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The Senior Software Engineer acts as a recognized technical expert and a reference for complex software components. The Senior Software Engineer contributes through deep technical expertise, handson development, and technical guidance, without direct people management responsibilities. In this role, the individual will design and develop AP Suite software for reconstruction and analysis of Atom Probe Tomography (APT) data, while providing technical leadership for key components of the platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for major AP Suite components, including reconstruction pipelines, data models, and analysis workflows.
• Design, develop, and maintain Windows desktop applications for reconstruction and analysis of large 3D atom probe datasets.
• Develop and optimize scientific analysis algorithms with a focus on accuracy, performance, and usability.
• Drive performance optimization of algorithms and scalability of data pipelines, including multithreading and efficient memory usage for large datasets.
• Lead sustaining engineering efforts, including defect analysis, refactoring, and modernization of existing software.
• Collaborate with scientists, service teams, customers, and thirdparty contributors to translate domain needs into robust production software.
• Support applications, service, and manufacturing teams through technical troubleshooting and guidance as needed.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to other software engineers when required.

Qualifications:

We're looking for a selfmotivated, seniorlevel software engineer with a track record of delivering complex analytical or scientific software. Preferred qualifications include experience in the following area:

• Designing and maintaining complex Windows desktop applications using C#, C++, or similar languages in production environments.
• Building .NET desktop applications using WPF and MVVM, including data access with Entity Framework.
• Using modern software development practices such as source control, Agile development, Clean Code, and continuous integration.
• Developing or implementing 3D data analysis algorithms in scientific, engineering, or analytical software domains.
• Developing performancecritical or multithreaded applications that work with large datasets.
• Designing effective user interfaces for technical or scientific users.
• Developing analytical or scientific software or quickly learning and applying complex domain knowledge.
• Owning software components across multiple releases, contributing to technical design discussions, and mentoring other engineers (a plus).

Education & Experience:

The ideal candidate will satisfy the following requirements:

• BS in Computer Science (or BS in Engineering, Math, or Science with relevant practical software development experience) or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 8 years of professional software design and development experience, with increasing responsibility over time.
• Experience developing software in a collaborative environment (source control, release management, continuous integration and testing, validation, documentation, etc.)
• Must be experienced in Windows desktop applications.
• Ability to work independently with strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills.
• A demonstrated drive for quality results and pride in workmanship and team success.

About Us:

CAMECA is a world leader in the design and manufacture of scientific instruments for elemental and isotopic microanalysis. CAMECA is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., with offices located in Paris, France, and Madison, WI. CAMECA is committed to continuously broadening our product offerings and expanding the range of applications each instrument and technique can address through sustained, long-term R&D investments and close collaborations with leading academic research units. Today, our products serve a broad range of laboratory and process control applications in end markets that include semiconductor, nanoscience, environment, geology, nuclear, and material sciences.