Engineer: Decoder UI Development at MultiChoice

Purpose of the Position:

• To create, maintain and support features delivered on Decoder
• Mentorship of UI Dev team members
• Software solution component low-level design
• Software component implementation planning
• Software component code reviews, Work package progress reporting & tracking,

Key Performance Objectives

Tasks

Governance and Compliance

• Ensure enforcement of the Company processes and policies with team members
• Adherence to the milestone driven hybrid process & policies applicable to the Decoder Development team.
• Develop, enhance & enforce development processes & policies with team members and 3rd party software component vendors.

Operational Delivery

• Individually responsible for delivering on project requirements
• Software development, planning, design and investigation

Accountable for:

• Software development, bug fixing, technical recommendations (incl. impact assessment & test focus) & lifecycle management
• Unit test development, static analysis & software maintenance
• Unified application software setup, continuous integration, configuration & delivery
• Software component profiling & reporting
• Work breakdown structure, estimation and risk identification and mitigation
• Low level designs for work packages.
• Work package progress reporting
• Mentoring Junior Developers
• Adherence to the milestone driven hybrid project & cross-functional teams (CFT) process & policies
• Knowledge transfer within the team (Presentations & documentation)

Qualifications

• B.Sc (Electronic and/or Computer Engineering) or similar qualification
• Oracle Java Professional (1Z0-809) certified preferred

Experience

Required:

• Typically, 2+ years of experience in a Consumer Electronic and Embedded Software Stack Development (preferably STB), working through the Design, Development, Testing, Release cycle and Software delivery in Core Java systems and/or Web applications on Embedded devices.
• Knowledge of Object Orientated principles and design patterns
• Understanding of Android TV, HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript
• Knowledge of Industry-wide best practices of Processes, Development Methodologies and Tools for Embedded Development
• Sufficient knowledge of Project Management
• Sufficient knowledge of Security & Software Compliances regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of SDLC Tools, e.g. IBM Jazz, Jira, HP Quality Centre
• Knowledge of Mentoring and Leading Technical Teams
• Knowledge of various SDLC methodologies like Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, DevOps etc.

Required Experience of:

• Satellite operator E2E network components and security requirements. Embedded C/C++ and core Java programming languages
• Web technologies (e.g. WS, RESTful, etc.) and scripting languages (e.g. HTML, Javascript, CSS etc.) Embedded hardware systems, real-time & Linux operating systems.
• Database Design and Management tools (SQLite, etc.). Knowledge in networking technologies

Technical Competencies

• DVB (e.g. DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-T, DVB-H, DVB-IP), ISDB, MPEG, H.264, H.265, UHD, HDR, File compression techniques and interactive TV knowledge.
• Knowledge of STB software components like on-chip/off-chip drivers, Middleware(e.g. OpenTV, MHP and/or Irdeto) technologies, UI framework.
• Understanding of Satellite Tx/Rx including satellite bands UHF/VHF/Ku-band.
• CA systems and sub components.
• Dolby Digital Systems.
• Understanding of Encryption, Decryption, Multiplexing.
• Understanding of Business Systems like Billing, Subscriptions etc.
• Understanding of IP networking and protocols e.g. HTTP, FTP, WS, FTP, UDP, UPnP.
• Video Streaming and Control Protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, RTP, RTMP, Multicast handling, RTSP, DIAL, SSDP, HTTP)
• RF signal distribution systems (including LNB, DiSEqC, Unicable/SATCR switches, etc).
• Database Management Systems e.g. Oracle, mySQL, SQLite, etc.
• Implementing Solutions with Regulatory, Compliance and Certifications associated with security, network, wireless and RF standards.

Behavioral Competencies

• Problem Solving
• Accountability
• Teamwork
• Clear Communication
• Perseverance
• Prioritization
• Analytical Thinking