Senior Software Engineer (Instrument)

• As a key player in a small engineering team, you will support the next stage of Nuclera’s growth through:
• New Products - Contributing to development of a new product platform and its support tools
• Installed Base Support - Sustaining and being the internal expert and primary point of contact for manufacturing and field support issues relating to current generation Instrument
• Over time (6-12 months), your skills and responsibilities will broaden to include other software languages and technologies. This may also extend to electronics and PCB design
• Software Development:
• Full lifecycle development and release management for prototypes, products and support tools
• Project Management:
• Planning: Providing plans covering tasks, dependencies, effort, cost and resource allocation
• Risk Management: Supporting risk identification, evaluation and choice of risk response strategies
• Execution & Self-Monitoring: Progress according to agreed priorities and plans. Devise appropriate responses to problems and issues. Track and report own progress (deliverables, adherence to schedules, actual spend vs budget, etc.)
• Quality Management:
• Progress according to agreed priorities and plans. Devise appropriate responses to problems and issues. Track and report own progress (deliverables, adherence to schedules, actual spend vs budget, etc.)

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance - Everyone at Nuclera can enjoy a private health insurance scheme
• Generous Holidays - Everyone in the UK and the USA enjoys a 25 days annual leave per year
• Stock Option - Generous stock options in addition to our competitive salary
• Life Insurance - We offer up to 4x your salary in your life insurance package
• Pension Scheme - Whether it’s UK pension or 401(k) in the USA, we have you covered
• Refreshment - Fresh fruit, tea, coffee and snacks in the office- Operating Systems / Frameworks: Embedded Linux / Yocto, Docker
• Effective relationship management, cross-functional teamwork, clear documentation, and presentation skills
• Strong initiative, problem-solving, task prioritization, and end-to-end execution / completion
• Bachelors’ Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar
• Current UK driving licence. Willing and able to occasionally travel nationally / internationally on business as required
• Software Quality: coding standards/static analysis, code/design review, testing - unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop
• Technologies: real-time control & monitoring (motion / mechanism functions & temperature control) embedded systems / electronics, LAN networking
• Programming Languages: C for STM32 and Raspberry Pi Pico 2, python 3, Bash
• 5+ years of full lifecycle development for multi-technology products developed to rigorous standards. Life science equipment / medical device equipment experience desired
• Development Environment: Git / Gitlab / CI/CD, Jira
• Programming Languages: C for SAM 4S / SAM D20, Java, Javascript / React
• Operating Systems / Frameworks: Torizon, PyQt 6, RTOS
• Development Environment: VS Code, Claude AI
• Software Quality: Software Architecture / UML, Design Controls, Stage-Gate Development, Problem solving (DMAIC, 8D)
• Technologies: Microfluidics, Optics / Image Processing, Machine Learning / Neural Networks, Cybersecurity, PCB Design (Altium), GUI Design