Keys To China

Location: San Jose, CA

An industry leader and manufacturer of high quality video cameras for aerospace/defense, traffic, wafer inspection, and other machine vision applications. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will work closely with management, senior engineering, and technical staff to ensure designs are verified efficiently with high fault coverage, resulting in high quality camera products designed for testability and manufacturability.  The Senior Staff Software Engineer will also provide technical and project leadership for product development execution.

Education

BS or MS (preferred) in CS/EE and 5+ years experience in software and system design related to CCD/CMOS camera products

Job Description

We are looking for a strong team player. Responsibilities include design, implementation, debug, and support of embedded Software and application software for industrial machine vision cameras. Candidates should have strong software architecture, design, programming and debug skills, attention to detail, and experience developing embedded and application software. Ideal candidates should have exposure to:

• Algorithms for Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Pattern Matching, Video Signal Processing
• Windows GUI
• System partitioning (Software, Firmware, and Hardware)
• Micro-controller Compiler environments
• The Microsoft Developer Studio environment
• RTOS
• CCD and CMOS camera software design

The successful candidate will be responsible for the design, development, testing, and verification of cameras with the following specific duties:

• Develop and maintain detailed Camera Software architecture,  design,  and interface specifications
• Code, test and integrate software
• Deliver highly robust, highly reliable, high performance software that meets all of the requirements
• Adhere to correct SW engineering processes, including design documentation and reviews, code reviews, and thorough unit testing
• Work with QA manager to develop test specifications

Skills Required

• Strong leadership skill
• Positive attitude for R&D, aggressive, dedicated and self motivated
• Strong knowledge of C/C++ and C# programming on Windows and Linux (Assembly language programming a plus)
• Strong experience with Software design flow & System partitioning (Software, Firmware, and Hardware).
• Strong Object Oriented Design Experience
• Writing skills: Able to document designs and reports in a clear and concise manner
• Operating style: Hands-on, action-oriented, with good analytical and experimental work habits
• Good interaction with other team members in the development of specifications and project plans
• Effective in producing clearly written technical and non-technical product documentation
• Able to handle multiple simultaneous projects and assignments
• Teamwork: Possess strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills to work effectively as a team player
• Able to quickly learn new concepts and tasks. - Able to use PC, and other debug tools to debug and verify camera design
• Knowledge of Video signal processing
• Knowledge of or OCR (Optical Character Recognition) LPR (License Plate Reader) a plus
• Knowledge of microprocessor based system (such as PowerPC, NIOS, or Microblaze) a plus
• Camera hardware system knowledge a plus
• Network/socket programming a plus
• Device Driver Experience on Windows and Linux a plus

Contact: Vivian@KeystoChinaJobs.com