Lead Software Engineer

Posted Monday, February 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM

OpTek Systems is a global supplier of laser processing tools and sub-contract laser machining services.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

Reporting to the Director of Engineering , responsibilities for this role include:

• Leading and managing the software engineering team
• Taking ownership of the software elements of projects and working with the commissioning team to ensure timely delivery of turnkey laser systems
• Interpretation of project specification into software tasks
• Leading the development of software modules and ensuring they are effective and follow the OpTek coding style.
• Day to day allocation and tracking of tasks in the software engineering team
• Taking a leading role in the development of software to communicate with motion, vision and laser systems to coordinate their function in order to achieve a viable process
• Designing intuitive and user-friendly graphical user interfaces
• Writing software from the ground up in C#/WPF
• Scripting in other languages as required
• Fault finding during commissioning and deployment
• Supporting and improving software on existing deployed machinery
• Providing after sales support to customers
• Communicating with customers to determine software requirements
• Researching future developments and opportunities for software development
• Manage the software repository and code compliance.
• Advising and mentoring other members of the software team.

Additionally, the role may involve other duties and responsibilities as appropriate for the position.

Role Requirements

• Experience of software development, from first principles, in C#/ WPF.
• Experience with a GIT software repository
• Experience of managing code compliance
• Experience of machine vision
• Strong mathematical and problem-solving skills
• Experience of object-oriented programming
• Experience of software communication to hardware
• Knowledge of other machine control elements, PLC, electrical, electronics, motion systems and vision.

Education and/or Experience

• 2:1 or higher classification degree in electronic engineering, software engineering, or similar technical subject, Ideally MSc in software related discipline.
• At least 5 years’ industrial experience developing software for automated special purpose machinery.
• Undergone formal management training is desirable.
• Experienced with both software and hardware systems.

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