System Engineer
Our client is looking for a System Engineer for an 11 month onsite role at Cambridge Bourn Quarter Development. Our client's research brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of virtual and augmented reality, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today.
About the Role
The Reality Labs Research Audio team is seeking a Systems Engineer to support and maintain, extend and improve advanced data collection systems that are a vital part of their research, preparing and contributing to the collection activity and implementing improvements, working with the data collection team. The role will be based in their new audio lab featuring anechoic chambers, one of the world’s largest configurable acoustic rooms and many other types of space. The ideal candidate will have an interest in sound and audio, experience working with audio capturing devices and a constant desire to improve the tools and processes.
Responsibilities
- Set up, configure and test prototype devices, audio equipment and motion capture systems.
- Manage and maintain device networks, including setup and configuration of switches and related infrastructure.
- Perform multimodal data collections using these complex capture systems in controlled laboratory environments.
- Debug and resolve problems ranging from localised issues to those spanning entire systems.
- Contribute to hardware and software system improvements to improve efficiency of data collections.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar field.
- 2+ years of industry experience working with systems composed of hardware, firmware and software.
- 2+ years experience with Python, scripting, networking and Linux administration.
- Experience with systems integration, testing and automated validation.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with networking concepts, protocols, and device configuration.
- Experience with motion tracking systems.
- Experience with large-scale automated data collection and analysis.
- Experience configuring and managing network switches and device networks.
- Experience working with audio equipment or with digital audio data.
- Experience with prototype hardware devices and Android/adb command line.
- Experience with automation of configuration management and deployment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Healthcare contribution and inclusion in company pension scheme
- Work laptop and phone
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus paid bank holidays
- Expanding workforce with potential for career progression for top performers
Pay range and compensation package
Competitive salary
Equal Opportunity Statement
Our client is committed to diversity and inclusivity.