Senior Software Engineer

Job Summary

Ready for the job that challenges and encourages you to get the best out of yourself? Do you feel at home in a highly innovative R&D environment? Then join our team at Cognex! Cognex is the global leader in the exciting and growing field of machine vision, with annual revenue approaching $1 Billion. Our culture recognizes achievement and dedication in a fun and rewarding environment.

Our ideal candidate is a pragmatic software professional with a can‑do attitude who shares the enthusiasm for learning and applying any new development that helps to keep our software platform state of the art. You will be involved in the design and bring‑up of our next generation of machine vision devices, so strong system engineering skills are required.

• Master degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
• 8+ years of work experience with embedded software development
• Experience in C/C++ and Python
• Work experience in embedded Linux
• Work experience in the Linux kernel, bootloaders and Linux distribution development
• Desired work experience in Yocto
• System engineering skills to understand, translate and implement product requirements
• Understanding of electrical schematics and the boundary layer between EE and SW
• High energy and motivated learner with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Good presentation, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Verbal and written fluency in English

• Bring‑up of new hardware in close cooperation with our electrical teams, providing robust interfaces for our high‑level application teams
• Create drivers for new boards, components and sensors (e.g. optical & lightning)
• Evaluate new hardware based on EVK and development kits
• Debug and troubleshoot in a hardware and software environment on heterogeneous multi‑core systems
• Ensure a robust and high‑quality product by developing test automation
• Support and communicate with other internal teams using our software
• Occasional travel to the USA or Hungary

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