Software Engineer

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

SES Inflight India LLP is seeking a talented and passionate Software Development Engineer. You are looking forward to being part of the team and that is designing, developing software for aviation telecommunication products and services.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS

• Primarily responsible for the Airborne System Software design and development.
• Responsible for evolving and scaling the platform for any WAN technologies (ATG/ ATG4/ Ku/ 2Ku/ etc.) code and maintain scalable, modular, fault-tolerant, and portable software for the Gogo Airborne Broadband System running on a target platform using Embedded Linux solutions.
• Perform technical design reviews, code reviews, unit test, and system test reviews.
• Interact with the Systems Engineering & Architecture teams to understand and design for the evolving project requirements.
• Interface with the Product Management to understand the product roadmap and revenue-generating plans.
• Interface with the operations teams to understand the challenges to keep the business running.

COMPETENCIES

• Strong communication skills including technical documentation, written reports and proposals, development and delivery of presentations and the ability to listen to and communicate effectively with customers and vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to lead both on- and off-shore teams effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, yet cooperatively in a dynamic, matrixed environment. 

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

Required

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related technology – advanced degree preferred.
• Hands-on experience of software development in an Embedded Linux environment and providing technical leadership of software teams.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in the telecommunications and/or networking industry preferred.
• Strong experience and skill in Object Oriented Design and Implementation.
• Strong experience in Embedded Linux environments.
• Strong programming and debugging skills using either Java, C, C++, or Python.
• Experience with creating and validating user interfaces
• Strong knowledge of IP networking protocols and technologies
• Experience with database and web technologies. 
• Experience in Agile software development (story & sprint)
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Test Automation methodology

Preferred

• Polyglot programming experience is preferred.
• Virtualization and containerization (VirtualBox, Docker, KVM) experience and Microservice architecture and event-driven system design experience would be a big plus
• Knowledge of Service Measurements and Software System Performance would be a plus
• Experience with modern build environments such as Jenkins and Spinnaker would be a plus.
• Experience with releasing products to FAA-regulated market would be a plus.