Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Location:

Dublin

Salary:

Negotiable

Role:

Permanent

Ref:

807

This role is for a Senior Embedded Software engineer responsible for developing high quality software for optical sorting products. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to the success of the software development group. The Senior Embedded Software engineer will :

• Design, document and implement User Interface (Web) client applications and back-end control server applications.
• Work with the Team Leader in delivering software on time to agreed schedules.
• Consistently develop high quality software.
• Identify new software engineering technologies, techniques and strategies that will improve the end product software quality and reduce time-to-market.
• Have a keen interest in technology and software engineering/development in particular.

Key Skills/Competencies

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge and experience in the following areas :

• Web development technologies including HTML, XML, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, SQLite,
• Secure communications and cryptographic technologies including https and SSL.
• C++ programming (Intermediate to Advanced level).
• (Embedded) Linux application development (POSIX, TCP/IP).
• Scripting (BASH, PERL, Python).
• Software development in multi-threaded environments.
• Common algorithms and data structures.
• Automated software testing tools & techniques.
• Authoring of software requirements, design and test specifications.
• Common UML notation and constructs.

Desirable:

• Agile development processes (e.g. XP, SCRUM).
• Unit Testing Frameworks.
• C programming on embedded systems.
• Industrial communications technologies like Modbus, EthernetIP and DeviceNet