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Work with global product, hardware and software teams to deliver reliable systems used in semiconductor, life sciences and materials research.\nHow will you make an impact\nWe are seeking a Senior Python Engineer with 6-10 years of software engineering experience and substantial hands-on Python development. You will build backend services, system automation and device-management capabilities connecting scientific instruments, IoT gateways and edge devices. 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implement structured logging, metrics, alerts and diagnostic collection.\nDevelop unit, integration and system tests using pytest, mocks, simulators and physical devices; integrate validation and deployment workflows into CI/CD.\nApply secure engineering practices, including device authentication, certificate and secret management, least-privilege access, dependency scanning and auditable change records.\nCollaborate with firmware, hardware, QA, DevOps and product teams on requirements, interfaces and release readiness; mentor engineers and maintain deployment guides, runbooks and onboarding documentation.\nWork effectively within an Agile Scrum / SAFe framework, participating in backlog refinement, sprint planning, technical estimation, PI planning, reviews, retrospectives, and cross-team coordination to support predictable and high-quality delivery.\nRequired Skills\nStrong production Python development with object-oriented design, reusable modules, exception handling, concurrency, API integration, file operations and structured data such as JSON, YAML and CSV.\nFamiliarity on development experience in C/C++ integration, PowerShell, BDD/Robot Framework, hardware-in-the-loop testing or scientific and regulated product environments.\nHands-on systems engineering on Linux, including processes, services, permissions, resource usage, shell scripting and network diagnostics; 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