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Staff Software Engineer - Machine Automation

IPG Photonics
Fridley, USA
Full-time
Senior · 12+ years experience
Onsite
USD 107082-141884 yearly / year
Discovered 1 months ago
Microsoft C#.NETMicrosoft Azure DevOpsGitASP.NETJSON

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  • Analyze machine requirements, customer requests, and engineering specifications to develop software solutions for laser-based material processing systems.
  • Design, implement, test, and maintain complex software features and subsystems within established machine control architectures.
  • Serve as the technical lead for assigned projects or subsystems, translating requirements into scalable designs, driving technical decisions, and coordinating engineering work to deliver high-quality software.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, and technical guidance.
  • Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, controls, and applications engineers to deliver integrated machine solutions.
  • Support software integration, testing, validation, and commissioning activities for assigned areas during machine builds.
  • Coordinate software deliverables for assigned projects from planning through machine acceptance, communicating technical status, dependencies, and risks.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues involving software, motion control, machine vision, communications, and hardware integration.
  • Drive software quality through design and code reviews, testing practices, coding standards, and maintainability guidelines.
  • Evaluate, recommend, and implement improvements to machine architectures, software frameworks, reusable components, and development processes.
  • Support field service teams and customers in resolving advanced software and machine performance issues.
  • Participate in customer visits and occasional domestic or international travel to support installations and project execution.
  • 12+ years professional software engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technically complex software features, subsystems, or projects and mentoring engineers.
  • BSCE, BSCS, BSEE, or equivalent. MS, a plus.
  • Demonstrated history of solving complex technical challenges in industrial automation, CNC, robotics, or manufacturing systems.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft C#/.NET development.
  • Experience developing software for industrial automation, CNC, robotics, precision automation equipment, or other complex hardware-integrated systems.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented design principles, multithreaded systems, and distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating motion control systems, machine vision systems, industrial hardware, or similar machine-control technologies.
  • Ability to lead technical work while managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools such as Microsoft Azure DevOps and Git.
  • Ability to make sound technical decisions, communicate tradeoffs, and align implementation details with established architecture and engineering standards.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills at an overall system level involving software, electrical, and mechanical components.
  • Strong professional organization, communication, and task-prioritization skills.
  • Experience with advanced software testing technologies in .NET.
  • Experience using a PC to interface with external sensors and control peripheral devices via vendor SDK, serial or TCP/IP communications.
  • Experience with web services and APIs including ASP.NET , JSON, and RESTful interfaces.
  • Experience developing automated manufacturing equipment, particularly factory-connected systems and Industry 4.0 solutions.
  • Experience with databases (Microsoft SQL Server).
  • Motion control systems (Aerotech A3200, Aerotech Automation 1, ACS).
  • Machine vision (Dalsa/Sapera/Sherlock, Cognex, Matrox).

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