DTV Software Engineer - Perm - West London

South West England, England, gb

My client designs and develops key components of flat panel digital televisions. The software is deployed in products destined for European and sometimes worldwide markets.

They are looking for a DTV Software Engineer to join the team and develop within their industry fabled development team, based in Staines.

•Design diverse parts of a digital television system, which may range from the user interface to the driver level. The majority of this software shall be designed using a combination of MS Word documents and UML2 (with a variety of tools). Good written English skills are essential.

•Implement these designs in various embedded systems to a high standard. The majority of this software shall be implemented in C++.
•Work from both internal design specifications and international standards.
•Ensure that work packages meet requirements, pass quality standards and are integrated with other parts of the system.
•Report to the project manager for project planning, budgeting etc.
•Assist other team members with their work.
•Assist in identifying staff training and development needs.
•Assist in identifying the need for recruitment of additional members of the team.
•Become a technical authority in Digital TV.

Skills and attributes:

Essential:
1.Skills equivalent to a degree in Electronics, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related discipline, an equivalent period of industrial experience may be substituted.
2.Significant experience of real-time and/or embedded software development.
3.Excellent skills in C++ for embedded multi-tasking systems.
4.Working in a small team, the candidate must be a team player and be flexible.
5.Individuals suitable for the position must be enthusiastic and be prepared to develop their skill set across a diverse software environment.
6.Existing experience and skills with software design.

Desirable:
7.Knowledge of DVB and/or ATSC digital television standards.
8.Digital Television development experience.
9.Design with UML.
10.IPTV and or related IP technology.
11.Modern software design processes and methodologies.
12.Knowledge of one or more interpreted languages, such as Java, Perl, Python and/or JavaScript.
13.Unix administration, programming, shell scripting.
14.Version control systems, software build environments.
15.Source code quality checking and analysis tools.