Description
Are you interested in working on products at the very cutting edge of technology? Want to join Vicon, an Academy Award®-winning company, and the world’s largest supplier of precision motion capture and tracking systems?
Vicon is the world leader in motion capture technology, developing high performance software and hardware products for the entertainment, engineering and life science industries. Vicon products have been used in major feature films, games, and commercials, and Vicon is a crucial measurement tool for biomechanics, robotics, and cutting-edge science. We have offices in Oxford, Denver, Los Angeles and New Zealand.
Vicon is a subsidiary of Oxford Metrics Plc.
We are looking for an expert C++ programmer to join our software team in Oxford, England. We work on a wide variety of very interesting technical projects and strive to produce high-quality, modern, elegant, robust code.
You would typically be working within small engineering teams with other software engineers, computer vision scientists, hardware engineers, and sometimes with high-profile industry partners. Our engineers come from a wide array of industries including Computer Games, Robotics, Trading, and many other scientific and engineering backgrounds.
We have an informal and friendly company culture and a healthy work/life balance. The role can include a substantial amount of remote working but would also involve some office-based work at our Yarnton or Botley sites which also house our research motion-capture studios.
Key Responsibilities
* Developing our core application software architecture and new capabilities.
* Creating systems to synchronise and process high-volume data from many sources.
* Designing APIs, protocols, and plugins for integration with in-house and third-party software and hardware systems.
* Working on high performance algorithms and highly parallel real-time processing frameworks.
* Building tools to aid testing, analysis, and data visualization.
* Researching, designing, and presenting new technologies and approaches.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Very in-depth expertise in modern C++ (11-20).
* Strong maths, analysis, and communication skills.
* Experience designing substantial software systems and evidence of work on challenging projects.
Desirable Skills
* STL, Boost, Python
* Multi-threading, Networking, Optimization
* Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Scientific Computing
* OpenGl, Qt/QML, Game Engines.
Benefits
· Competitive salary
· 10% Company Pension
· 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
· Life Cover
· Private Medical with Optical / Dental Insurance
· Permanent Health Insurance
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Free On-site Parking
Ever since 1984, Oxford Metrics has been enabling the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. It was in that year we introduced our first Vicon motion capture system and we’ve been providing a bridge between the physical and digital world ever since.
We have a track record of creating value by incubating, growing and then augmenting through acquisition, unique technology revenue streams. Today we have around 10,000 active customers in 70+ countries including some of the biggest names in healthcare, research, sports, engineering and entertainment.