, dental, vision, health incentive, employee assistance, family support, commuter, and tuition reimbursement programs are available.
- Benefits include at least 120 hours of paid time off, 10 paid holidays, paid parental leave, accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Retirement savings through a U.S. 401(k) plan and an employee stock purchase plan are available.
- The role follows a standard Monday–Friday schedule in an office environment and may require up to 20% travel.
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.