Principal Software Engineer - Test
Macom
Lowell, MA · Posted September 10, 2026
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About the job
Production Software Development Engineer Job Description: The ideal candidate will have experience with Microsoft’s .Net stack including ASP.Net Web and WPF development. In addition will have in depth knowledge of MySQL design, implementation, replication and hosting. Experience with National Instrument’s LabView is a strong plus Participate in the software design portions of test, production support, business process automation and related systems projects. Implement, test and deploy portions of those designs. Create new support documentation if existing documentation is inadequate. Perform support and feature expansion of existing software and database systems Design, Manage, optimize and Query MySQL databases, create stored procedures , and database backed applications . Provide training and support for users of completed systems as required. Redesign existing VBA and LabVIEW applications and re-implement those applications in C# with either desktop application or browser-based user interfaces. Create extensive documentation for use by developers and users to provide long term support of the software packages. Cross train other engineers to support those packages. Lead design and architectural reviews