Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Security Audit, Embedded Software
Location: North America – Foster City, CA
Department: Engineering Group
Reports To: Director, Embedded Software

General Summary
This position is responsible for the design, development and code audit of firmware/software for embedded multimedia devices.

Essential Responsibilities
• Design and develop embedded software for Sling Media products that address the requirements of Digital Home
• Perform code audit of application-level and kernel-level software
• Conduct analysis of system architecture and communication protocols to identify potential security issues and possible attacks
• Oversee patching of security holes
• Establish/drive code auditing process, maintain coding guidelines documents, ensure coding quality standards
• Participate in review meetings to discuss PRD requirements and ensure system-level security
• Participate in high level and low level design of embedded frameworks
• Conduct design reviews and ensure that the design/implementation is secure, highly modular, portable, and performance optimized.
• Work with the engineering leads across the organization to ensure high standards for code quality and security, track open issues, and close them on priority basis.
• Report periodically regarding project progress, issues, etc. on a regular basis. Highlight new technologies, trends and opportunities and integrate into plans accordingly.

Job Specifications/Requirements
• BS/MS. (Electronics or Computer Engineering) with minimum of 8 plus years experience in development of real time embedded software
• Outstanding C and C++ programming skills
• Advanced knowledge of IP networking, protocols and technologies
• Expertise with Linux OS, including kernel, driver and app-level programming
• Experience with common RTOS such as ThreadX, VxWorks, Nucleus is big plus
• Multimedia Linux experience is a big plus
• Familiarity with 16/32 bit controllers like MIPS, ARM, and DSPs (TI, ADI) with intimate understanding of hardware and software for real time embedded systems
• Familiarity with usage of Version management, Configuration management and Defect tracking system tools
• Prior experience in design/development of Digital Media Adapters, Set top boxes, Connected multimedia devices is a plus
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Ability to operate in dynamic, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Must demonstrate a hands on approach

Contact: jobs@slingmedia.com (please reference requisition #309 on the subject line)

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