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For over 170 years, Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future by developing groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. As a global leader, we’re driven by continuous improvement to excite our customers and to create the best work environment for our people. Customer focus, innovation, and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation of our success.

Leica Microsystems is one of the market leaders in the fields of microscopy, imaging, and analysis. We reveal the invisible and empower our customers to create a better and healthier world. Together with our customers, we transform scientific discovery. We empower surgeons to take well-informed decisions in life-changing procedures. We enable users to gain insights which help answer key questions concerning development and engineering. All of this is achieved with the combination of cutting-edge microscopes and AI-based image analysis.

Want to be part of a company whose products are part of cutting-edge research around the world? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliant solutions and insight.

Leica Microsystems is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

We currently offer the following position in our office in Lausanne which will be hybrid.

Senior Software Engineer – Life Science (d/f/m)

Do you enjoy working in a highly innovative environment? Would you like to be part of a company that makes a difference to scientists, engineers, surgeons, and even to humanity as a whole? Come and join an international team to develop outstanding product and system solutions in compound and confocal microscopy.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement, optimize, and maintain innovative microscope control applications in C# / WPF.

• Analyze customer requirements and design scalable and reliable state-of-the-art solutions.

• Continuously improve software quality and reliability by using modern tools and practices.

• Prepare software requirements, specifications, and architectural documentation in accordance with the company's quality standards.

• Become an active part of a cross functional project team and closely collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a technical or scientific degree alongside numerous years of experience in software development.

• You have in-depth knowledge of .Net, C#, WPF when developing applications for complex scientific instruments, additional knowledge of Python or C/C++ would be beneficial.

• You have a very good understanding of modern software design and development methodologies and tools.

• You are customer orientated, possess good communication skills and a good understanding of the scientific community.

• You are fluent in English.

At Leica Microsystems we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, hybrid working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement in which you can work part of the time at the Company location identified above and part of the time remotely from your home. Additional information about this hybrid work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Leica Microsystems can provide.

GET MORE INSIGHT

Learn more about what we do and who we are by watching our company video “We Are Leica”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zHmalqMXN4

Are you interested to discover new opportunities in an innovative, team-oriented environment?

Do apply online - we are looking forward to your application!

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