Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Cognex is the global leader in the exciting and growing field of machine vision. We combine a 40+ years history of leading edge vision products and strong growth year to year with a special culture that embraces a fast-paced and creative environment of a startup. The 3D, Computational Imaging and Robotics Product Engineering Group develops high-performance 2D & 3D tools and sensors that are crucial to maintain company leadership in a rapidly growing market environment.

The Jena team creates leading-edge 3D technologies for industrial machine vision, including fast and precise 3D data acquisition, embedded vision processing and real-time robotics.

Senior Software Engineer 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.

• 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

• 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

Leutragraben 2-4, 07743 Jena, Germany .

WE MAKE COMPUTERS THAT CAN SEE Cognex is the largest, most successful and most recognized global player in industrial machine vision. Using advanced optics, image sensors, and artificial intelligence software Cognex vision and  capture an image, then analyze it to make sense of what’s being seen. Companies use Cognex vision and  their manufacturing processes to improve product quality, guide assembly robots, and track items through each stage of production and distribution.

Cognex is focused entirely on solving the toughest problems in industrial machine vision and , and we have sold more solutions in these areas than any other company in the world. More than a billion products are made each day using Cognex vision. The only thing smarter than our vision and  are the people that stand behind them. One of them could be you!