Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Cognex

Jena, Germany

The individual is a team member of experienced & highly motivated embedded and computer vision software engineers that create robust embedded vision solutions for industrial applications. In that domain, the individual will design, implement and test system-level software for embedded Linux platforms, as well as software for 2D/3D data acquisition and post-processing. Having several years of professional experience in software design and development, the individual is keen to implement new features and functionality on embedded platforms to enable Cognex devices to run latest machine vision and acquisition algorithms. The candidate is driven by a passion for thinking out-of-the-box, analyzing complex problems and creating new and innovative solutions.

Essential Functions:

• Design and implementation of system-level software and algorithms for embedded Linux devices;
• Participate in code reviews across teams and codebases;
• Automated testing, QA and runtime performance evaluation of new features and functionality.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in advanced software design and development with modern C++, preferably under Linux;
• Professional experience with software development tools, like GCC, CMake, Git preferably on embedded Linux systems (ARM, x86);
• Team skills to jointly create solutions in the vision group;
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in English to work effectively in distributed teams;
• Keen to work in a global and industry-leading company.