» Senior Software Engineer

Our client is seeking a senior engineer to join their existing software team:
Job Purpose:
To develop and maintain drivers for Windows and other platforms for CSR's range of Wireless LAN devices (IEEE 802.11). Maintenance and development of other non-802.11 based drivers, particularly USB and SDIO interfaces.

Key Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the development of drivers.
* Interpreting and implementing functionality from and beyond the IEEE 802.11 / Wi-Fi Alliance standards through to delivery, maintenance and documentation.
* Coding in 'C'.
* Maintaining current and new software
* Original thought for solving complex problems in a tightly constrained embedded environment
* Key responsibility for Windows, Windows CE 802.11 drivers and cross platform USB drivers.
* Occasionally assembler within a resource constrained multi-processor environment.

Person Specification:
Required Skills:
* Extensive software development experience
* Proven ability in debugging embedded real time software
* Extensive experience of development in 'C' in kernel environments
* Must have the ability to work in and contribute in a technical environment
* Must have the ability to take ownership of projects with minimum supervision
* Must have used Software Configuration Management Systems such as Perforce or CVS as part of daily work.
* Hands on experience developing network drivers in either Windows or Linux
* Strong technical background with recent hands-on experience in the development of drivers
* Show an awareness of the software development process for writing software destined for high volume consumer applications

Desired Skills:
* Previous use of Perl, Python or similar scripting languages
* Previous involvement in board bring up and Board Support Package development
* Previous development work involving wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB or Wireless LAN.
* Previous development work with other communication protocols such as networking protocols, USB.
* Hands on experience debugging hardware and/or hardware/software interaction

* Some experience of embedded Operating System internals, including message passing, boot-strapping, debugging techniques, instrumentation and diagnosis

* Have previously implemented QoS in network drivers.
* Ability to understand assembler and disassembly dumps.
* Ability to communicate at all levels desirable

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | Salary from: £35,000
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