Senior Software Engineer

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Our purpose is to accelerate the breakthroughs that create a brighter future for our world. Our technology and scientific expertise enable our customers to discover and bring to market exciting new advances that drive human progress. We aim to be the scientific instrumentation partner in every significant lab and production facility across the world.

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research is a manufacturer of instrumentation for the nanotechnology industry and research. Specifically, we design, build and sell Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) which are used to analyze material topography, elasticity, conductivity and other properties.

We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that includes the Imaging & Analysis Division. The I&A Division includes Andor Technology, our Electron Microscopy products, Nano Indentor, Raman products and NMR product lines. Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology are part of the Advanced Technology Division. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards and a King’s Award for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century

We want to empower our employees so that they innovate, support our growth and improve our productivity. We support them to make the right decisions and reach their full potential as they develop their careers at Oxford Instruments. Our ways of working are lived every day and are as follows:

• We start with the customer
• We succeed by being focused
• We make and keep our promises
• We work together as one team
• We help and trust each other to succeed

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research is seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to support the development of our critical next-generation AFM software platform. This platform is enabling more automated, intuitive, and high-performance nanoscale measurements.

The Senior Software Engineer will bring strong C# development skills, along with experience with complex architecture and a proven ability to solve highly technical challenges.

This individual will collaborate closely with Product Management, Applications Scientists, Engineering, and R&D teams to expand instrument capabilities, enhance automation, support API development, and improve the overall customer experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the evolution of software that powers some of the world's most advanced atomic force microscopy systems.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software for Atomic Force Microscopy systems.
• Contribute to the continued development and expansion of the Ergo software platform.
• Implement new measurement modes, tools, and workflows.
• Develop software architectures for instrument control, automation, and data acquisition.
• Develop APIs to allow remote control capabilities.
• Contribute to usability improvements and ease‑of‑use features, including intelligent workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Applications, R&D, Product Management, Service, and Engineering.
• Develop diagnostic, service, and production support tools.
• Participate in code reviews, software design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Troubleshoot complex software and instrumentation issues and provide effective technical solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote software engineering best practices.
• Other duties, as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field .
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Advanced proficiency in C#including expertise in…