Senior R&D Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Senior R&D role focused on firmware, sensor software, and optical sensing platforms

Description

Develop firmware and software for demanding sensor applications, including optical Time-of-Flight/LiDAR, spectrometers, and new detector technologies. Design and extend software solutions for sensor readout, monitoring, and control, build test setups with additional interfaces, and run automated software/system tests with strong reporting. Contribute to system engineering by defining specifications, modeling sensor physics and signal-processing algorithms, and supporting integration and characterization.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to product design from sensor physics through optical/mechanical aspects and application firmware integration
• Develop and evolve firmware/software for optical sensor applications (ToF/LiDAR, spectrometers, new detector tech)
• Design software for reading out, monitoring, and controlling sensor and qualification boards (modular approaches, datalogging, user interfaces)
• Extend and maintain firmware, SDKs, and production-near software (calibration/offset functions, higher pixel support, version consolidation)
• Build and expand test setups, including new interfaces (UART, SPI), current measurement, systematic debugging, and readiness for new platforms
• Execute software and system tests including automation; produce meaningful test and development reports
• Define system and software specifications based on customer requirements
• Take on project management activities (work package definition, scheduling, status reporting)
• Support measurement infrastructure definition and application testing, including electrical and optical characterization
• Help define new ASIC concepts and perform system engineering with modeling of sensor physics and signal processing algorithms
• Collaborate with suppliers, internal manufacturing, and contract manufacturing partners to define production processes
• Create and maintain product documentation, specifications, and application notes

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mechatronics, or similar
• Solid technical understanding of optical semiconductor design, sensor physics, processing, and production
• Interest in sensor system design, including defining/implementing/testing software algorithms and potential to develop new architectures
• Experience with embedded systems and software testing
• Experience in application development and lab-test GUIs, ideally with Python and/or C++/C#
• Laboratory experience in prototyping and electrical/optical measurements
• Knowledge of optical metrology and integrating test setups
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary collaboration across electronics, optics, mechanics, and communications
• Independent, precise working style and ability to integrate in teams across functions and locations
• Very good English skills (spoken and written) and willingness to learn German

Benefits

• Unbefristete Arbeitsverträge (permanent contract)
• 30 days vacation
• Working time account regulation
• Employer-funded company pension
• Individual trainings and regular feedback with an account manager
• Opportunities for continuous development and career growth