Software Engineer III

Location: Redmond, Washington | Full-time, 1 Year On-Going Contract, W2

About the role

Develop and modify device firmware using C/C++ to support visual perceptual quality features across computer vision, graphics, and display pipelines. Collaborate with engineering teams to improve firmware, drivers, and software applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain test infrastructure used to evaluate perceptual quality metrics, including latency, accuracy, quality, and motion-to-photon performance.
• Create and maintain unit tests, integration tests, manual validation procedures, and CI automation.
• Debug issues across the software stack, including firmware, drivers, hardware interfaces, graphics systems, and application-level rendering.
• Develop optimized firmware and software utilities for embedded platforms.
• Integrate platform-level features and enhancements where applicable.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automation efforts, and software quality initiatives.
• Create clear technical documentation covering designs, testing strategies, implementation details, and validation results.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing and testing embedded firmware or systems software.
• 5+ years of hands-on C and C++ programming experience.
• Experience delivering production-quality firmware and software applications.
• Strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle.
• Experience building reusable test frameworks, harnesses, or validation infrastructure.
• Proven debugging experience across complex software and hardware environments.
• Experience with RTOS and multi-threaded or real-time systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and development workflows.
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for automation and tooling.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with computer vision, graphics, or display technologies.
• Familiarity with visual and perceptual quality metrics such as SSIM, JND, flicker thresholds, and motion-to-photon latency.
• Experience supporting AR/VR or mixed reality platforms.
• Android platform experience including NDK, JNI, or HAL.
• Knowledge of image and video quality assessment tools.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Skills

• Embedded Firmware Development
• C / C++
• Python
• Automation
• RTOS
• Embedded Linux
• Test Automation
• System Validation
• HIL / SIL Testing
• CI/CD
• Graphics & Display Pipelines
• Hardware-Software Integration
• Multi-Threaded Systems
• Firmware Debugging
• Computer Vision
• AR/VR Technologies

Schedule

Monday – Friday, Onsite

Pay

$77.20 - $90.30 per hour