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System Engineer

Mackin Talent  •  Cambridge, GB (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description


Our client is looking for a

System Engineer, onsite role for 11 months

onsite at Cambridge Bourn Quarter Development (near
Cambourne, west Cambridge, UK).

Reality Labs 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.

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 our research, preparing and contributing to the collection activity and implementing improvements, working with the data collection team. The role will be based in our amazing 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 Qualifications

- 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

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HR & Recruiting
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
San Jose, California
Year Founded
2014
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