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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a C#/.NET Software Engineer to join our team. Successful candidates for this position will develop critical software that interacts with many different complex and exciting systems, and can expect to be involved in the following areas:
- Providing engineering support for automated testing platforms in C#, ensuring quality for SEL devices.
- Creating controllers for test instrumentation hardware
- Developing purpose-built software libraries for automated electronic functional testing
- Interfacing with sophisticated manufacturing information systems

The software this engineer develops is used in production across our North American factories to validate that SEL devices are fit-for-use. As a software engineer, you will have a direct impact on the efficiency of SEL's factories and will be directly responsible for developing reusable software, refining engineering workflows, and creating helpful tooling for our test engineers. Our team's customers are primarily internal to SEL, which places us in a unique position to interact directly with the people using our software on a day-to-day basis, create short feedback loops, and work with them to design solutions that best fit their needs. SEL's products monitor and protect critical infrastructure worldwide. The software you develop with us will enable SEL to uphold our commitments of quality to our customers. If you are passionate about American manufacturing and are looking for an opportunity to build critical software for a World Class Manufacturing company, we invite you to join our team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Uphold SEL's Values and Principles of Operation
2. Participate in the design, implementation, and test of software systems.
3. Understand hardware and software interactions.
4. Prepare and maintain design and user documentation.
5. Collaborate across groups and engineering disciplines and interface directly with internal customers.
6. Mentor Associate Engineers and Technicians.

Required Qualifications:
- B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar equivalent
- Typically, 2+ years experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Graphical User Interface applications in Windows environments including:
- Object oriented design
- Object oriented languages (C++, C#, Python, Java, etc)
- Desktop GUI frameworks (WinForms, WPF, Avalonia, .NET MAUI, Razor/Blazor, etc)
- General Systems development (C, C++, C#, or Python)
- Other scripting languages
- Unit, Functional, and Integration test development.
- Excellent technical communication skills, written and verbal

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in manufacturing and automation processes
- Experience with automated electronic test platforms (NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, PyVISA, SCPI, etc)
- Knowledge of data reporting platforms (Microsoft Azure, Microsoft PowerBI, JMP, etc)
- Modern communications protocols
- Digital and analog circuitry
- Digital communications and signal processing
- Project management

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.

People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

• We're 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.

• We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.

• We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.

• Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data:
$84,200-$124,500 per year for the Associate Software Engineer position
$97,700-$144,400 per year for the Software Engineer position

Our compensation ranges are based on the responsibilities of the role. Starting pay is determined individually and considers factors such as relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and training. Candidates may be considered at different levels based on their background. As a result, pay may vary to align with the level of the role.

Communication with Applicants

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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.