What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Embedded Controls Engineer position at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
DESCRIPTION:
Join our collaborative R&D team as a Senior Embedded Controls Engineer, where you will design, develop, and sustain control systems focusing on embedded system firmware supporting Thermo Fisher's cold storage and ultra-low temperature (ULT) product portfolio.
In this hands-on role, you will collaborate with other engineers and technicians to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient, and compliant cold storage solutions. You will partner closely with NPD design leadership and cross functional peers in Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory to define firmware and electrical systems, maintain traceability, and ensure products meet customer, performance, and regulatory expectations throughout the product lifecycle.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Embedded Controls Development
Product Development & Cross-Functional Collaboration
People and Culture
REQUIREMENTS:
Education
Experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
DESCRIPTION:
Join our collaborative R&D team as a Senior Embedded Controls Engineer, where you will design, develop, and sustain control systems focusing on embedded system firmware supporting Thermo Fisher's cold storage and ultra-low temperature (ULT) product portfolio.
In this hands-on role, you will collaborate with other engineers and technicians to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient, and compliant cold storage solutions. You will partner closely with NPD design leadership and cross functional peers in Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory to define firmware and electrical systems, maintain traceability, and ensure products meet customer, performance, and regulatory expectations throughout the product lifecycle.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Embedded Controls Development
- Develop controller firmware and HMI designs utilizing both embedded C and C / Qt framework for ULT freezers and cold storage platforms.
- Develop performance and qualification test methods, coordinate the implementation of experiments, and evaluate test results.
- Design electrical systems that meet customer requirements, time to market commitments and that are within the target cost of the projects.
- Create modular, scalable, and reusable solutions across multiple product platforms.
Product Development & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with refrigeration and mechanical engineering teams through all phases of the toll-gate NPD process.
- Work with contract manufacturers to prepare for product builds, and functional testing.
- Support and lead continuous improvement of the software process to produce quality embedded software for our customers.
- Support products manufactured across multiple global facilities.
- Contribute to component, sub-system, and system-level technology roadmaps.Requirements, Compliance & Traceability
- Lead and participate in formal design reviews including module reviews, architectural reviews and software FMEA
- Prepare and support the review and release of formal requirements, design, and qualification documentation.
- Ensure systems are designed for compliance to meet regulatory and certification requirements (e.g., UL, IEC, FDA).
People and Culture
- Engage in a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Travel: Up to 10% domestic travel.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, of Computer Science
- Master's degree preferred
Experience
- 5 years of hands-on experience developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products.
- Expertise in architecting API and microservices utilizing best design practices
- Experience in firmware and software development for electronic controls.
- Experience analyzing empirical test data to guide design decisions
- Familiarity with electronic analysis methodologies, associated instrumentation, and technical documentation
- Familiarity with Lean / PPI methodologies and continuous improvement systems
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Expertise in in C/C , python, and JavaScript
- Familiar with Yocto and platform drivers.
- Mastery of communication protocols (I2C, SPI, USB, RS232, RS485, Wi-Fi, BLE, RFID)
- Deep knowledge of embedded Linux
- Development with IEC 60601 design practices and other electrical safety standards.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills
- Utilization of development tools such as Confluence, Jira, Git, and Microsoft Office
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Excellent organizational skills in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
- Commitment to safety, quality, and operational excellence