Software Engineering Manager Jobs at Thermo Fisher Scientific with Visa Sponsorship
Thermo Fisher Scientific hires Software Engineering Managers to lead development teams building platforms that support scientific research, diagnostics, and lab automation. The company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for this function, making it a viable target for international candidates in engineering leadership.
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Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
This is an onsite role in Marietta, OH.
DESCRIPTION:
As Manager, Electrical Engineering (Embedded Controls), you will lead the development and sustainment of embedded hardware and software control systems for Thermo Fisher’s cold storage and cryogenic product portfolio, including ULT freezers and controlled-rate freezing systems.
In this hands-on leadership role, you will guide a global team of electrical engineers, firmware developers, and technicians to deliver robust, compliant, and scalable control solutions. You will partner closely with Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory teams to define control strategies, maintain requirements traceability, and ensure products meet performance, safety, and regulatory expectations throughout the product lifecycle.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Embedded Controls & Technical Leadership
- Lead and manage a global electrical engineering organization responsible for embedded hardware and software development, including teams in North America and India.
- Own the controls architecture and strategy aligned with cold storage product roadmaps and platform reuse initiatives.
- Provide technical oversight for embedded firmware, control algorithms, sensing, actuation, and communications.
- Drive modular, reusable, and scalable control solutions across multiple product platforms.
Product Development & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing teams through all phases of the toll-gate NPD process.
- Support products manufactured at multiple global production facilities.
- Contribute to component, sub-system, and system-level technology roadmaps.
- Lead advanced development and innovation initiatives supporting future NPD programs and intellectual property creation.
Requirements, Compliance & Traceability
- Partner with Product Management, Quality, and Regulatory to develop and maintain embedded HW/SW requirements, safety analyses, and traceability from customer needs through verification and validation.
- Ensure electrical and controls designs meet applicable regulatory and certification requirements (e.g., FDA, UL, IEC, CE, CSA).
- Drive standardization of system-level specifications, test plans, and validation strategies.
Software Development & Tooling
- Champion modern embedded software development practices using Confluence, Jira, and Git for requirements management, agile execution, version control, and documentation.
- Establish and maintain best practices for coding standards, reviews, configuration management, and release processes.
People, Program & Financial Leadership
- Develop budgets, resource plans, and schedules in partnership with NPD project managers and leadership.
- Balance internal resources, global engineering contractors, and third-party support.
- Coach, mentor, and develop engineers and technicians to build technical depth and leadership capability.
- Foster a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Travel: Up to 10% domestic travel.
REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, or related discipline
- Master’s degree preferred
Experience
- 5+ years of experience leading teams in embedded controls hardware and software development
- 3+ years of hands-on experience developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products
- Experience supporting regulated products (e.g., UL, IEC, FDA, CE)
- Experience with PCBA development, ICT/FCT testing, and design for manufacturability
- Experience with circuit design and simulation
- Experience with data acquisition systems, automated testing, and technical documentation
- Familiarity with Lean / PPI methodologies and continuous improvement systems
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong foundation in embedded control system design for thermal products
- Experience developing and reviewing control algorithms (PI/PID) and embedded firmware
- Proficiency with PCB design tools, schematics, and wiring diagrams
- Programming experience in C, C++, or equivalent object-oriented languages. Qt framework experience highly desired
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, RTOS environments, and embedded operating systems
- Knowledge of digital and analog circuit design, signal conditioning, and simulation tools
- Experience with serial and networked communications (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
- Exposure to IoT platforms, cloud connectivity, and embedded data architectures preferred
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Excellent organizational skills in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
- Commitment to safety, quality, and operational excellence
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
This is an onsite role in Marietta, OH.
DESCRIPTION:
As Manager, Electrical Engineering (Embedded Controls), you will lead the development and sustainment of embedded hardware and software control systems for Thermo Fisher’s cold storage and cryogenic product portfolio, including ULT freezers and controlled-rate freezing systems.
In this hands-on leadership role, you will guide a global team of electrical engineers, firmware developers, and technicians to deliver robust, compliant, and scalable control solutions. You will partner closely with Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory teams to define control strategies, maintain requirements traceability, and ensure products meet performance, safety, and regulatory expectations throughout the product lifecycle.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Embedded Controls & Technical Leadership
- Lead and manage a global electrical engineering organization responsible for embedded hardware and software development, including teams in North America and India.
- Own the controls architecture and strategy aligned with cold storage product roadmaps and platform reuse initiatives.
- Provide technical oversight for embedded firmware, control algorithms, sensing, actuation, and communications.
- Drive modular, reusable, and scalable control solutions across multiple product platforms.
Product Development & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing teams through all phases of the toll-gate NPD process.
- Support products manufactured at multiple global production facilities.
- Contribute to component, sub-system, and system-level technology roadmaps.
- Lead advanced development and innovation initiatives supporting future NPD programs and intellectual property creation.
Requirements, Compliance & Traceability
- Partner with Product Management, Quality, and Regulatory to develop and maintain embedded HW/SW requirements, safety analyses, and traceability from customer needs through verification and validation.
- Ensure electrical and controls designs meet applicable regulatory and certification requirements (e.g., FDA, UL, IEC, CE, CSA).
- Drive standardization of system-level specifications, test plans, and validation strategies.
Software Development & Tooling
- Champion modern embedded software development practices using Confluence, Jira, and Git for requirements management, agile execution, version control, and documentation.
- Establish and maintain best practices for coding standards, reviews, configuration management, and release processes.
People, Program & Financial Leadership
- Develop budgets, resource plans, and schedules in partnership with NPD project managers and leadership.
- Balance internal resources, global engineering contractors, and third-party support.
- Coach, mentor, and develop engineers and technicians to build technical depth and leadership capability.
- Foster a strong culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Travel: Up to 10% domestic travel.
REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, or related discipline
- Master’s degree preferred
Experience
- 5+ years of experience leading teams in embedded controls hardware and software development
- 3+ years of hands-on experience developing embedded control systems for electromechanical products
- Experience supporting regulated products (e.g., UL, IEC, FDA, CE)
- Experience with PCBA development, ICT/FCT testing, and design for manufacturability
- Experience with circuit design and simulation
- Experience with data acquisition systems, automated testing, and technical documentation
- Familiarity with Lean / PPI methodologies and continuous improvement systems
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong foundation in embedded control system design for thermal products
- Experience developing and reviewing control algorithms (PI/PID) and embedded firmware
- Proficiency with PCB design tools, schematics, and wiring diagrams
- Programming experience in C, C++, or equivalent object-oriented languages. Qt framework experience highly desired
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, RTOS environments, and embedded operating systems
- Knowledge of digital and analog circuit design, signal conditioning, and simulation tools
- Experience with serial and networked communications (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
- Exposure to IoT platforms, cloud connectivity, and embedded data architectures preferred
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Excellent organizational skills in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
- Commitment to safety, quality, and operational excellence
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Thermo Fisher's engineering teams build instruments, lab informatics, and data platforms. Highlighting experience with regulated software, scientific data pipelines, or embedded systems makes your profile far more relevant than general enterprise software management.
Target roles tied to specific business units
Thermo Fisher posts Software Engineering Manager roles across divisions like Life Sciences, Clinical Research, and Analytical Instruments. Applying to a division whose product area matches your background strengthens your specialty occupation argument for H-1B purposes.
Confirm LCA sponsorship intent before final interviews
Before your offer stage, ask HR directly whether the role supports H-1B sponsorship and whether the team has filed Labor Condition Applications for similar positions. DOL LCA records are public and can confirm this independently.
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Not every Software Engineering Manager posting at Thermo Fisher actively invites visa sponsorship. Use Migrate Mate to surface roles where sponsorship is confirmed, so you're not spending interviews on positions that won't support your visa status.
Prepare your degree equivalency documentation early
H-1B specialty occupation requires a directly related bachelor's degree or higher. If your engineering degree is from a non-U.S. institution or in a related but not exact field, get a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved service before Thermo Fisher's HR initiates USCIS filing.
Understand cap-exempt pathways if you miss the lottery
If you don't get selected in the H-1B cap lottery, ask whether Thermo Fisher can place you in a qualifying cap-exempt research or university-affiliated role. Some scientific divisions partner with nonprofit research institutions that allow cap-exempt H-1B filings.
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Does Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsor H-1B visas for Software Engineering Managers?
Yes, Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsors H-1B visas for Software Engineering Managers. The company has an established immigration program and regularly files Labor Condition Applications with the DOL for engineering leadership roles. Sponsorship is more common in divisions building regulated or scientific software, where the specialty occupation requirement is easier to substantiate with USCIS.
How do I apply for Software Engineering Manager jobs at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Apply directly through Thermo Fisher's careers portal, where roles are searchable by job function and location. Tailor your resume to reflect experience managing software teams in scientific, regulated, or instrumentation environments. You can also browse open Software Engineering Manager positions at Thermo Fisher that are confirmed to support visa sponsorship through Migrate Mate, which filters listings by sponsorship eligibility.
Which visa types does Thermo Fisher Scientific commonly use for Software Engineering Manager roles?
Thermo Fisher sponsors H-1B visas most frequently for Software Engineering Managers, along with F-1 OPT and CPT for early-career hires transitioning from student status. TN visas are an option for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying engineering roles. For longer-term employees, the company also supports Green Card pathways through EB-2 and EB-3 classifications via the PERM labor certification process.
What qualifications does Thermo Fisher Scientific expect for Software Engineering Manager roles?
Thermo Fisher typically expects a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field, along with several years of hands-on software development experience before moving into management. Familiarity with regulated software environments, FDA guidelines, or scientific data systems is valued. Cross-functional leadership experience, particularly managing teams that interface with hardware or lab instrumentation, strengthens your candidacy significantly.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take after accepting an offer at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Timeline depends on your current visa status. If you're on F-1 OPT, Thermo Fisher can employ you while filing an H-1B in the next cap season, which opens in March for an October 1 start date. USCIS standard H-1B processing runs three to six months, though premium processing can reduce that to 15 business days. PERM-based Green Card sponsorship typically takes two to four years depending on your priority date and country of birth.
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