Software Engineer (Instrument Control)
Marlowe Instruments · Scientific instruments
The desktop application a lab scientist uses to run a sequence and read the result.
Stack
Salary band
£52,000 – £68,000
- Location
- Sheffield
- Pattern
- Hybrid
- Posted
- 12 Aug 2026 (22d ago)
- Process
- 3 stages, listed below
No account needed. One of us reads it before anything reaches the company.
The work
Scientists queue up runs overnight and expect the results in the morning. The application is what stands between them and the instrument.
Must have
- Desktop application development
- Talking to hardware over a serial or USB link
- Users who are not developers
Nice to have
- Scientific data formats
- Instrument automation
Interview process
If the client adds a stage after you’ve started, we’ll tell you, and you can withdraw.
- 01
Intro call
30 minTheir questions and yours. No competency framework.
- 02
Technical conversation
60 minWalk through something you built. No live coding.
- 03
Team and offer
45 minMeet the people you would work with, talk numbers.
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