Senior Software Engineer
Salary: £34,000 - 52,000 per year
Requirements:- We require a solid understanding and demonstrated track record in software engineering fundamentals, including architecture, data structures, design patterns, event-driven design, multithreaded design, testing, and debugging.
- We require experience with Microsoft .NET languages including VB.NET and C#.
- We require experience with C++ programming.
- We require experience with the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment.
- We require experience with source code control systems such as Git.
- We require adherence to software design and coding standards.
- We require the ability to communicate effectively with peers, interdisciplinary engineering groups, customers, and suppliers, including delivering clear technical presentations.
- We require the ability to collaborate with teams across the US, Europe, and Asia.
- We require a self-driven approach, strong technical ability, a systematic approach, and excellent problem-solving skills.
- A bachelors degree is required with significant relevant experience.
- A masters degree or advanced degree is desired with relevant experience in Software, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or Physics.
- Preferred experience includes contributing to architecture and design for complex subsystems and influencing technical decisions through strong design and code reviews.
- Preferred experience includes improving performance and diagnostics/observability for system-level software.
- Preferred experience includes collaborating across teams on system integration and software releases for complex systems.
- Preferred experience includes delivering AI/ML capabilities in products.
- Preferred UX skills include wireframing, prototyping, and user flow design.
- We deliver well-defined features and components with high-level guidance, including estimating work, communicating risks and tradeoffs, and delivering on schedule.
- We collaborate cross-functionally across the development lifecycle to define architecture and create system- and subsystem-level requirements and specifications.
- We implement and debug multithreaded code and support integration across system and subsystem boundaries, including hardware/software interfaces.
- We develop C#/.NET and C++ software for GUI and data analysis, write maintainable code, and use AI-assisted tools responsibly under company security policies.
- We build robust unit and integration tests and use profiling to improve performance, memory usage, reliability, and security.
- We participate in design reviews and incorporate feedback from stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- We troubleshoot system and subsystem issues using logs and experiments, contribute to root-cause analysis, implement fixes with guidance, and help prevent recurrence.
- We demonstrate motivation to independently learn and apply new software technologies.
- We may travel occasionally to headquarters, customer sites, or other business locations, with travel expected to be less than 10% of working time.
- 3D
- AI
- C#
- Flow
- Git
- Hardware
- Support
- LESS
- Security
- Visual Studio
- UX UI Design
- ASP.NET
- C++
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We are Filmetrics, a KLA company and the market leader in 3D optical surface profiling and thin-film thickness measurement systems. Our products combine innovative hardware solutions with intuitive, easy-to-use software, connected by a pioneering online platform. As part of KLA Corporation, we develop industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry, supporting wafer and reticle manufacturing, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards, and flat panel displays. We work closely with leading customers around the globe, and our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists, and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward. We offer a competitive, family-friendly total rewards package and are committed to an inclusive environment that supports the diverse needs of our employees. This is a full-time role based in Newport, United Kingdom.
last updated 35 week of 2026