Sr. Software Development Manager

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As the Sr. Software Development Manager, lead the development of software for industry-leading products that are uniquely differentiated through a combination of laser & optics, motion control, mechatronics, proprietary algorithms, and advanced analytics. You will work closely with Marketing to define and execute our software roadmap. You will define our software development process and foster design practices and the use of new technologies, including the use of artificial intelligence in our process and software.You Will Make an Impact By:

• Leading all aspects of software development
• Defining culture and objectives for the software team
• Recruiting and coaching exceptional software engineering talent
• Developing and improving our software development process
• Managing software development schedules and release plans
• Ensuring software achieves quality, stability, and performance goals
• Contributing as a senior Engineering leader
• Collaborating with senior leadership and executives to develop product roadmaps and build best-in-class software solutions
• Owning relationships with software consultants and suppliers
• Ensuring that your team has the training, tools, and opportunity to perform at an industry-leading level
• Collaborating with global software teams across MKS to identify and incorporate best practices and new technologies

 Skills You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related subject area, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience managing software engineering teams
• Significant experience delivering software for complex automated industrial systems with real-time controls
• Significant experience managing software teams that use shared components
• Significant experience sharing actively developed code used by multiple teams with different schedules and goals
• Experienced in Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines and modern QA and process tools
• Exposure to machine learning and artificial intelligence tools and technologies
• Excellent at using verbal and written communication to convey complex information and gain alignment and support across a diverse audience of stakeholders
• Proven track record of influencing senior leadership
• Proven track record of recruiting top talent
• Ability to develop strong, inclusive relationships
• A strong focus on data, measurable outcomes, and overall software quality

 Preferred Skills:

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related subject area, or equivalent experience
• Exposure to building web, cloud-based, and microservice-architected applications

 Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time
• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for 90% of the time
• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
• Must be able to exchange accurate information
• Operates in a professional office environment
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery
• Ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Noise level in the work environment is usually average

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Instruments, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including