Embedded Software Engineer – Onsite – Umhlanga

Datafin Recruitment · KwaZulu-Natal

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ENVIRONMENT

A leading South African technology company is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join its Research and Development team. The successful candidate will manage the complete embedded software development lifecycle, designing and delivering scalable, reliable and optimised products and systems that meet customer and organisational requirements.

Design and implement software of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production and commercial deployment
Designing, developing, coding, testing and debugging system software
Analysing and enhancing efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources
Participate and/or lead code design review sessions
Participate in design and reliability testing of new products
Analyse and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources
Integrate and validate new product designs
Support software QA and optimize I/O performance
Provide postproduction support
Interface with hardware design and development
Assess third party and open source software
Maintain design through the product life cycle
Create testing procedures in preparation for product certification and volume production
Liaise with external technology partners
Provide technical support of products and systems to sales, manufacturing, suppliers, technology partners, customers etc

Minimum Requirements

S4 Diploma in Electronic Engineering, OR BSc Electronic Engineering OR BSc Computer Science
4 Years' experience in software engineering

Core Competency requirements

Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets
Firmware Development, proven background in embedded C or C derived langue development for 8, 16 and 32-bit embedded environments and knowledge of assemble
Proven experience in embedded systems design with pre-emptive, multitasking real-time operating systems
Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review
Strong understanding and experience with I2C, SPI, I2S, UART, Flash RAMs, LCD, SD cards
Experience with hotplug drivers, TCP, HTTPS, video formats like MJPEG, H264
Experience with Linux / Android / RTOS
Multi core, interrupt drive complex system experience
Experience with ARM microprocessors
Extensive experience with software Engineering processes and tools
Experience developing software for embedded or mobile applications with limited computing resources
Experience and comfort with lab tools such as debuggers, logic analysers and oscilloscopes
Strong documentation and writing skills