Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer IV(Consumer Device Engineer)
Location: Approved Remote Locations: Kirkland, WA, Denver, CO, New York, NY, Houston, TX, Los Angeles, CA, and San Diego, CA.
Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

The team at the client builds the VR hardware and platform to let you experience anything, anywhere, with anyone. Additionally, the Client has teams dedicated to building social experiences in VR that make it easier to spend time with your friends, wherever they are. Virtual reality's potential to connect the world is immense-and we're just getting started. Clients Research is driving the state of the art forward with breakthrough work in computer vision, advanced optics, eye tracking, mixed reality, and new ways to map the human body. Oculus is a world leader in the design of virtual and augmented reality systems.
Come work alongside expert software engineers and research scientists to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world.

As a Consumer Device Engineer (CDE), You'll ensure the delivery of high-quality software and platform for VR product lines. The CDE role is composed of one part software engineer, one part program manager, and one part domain expert in android middleware/Linux kernel integration and debugging.
You'll be responsible for integrating patches, and debugging android middleware and Linux kernel bugs and crashes.
The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented engineer, with strong cross-functional collaboration skills for building great devices and improving engineering efficiency. You will ensure the release of Clients' products that will delight our customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Integrate open source and third party patches
• Debug and fix bugs and crashes
• Analyze power and performance problems
• Debug bugs in applications that run in the Clients VR Ecosystem
• Work with engineers and project leads to triage and prioritize issues for resolution
• Work along-side hardware and software engineers, program managers and QA to triage issues and make go/no-go decisions
• Partner with Automation and Infrastructure team to leverage automation to allow better reliability and scalability

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• BS or MS in Computer Science, EE, Computer Engineering, or related degree
• Experience debugging on android or Linux devices
• Experience coding in Java, C, or C++

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Deep understanding of android middleware
• Deep understanding of Linux kernel
• Experience building, shipping, and maintaining consumer electronics devices
• Experience in building tools to debug software issues

This job was posted on Fri Sep 23 2022 and expired on Sat Sep 24 2022.

Minimum $14K /yr

$135K /yr Average

Maximum $228K /yr

Tasks

Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt it to new hardware, or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance.

Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures.

Direct software programming and development of documentation.

Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.

Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.

Consult with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, develop specifications and performance requirements, or resolve customer problems.

Design or develop software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.

Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.

Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.

Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.

Coordinate installation of software system.

Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.

Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.

Advise customer about or perform maintenance of software system.

Train users to use new or modified equipment.

Specify power supply requirements and configuration.

Evaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, or need for security restrictions to determine hardware configuration.

Use microcontrollers to develop control signals, implement control algorithms, or measure process variables, such as temperatures, pressures, or positions.

Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, or humidity in area of system installation.

Skills

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.