Senior Software Engineer – Embedded

Active Silicon is a market leader in the design and manufacture of leading-edge computer imaging products. These products are used in many areas of science and industry, including manufacturing, life sciences, medical imaging, robotics, and security, with many products targeted to specific customer requirements. The current range of products can be seen on the company’s website. The type of customers we have are, in general, medium to large companies with which we forge strong long-term relationships and are located all over the world. Active Silicon is part of the Solid State Plc group, listed on the AIM stock market under code SOLI. This job description is for the role of Senior Software Engineer – Embedded, with responsibility for the development and maintenance of new and existing products. Job Type: Permanent, Full Time Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Embedded Location: Flexible blend of working from home and office-based work at Iver, UK (just outside M25, NW London). Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 25 days annual holiday (plus public holidays). Salary: Circa £85k depending on skills and experience, plus salary-sacrifice pension (5% employer, 3% employee) and discretionary bonus scheme. Life assurance at 4x basic salary. Salary sacrifice EV scheme (subject to eligibility). Access to Westfield Health Scheme including: Employee Assistance Programme Discounted gym membership Qualifications: A Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering. Experience: 5+ years of professional experience developing Linux-based embedded systems with C/C++. The type of person we are looking for The right candidate is likely to have a good Computer Science or Electrical Engineering degree, plus perhaps other post-graduate qualifications and a track record of software development in C/C++. One of the most important traits is the desire, drive, and enthusiasm to produce the world’s best-in-class products. The role This is an opportunity to join a diverse development team designing, producing, and delivering specialized digital image acquisition products and technologies throughout the world and across multiple client sectors. Take ownership of new and existing embedded software projects and products, working to develop, enhance, and maintain them. Architect software solutions, breaking down business requirements into individual components, setting coding standards, choosing the tools, frameworks, and languages to be used. Participate in all phases of software development – including design, implementation, testing, code review, and documentation. Design, develop, and test system services and hardware-dependent software applications. Own the software infrastructure for embedded systems and processes to ensure seamless software deployments. Adopt best practices for embedded software development. Develop and refine processes for better efficiency. Drive consistent standards and approaches throughout the team. Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues that typically span across multiple layers from hardware to application. Lead and coach/develop junior engineers. Develop embedded software for SoCs (e.g., i.MX8) with embedded Linux. Design, implement, and test embedded software in C and modern C++. Work with custom Linux build systems (e.g., Yocto). Have expert knowledge of Linux environments and embedded Linux. Show leadership by confidently taking ownership of new and existing software projects and products, working to develop, enhance, and maintain them. Organize by thinking in a methodical and systematic manner to create software architecture plans that are pragmatic and workable. Experience with system bring up and hardware integration. Able to write well-structured, supportable code. Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work as part of a collaborative team. Focused – able to work to deadlines and meet targets. Success-driven – having the desire to produce the best products, right first time. Communicate effectively with good written, verbal, and presentation skills – the ability to communicate to the rest of the engineering team, to suppliers and sub-contractors, and sometimes directly to customers. Useful additional expertise Experience of C#, Python, GStreamer, Yocto, Visual Studio. Experience working with imaging devices, video processing/streaming, working with cameras, codecs, and streaming protocols (e.g., UVC, ONVIF). Experience working with Linux device drivers (V4L2, I2C, SPI, etc.), device trees, and the kernel. Experience creating CI/CD and automated test infrastructure with hardware in the loop. Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab or GitHub. Familiarity with MIPI CSI-2, I2C, SPI, SDI protocols. Familiarity reading schematics and using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes. #J-18808-Ljbffr