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# Senior software engineer - machine control

- **Company:** Nearfield Instruments
- **Location:** Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Logic, JIRA, Automation of Tests, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Software Organization, Git, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://clk.platform.jobster.com/?at=1790587680&b=&c=df29ac45-dcb8-4fd9-bc87-9df19656aaad&co=5df8f18b-739a-4f5d-b882-58d2d15d643e&cu=9d19ad1d-25d0-4b84-a20f-8340b86a47b4&cw=7&dt=o&fc=a&gc=a&i=d85a7f3a-dde2-4012-8115-ab75ed932329&ic=NL&mf=c&p=47b4ebce-5907-42d5-9b5e-b30908a42d08&pm=c&po=5f8e30d1-709e-45e1-83c8-a466772a8ebf&pr=1r&r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jobleads.com%2Fregistration%2Fjob%3FcampaignId%3D118%26jmId%3D2377%26jobId%3De46e0a8c8d37575ad1f10e1a1c4740445%26jobLocation%3D2229454914%26utm_campaign%3Djobs%26utm_content%3Djobmarket-id%253D2377%257Clandingpage-id%253Dn%252Fa%257Cjob-id%253D46e0a8c8d37575ad1f10e1a1c4740445%257Cjob-workarea%253D08-08%257Cjob-hierarchy%253D4%257Cjob-salary-benchmark%253D5%257Cjob-industry%253D%257Cjob-location%253Drotterdam%257Cjobtitle%253Dsenior-software-engineer---machine-control%26utm_medium%3Djob-external%26utm_source%3Djobster%257Cr-jb%257C__Liplyn%2BIG__%257Cc-nl&s=mp&t=cl&u=ip-a4f4aa950541ce3729ca7449766c4232&v=c059dca4-b696-40be-8572-29123cb0a9c5&sig=f8534de1e29e4f80b69519a99565c2badd91081aeca52669489c6828

## About the Role

As a scaleup, we can provide phenomenal learning and development opportunities but can also be a hectic environment at times. You should understand agile quite well. You embrace the culture and keep working on following aspects such as customer collaboration, Individuals and interaction, responding to change over following a structured plan, prototyping/working solutions over comprehensive documentation.

 * Education: Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or relevant education background
 * Above 10 years of experience in software development in C#
 * Above 5 years of experience in software system design, and architecture
 * Experience with modern software development practices and tools (git, CI/CD, automated testing, JIRA, PlantUML)
 * Good communication skills
 * Experience with precision equipment or semiconductor industry is a plus
 * Coaching ability, as a technical advisor, you make sure that the team stays up-to-date with relevant knowledge
 * Ability to operate as a technical lead, influencing architectural decisions and mentoring other engineers
 * Ability to influence other teams in the organization and convince them of your technical vision and direction

## Description

Your focus will be the Machine Control where you develop software to develop business logic, UI and semiconductor-foundry communication logic of our machines. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the architecture, design, and lifecycle management of Machine Control software within our machines, serving as a technical go-to person for both Product Owners and Software Engineers., * Collecting requirements from Product Owners or (Internal) Customers and translate product requirements to SW level requirements

 * Making a high-level module/component design to fulfill both SW level requirements and product requirements
 * Leading the development of a given feature along with a handful of other developers in a feature team
 * Troubleshooting technical issues that involve software development, engineering tasks and product releases
 * Driving software quality and reliability through structured testing strategies, validation, and continuous improvement
 * Proactively identifying system-level risks and resolving complex technical issues
 * Leading and supporting the integration of multi-disciplinary subsystems
 * Acting as a mentor and escalation point for less experienced engineers


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