Staff Engineer- Linux Application Developer

Macnica Americas

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Posted on 12/18/2024

Location

Remote, Hybrid - Dallas, Texas

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Embedded Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role requires a proactive and hands-on professional with expertise in embedded systems, software development, multimedia frameworks, and protocol management. As a Staff Engineer, you will be involved in designing, developing, and maintaining advanced embedded systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve product milestones.

Company perks:

• 15 days of vacation, plus 12 days of national holidays
• 40 hrs. of paid sick time off
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401 (k) with company matching
• HSA/ FSA

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain complex Linux applications, writing efficient code primarily in C/C++ or other relevant languages. Optimize applications for performance and reliability in resource-constrained environments.
• Integrate Linux applications with various subsystems, including multimedia, network protocols, and device drivers, ensuring seamless communication and interoperability.
• Analyze and optimize application performance at both software and system levels, using profiling tools and techniques to enhance responsiveness, stability, and resource usage.
• Provide solutions to complex issues in collaboration with other team members.
• Work closely with hardware, firmware, and product teams to understand hardware dependencies, application requirements, and overall product goals.
• Develop thorough documentation for applications, APIs, and system integration points.
• Conduct and participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and maintainability across the team.
• Engage with stakeholders as needed to gather requirements, provide updates, and manage expectations regarding project timelines, deliverables, and potential challenges.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying and addressing inefficiencies in software and hardware interfaces.

Minimum Skills & Abilities

• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Design and develop embedded software solutions for various platforms, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Architect, code, and optimize embedded applications and systems using C, C++, STL, Python, and shell scripting.
• Excellent in Linux programming, IPC, multi-threaded programming & Socket programming.
• Utilize object-oriented design principles (UML, design patterns) to build scalable and maintainable software.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues using tools such as GDB, Valgrind, Clang, TCP dump, and Wireshark.
• Proficiency or familiarity with one of the build systems such as CMake, Make or Ninja.
• Work with embedded systems build environments (Buildroot, Yocto).
• Awareness of Linux driver models, including board bring-up processes, Bootloaders and Device tree concepts.
• Knowledge of communication protocols, including UART, I2C, SPI, TCP, UDP.
• Understanding of real-time operating systems (RTOS), such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr, and their integration within embedded systems.
• Multimedia frameworks (GStreamer, FFmpeg) to handle audio and video functionalities in embedded environments using protocols RTSP and RTP is preferred.
• Ability to collaborate and write integration code on cloud technologies including REST APIs, MQTT, AWS, and SaaS for connected device solutions.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git, SVN, or Mercurial for code management and version tracking.
• Experience setting up unit tests, integration tests, and system tests in the CI/CD pipeline.
• Domain knowledge in Pro-AV/Broadcast or Imaging solutions is a plus.

Minimum Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in embedded systems development.

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