We believe in putting people first.
People like you, the customer and the end user. No politics and no getting lost in the machine. You will be working with our customers and engineering colleagues daily. Red offers a place for those who love their technology and understand that communicating with others is critical to quality and success. Team players thrive here.
The Senior Integrator role in the dev team, whilst common outside Poland is a relatively new one to Poland. Allow us a moment to describe it in detail for you.
- You work on large software projects only, in this case software designed for embedded devices that provide video.
- Firstly your role is to provide a stable working platform for all the other teams on the project. This can take 12 months or more.
- You provide releases of software and hardware from many sources as the best versions for the development and test parts of the team.
- You configure a suite of builds using components delivered from various teams.
- You might also be involved in triaging of major issues where it is unclear which team should fix those issues.
- In addition you watch for risky software coming into the build and notify teams that should know they may fall out of compliance.
- Ultimately, yours is a support role that leads to a high quality device serving millions of home users across Europe.
Exemplary tasks:
- Bringing up from scratch a software stack (kernel, drivers, rootfs and applications) on new h/w board
- Debugging and solving configuration, hardware and software related issues
- Assisting in certification and regulatory processes.
It's a role that can suit devops or configuration managers or, of course, integrators wishing to step up.
These are your necessary skills:
- Advanced Linux User knowledge
- Good knowledge of embedded devices and interfacing tools to them
- Open software experience including patching and dependency resolution
- Bash scripting
- Strong communication skills and good people skills
- Attention to detail and the ability to communicate it
- English
Nice to have:
- C or C++ adaptation and debugging
- Kernel level Linux knowledge
- Polish
- Gerrit and Jenkins
- Experience of video playback devices
- Yocto and Bitbake (basics)
What we'll give you in return
- A competitive salary which will grow with your career
- A twice-yearly company bonus scheme
- Opportunities to train, develop and grow, as well as learn from talented colleagues
- 26 days' holiday as standard, rising an extra day for every calendar year you stay with us (up to a maximum of 31 days)
- A broad benefits' package, includng the newest one: access to Headspace meditation app
- Flexibility in your working hours and home office
About us
Consult Red is an employee-owned company and a trusted partner to some of the world's largest brands. We're an R&D technology partner that develops cutting-edge 'Internet of Things (IoT) smart, connected products, video and broadband end-user equipment, streaming TV devices, networks and platforms. Connected devices and systems developed by Consult Red are currently in more than 30 million homes around the world.
Our story started in 2003 when five friends founded the company in Shipley, West Yorkshire. Since then, we've grown a lot. We work with the world's leading media operators, including Liberty Global (Virgin, UPC), Comcast (Sky) and AT&T (Directv), and in the last 12 months along we’ve grown our team in the UK, Poland and the US by 40%. We're now over 220 people globally, working collaboratively to provide an industry-leading consultancy service across software development, hardware, embedded, and cloud technologies.
We're proud to be an employee-owned business. At Consult Red, everyone has a stake, and everyone has a say. The employees are the business owners, and we work together with shared values and purpose towards our common goals. We want every team member to feel empowered, have a say in our future, and share in our success.
Our Recruitment Process
Once you submit your CV, we'll send you a short online form asking you to confirm a couple of things. This will then go directly to the Hiring Manager review. We'll often do a short first stage telephone interview to find out more about you and to check that the role would be a good fit for your requirements.
Then, if you progress to interview stage, we'll try to cover off everything we can in one Skype sitting, to make the process quicker for you - which means our interviews can be slightly longer than average. We hope you'll leave the meeting with a real feel for the job and what it's like to work with us.