Team Lead Software Architecture
Advertised by Try&Hire on behalf of a client · Reference TAH-KVE2K
- Discipline
- Software engineer
- Region
- Zurich, Nänikon (ZH)
- Client
- Precision instruments manufacturing
- Advertised on
- 24.10.2026
This role leads a team of software architects shaping the cross-product architecture of laboratory instruments, combining people leadership with deep technical architecture expertise.
Your tasks
- Provide technical and managerial leadership for around seven software architects
- Align architects across product lines and early project phases with project and product management
- Facilitate architecture decisions and make decisions yourself when required
- Ensure consistent standards, reviews and traceable architecture decisions
- Further develop the cross-product target architecture and drive modularization and harmonization
- Set technical guardrails considering maintainability, robustness, performance and cybersecurity
- Ensure devices can be integrated into PC software and customer systems, harmonizing interfaces and protocols
What you bring
- Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a comparable field
- Several years of experience as a software or systems architect for complex products
- Leadership experience with a team of similar size, ideally including disciplinary leadership
- Experience with modular, reusable architectures and platforms and device integration into PC and data systems
- Experience with in-house developed hardware and Linux on devices (Debian) is a strong advantage
- Technology-independent architectural thinking, ideally with knowledge of C/C++ and C#
- Experience in regulated environments including data integrity/GxP and cybersecurity (CRA, IEC 62443) is desirable
- Very good English skills; German skills are a major advantage
Conditions
- Workload: 100 %
- Work model: Hybrid
- Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it
What to expect
- Flexible working hours and a hybrid work model
- 40-hour work week with at least 25 vacation days per year
- 3–6 months interim, then a permanent position
Technologies
- C/C++
- C#
- Linux
- Debian
- CRA
- IEC 62443
- OIML
How to apply
You apply with your Try&Hire profile: upload your CV, check the details, enter key facts and availability. A short introduction video is optional but helps. Our team will get in touch if your profile fits the assignment.