Engineer III, SW & Systems

Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Category: Research & Development

Employment Type: Full time

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Engineer III, Software & Systems

Role Overview

Responsible for sustaining Windows desktop applications used in clinical analyzers. The role focuses on defect resolution, feature implementation, cybersecurity remediation, Windows image management, and debugging customer-reported issues while working with physical instruments in the R&D laboratory.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, debug, and unit test C#/.NET WinForms applications.
• Investigate customer-reported issues through code analysis, debugging, and root cause identification.
• Implement product enhancements and software maintenance releases.
• Improve cybersecurity posture by addressing vulnerabilities and applying security updates.
• Create and maintain Windows 10/11 system images and software configurations.
• Work directly with analysers instruments to reproduce, validate, and verify fixes.
• Collaborate with Systems, QA, Hardware, Service, and global engineering teams.
• Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, technical documentation, and code reviews.
• Support CI/CD improvements, automated testing, and engineering process enhancements.
• Undertake documentation and other engineering support activities as required.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with significant experience in software engineering.
• 12+ years Experience developing Windows desktop applications or systems/software applications.
• 10+ Experience sustaining commercial software products and debugging complex legacy code.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.

Technical Expertise

• Strong C# and .NET Framework expertise including WinForms, LINQ, collections, asynchronous programming, parallelism, and debugging.
• Microsoft SQL Server with ability to write efficient SQL queries.
• Understanding of algorithms, performance optimization, and software design principles.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and secure software development.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, CI pipelines, Git, Windows Services, multithreading, TCP/IP, IPC, and exception handling.
• Good to have: Windows imaging/configuration, automated UI testing, networking (DNS, TLS), embedded C++.
• Ability to understand complex technical and scientific requirements
• Ability to travel occasionally (5-10%) for collaboration with global teams.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics, Computer Applications, or a related discipline.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!