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About the role:
Nielsen is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer. This position is in the Metering and Encoding team focuses on the development of software that runs embedded devices. This position is responsible for developing embedded and application level software and SDKs, as well as developing, testing, and test software.
Responsibilities
- Development of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective software solutions with an emphasis on quality, best-practice coding standards, and cost-effectiveness.
- Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks.
- Help solving field reported issues quickly.
- Build rapid technical prototypes for early customer validation of new technologies.
- Communicate regularly with stakeholders, project managers, scrum leaders on the progress of the scrum assignments.
Key Skills - Domain Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering plus 8 years of experience in information technology solutions development
- Must have strong embedded, test automation software development skills.
- Must have the ability to provide solutions utilizing best practices for resilience, scalability and security.
- Prior experience in telecom, IP networking, healthcare companies where device development is done.
Technical Skills
- 5+/8+ years of experience: Embedded software development, Test automation, SDK / API development.
- Experience in C/C++/Python
- Experience in software development using programming languages & tools/services like: Windows, Linux, Shell scripting, GitLab, Jira, Confluence
- Experience in data analysis to identify trends and issues.
- Strong knowledge on Unix/Linux OS, commands, shell scripting, python, JSON.
- Agile scrum experience in application development is required.
- Strong knowledge in Gitlab /Bitbucket .
- Android/iOS development, AWS and ML/AI experience is good to have.
- Deep understanding of the watermarking and broadcast technologies.
- Understanding of signal processing and watermarking.
- Understanding of MPEG transport layer, ID3 tags
Mindset and attributes
- Exceptional verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong ability to translate requirements into technical solutions and develop optimized code that runs flawlessly on devices.
- Exceptional communication skills to interact with external and internal vendors and clients.
Top Skills
What We Do
Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future.
An S&P 500 company, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) operates around the world in more than 55 countries.
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