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We are seeking a highly motivated Software R&D Engineer to contribute to sampling oscilloscope application development while strengthening the build, release, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes that deliver this software to customers and manufacturing.\nThis is a hybrid role that combines hands-on application development with DevOps engineering. You will write production code for related sampling oscilloscope applications, and you will help the build/release leader to modernize the pipelines, tooling, and release processes that build, test, secure, and ship that software. 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