# Software Systems Engineer - Interferometry/microscopy

Summary: VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military, aerospace, and railway. VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications.We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers. Duties & Responsibilities: Position Detail Our team develops optical test and measurement equipment for telecommunications lab and manufacturing use. We are hiring a full-stack software and systems engineer to own the software for our industrial microscopy inspection appliance and its companion PC application, from microcontroller firmware to the Windows user application. You will write the low-level embedded interfaces for motion, illumination and sensing on Atmel

- **Id**: 3781665
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/viavi-solutions-software-systems-engineer-interferometrymicroscopy>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ottawa, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T00:12:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5953
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Laboratory Equipment, Test & Measurement Instruments, Optics & Photonic Components

## Company

- **Id**: 58886
- **Name**: VIAVI Solutions
- **Domain**: viavisolutions.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/viavi-solutions>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 28
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **.NET** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **Embedded C** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **OpenCV** — Optional: no
- **OpenGL** — Optional: no
- **Qt** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SciPy** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Jira** — Optional: yes
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Scrum** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T01:09:27Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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