Stellenbosch: Software Engineer posted by Stonebridge HR Solutions

• BEng in Electronic Engineering or similar
• Graduate or up to 4+ years Software Engineering experience

Essential Skills:

• Ability to solve programming problems with high-quality code
• Proficiency writing software in C or C++
• Eagerness to learn and ability to self-start
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, to operate successfully within a local and international development team
• Ability to work productively under the guidance of a manager or mentor

Advantageous skills and knowledge:

• Signal processing and algorithm development for CW and FMCW radars
• Programming and data visualisation and analysis using MATLAB
• Electronic/embedded hardware design
• Electronic testing using equipment such as signal generators, oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers
• Communications protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, and CAN, and the ability to test and debug these using tools such as logic analysers
• ARM microcontrollers from ST, Nordic, Texas Instruments and NXP
• Programming in C# or Python
• Version control tools (e.g. Git)
• Agile (Scrum) software development methodology
• Unit testing and Test Driven Development, using frameworks such as Google Test (gtest)

Responsibilities:

You will:

• Join a local radar software team that is part of an international multi-disciplinary product team
• Amaze the users of our radar products by developing and fine-tuning algorithms in a MATLAB environment
• Bring the magic into the real world by implementing algorithms in embedded C and C++
• Make our products a joy to use by creating embedded software than runs smoothly and reliably in C and C++
• Lay the foundation for a successful product by contributing to software requirements, architecture and detailed design
• Solve problems by applying sound techniques to identify the root cause and provide a reliable solution
• Help the team maintain a high standard of excellence in the team by participating in peer reviews of software designs, algorithms and source code

You may also:

• Participate in software release testing and hardware/software integration testing
• Contribute to PC tools development using C# and Python
• Take part in exploration into new technologies
• Travel to Garmin’s offices in the USA, Canada and Taiwan

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us in 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.