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Location: Southampton area

SENIOR SYSTEM DELIVERY ENGINEER

If you are watching pay TV anywhere in the world, the chances are that a considerable part of the software infrastructure that supports it is developed by our client.  More than half the world's digital satellite pay-TV viewers now access their broadcasts with our client’s viewing cards to TVs, set-top boxes (STBs), personal computers and mobile devices.  Our client is the only company that can boast complete end-to-end solutions to the digital broadcast TV industry.  Their systems enable network operators and content providers to profit from emerging digital-TV technology and its associated interactive services.  It is fair to say that they dominate this growing market.

Specifically, our client develops a market-leading Core Set Top Box (STB) software and undertakes integration of this software with different STB hardware platforms.  Middleware solutions power more than 16 million STBs on every type of digital TV platform—cable, satellite, broadband and digital terrestrial networks.  Core software is developed in the UK, France, India, USA and Korea.

The continued growth of their customer base and the development of next generation products requires the expansion of our team located near Southhampton. This is an opportunity to work for a world leading company on technically challenging, business critical TV solutions for broadcast clients.

It involves developing a range of platforms and cutting edge solutions including development of High Definition Set Top Boxes and XTV, NDS’ flagship Personal Video Recorder (PVR) product.

Main Responsibilities/Duties

Delivery Group

With contributions coming from diverse teams based in different locations, it is the task of the Delivery Group to bring together the complete system and test it prior to installation on client site. The groups responsibilities also include ongoing support once the systems are operational.

Tasks:

• Coordinating with partners (suppliers, hardware designers, manufacturing, customers, product marketing, etc.) to guarantee a coherent end-to-end design
• Liaising with other development groups worldwide
• Identifying technical changes / upgrades necessary to achieve complete customer requirements
• Guiding Software Developers to incorporate necessary modifications
• Testing of system integration in-house and at the client.
• Rollout at the client
• Maintain excellent contacts with clients and provide rapid hardware and software support. 

Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years experience embedded C in a structured environment architecture
• 4+ years of software development experience
• University or college education in computer science, electronics engineering or communications engineering is anticipated
• Competent in the use of analytical tools
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing
• Experience of working to specific deadlines in a fast moving environment
• Self-confident and able to contribute to team based problem solving
• An understanding of real-time operating system
• Digital Set Top Box experience is beneficial
• Use of CM and defect tracking systems (eg. Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest) is beneficia

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