Senior Java Software Engineer

Description:

Job Details:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Devices - Java)

Conceptualise, designs, codes, debugs, and performs development activities in accordance with designated standards and procedures to meet specific project requirements. Shares technical expertise and provides training and guidance to other team members.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

* Using the relevant programming language and technologies provide creative, thorough, and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems.
* Share technical expertise within the department and other departments as requested.
* Design, develop and test software programs following established quality standards and in accordance with internal engineering procedures including coding, unit testing, peer reviews and software configuration control.
* Complete high- and low-level detailed software design specifications, storyboards, and interface specifications.
* Provide support of products through conception to product delivery including problem solving, defect maintenance and support to customer services.
* Provide training and guidance to other team members.
* In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other duties assigned by their manager from time-to-time, as may be reasonably required of them.

Education and Qualifications:

* Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field or equivalent professional experience or combination of both.

Personal Qualities:

* Ability to work as part of a team towards individual and shared goals; a team player in a cross-functional environment.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
* Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with a willingness to share knowledge, coach and collaborate effectively with individuals and other departments.
* Diligent, with attention to detail.
* Able to problem solve and find effective and timely resolutions.
* Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiatives and under pressure.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

Essential:
* Proficient modern Java development experience.
* Experience in production-grade Software Engineering with a proven track record of specification, design, and development, emphasising the need for robust, secure, maintainable code.
* Delivered highly functional, performance-driven applications.
* Experience in developing multi-threaded applications.
* Experience of debugging on target hardware (Linux).
* Experience of networking and IPC messaging protocols.
* A solid understanding of the Linux platform and administration
* An effective problem solver with the ability to understand and resolve complex issues.
* Experience in troubleshooting and debugging applications.
* Experience of Object-Oriented Design and implementation, along with Software Design patterns.
* Ability to contribute to the development of the architecture for applications.
* Experience of maintaining and improving coding standards.
* Able to build reusable code and libraries, ensuring thorough application documentation for future use.
* Experience of software best practices such as Automated Testing (Google Test), Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development, SOLID and Clean Code principles.
* Scrum or Kanban experience.
* GIT and Jenkins experience.
* Experience using JIRA.

Desirable:

* Proficient modern C++ experience (14 or later).
* Experience writing simulators and test harnesses.
* Experience with protocols such as RS485 or CANopen.
* Experience with the Yocto Linux on Arm.
* Experience working in a similar industry