SOFTWARE ENGINEER FIRMWARE - EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

  • Location

    Liège

  • Sector:

    Information Technology

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Romane Palauqui

  • Contact email:

    Romane.Palauqui@volt.eu.com

  • Job ref:

    75157-ITBEL-RPQ_1569243027

  • Published:

    over 4 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2019-10-23

  • Start date:

    ASAP

SOFTWARE ENGINEER FIRMWARE - EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (BELGIUM, LIÈGE)


SCOPE

Starting from product requirements or product specification input from the Product Management department, the Product Development team builds the technical design of the product and elaborates the architecture of the solution. It insures the robustness, reliability, scalability, testability of all building blocks. The Software Engineer develops software modules and interfaces (API).

Taking advantage of his/her experience, he/she participates in the different steps of the development process: analysis, technical specification, design, development, unit testing, technical documentation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer is able to work closely with peers in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Analyze and review product requirements, and discuss technical feasibility

  • Build technical design proposals

  • Develop new software components or modify existing ones

  • Participate in peer code reviews

  • Plan, define and perform unit testing

  • Create or maintain technical documentation

  • Integrate individual software components developed by yourself and other members of the development team

  • Solve defects reported in the defect tracking system

  • Maintain existing applications

  • Identify risks and discuss them with the Quality Control department for building adequate test plans

  • Make work estimates for the tasks assigned to you

  • Plan, track and report your daily work and your assigned tasks to your direct manager

  • Follow the company software development process (Source Control Management, Defect Tracking, Coding Rules, Continuous Integration)

  • Identify and propose process improvements

  • Coach and guide junior team members (if Senior position)


PROFILE

  • Engineer, Bachelor's, Master's or Ph.D. degree in Engineering or Computer Science (high school or university)

  • Experience in Object-Oriented Design and Programming

  • Experience in C/C++ real-time embedded and multithreading, robotics and/or real-time environments

  • Experience in interacting with HW components (HDD, processors, Ethernet boards, ...)

  • Experience with Linux OS

  • The following technical experiences are not mandatory, and will be considered as an asset:

  • Advanced understanding of network protocol stacks (TCP, UDP, RTP, unicast/multicast, ...) is an asset

  • Experience with GNU tools is an asset

  • Experience in the broadcast industry is an asset

  • Experience in Agile / Scrum development practices is an asset

  • Test-driven development and familiarity with developer-driven automated testing is an asset

  • Experience in other languages & frameworks (Python, shell, ...) is an asset

  • Experience with distributed environments, microservices and Service Oriented Architecture is an asset

  • Experience in virtualized environments is an asset

  • Owning and/or contributing to open source projects is an asset


Soft skills

  • Achieves high-quality results through thoughtful analysis and planning; target driven and result oriented

  • Excellent analytical skills, strong object-oriented design skills

  • Focus on quality, detail minded, willing to take care of customer point of view

  • Open for changes and continuous learning

  • Capable of executing tasks autonomously, of planning and communicating planning and progress, of getting help where needed

  • Shows initiative, is curious and communicates well about initiatives

  • Good written and verbal communication skills, shares information actively; responds properly, reports on-time; accepts criticism and other opinions, addresses criticism constructively

  • Excellent team player

  • High-stress resistance; does not give up in crisis situation; does not lose control under pressure


Languages:

Fluent in French, working knowledge of English
Working knowledge in German is an asset