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Vicon
C++ Software Engineer
| Company | Vicon |
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| Website | vicon.com ↗ |
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| Role | C++ Software Engineer |
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| Type | full-time |
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| Role taxonomy | Software Engineering |
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| Specialties | Software Engineering |
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| Location | Oxford, UK |
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| Salary | £40k–55k/yr (“£40K to £55K”) |
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| Apply via | See posting |
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| Hiring notes | — |
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| Tech | PythonC++ |
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| Parsed locations | Oxford, UK |
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| Regions | UK |
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| Posted by | vms_dev |
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| Posted | Nov 1, 2018 |
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| Source | View on Hacker News ↗ |
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Original posting
Vicon | C++ Software Engineer | Oxford, UK | ONSITE | Full-time | £40K to £55K | https://www.vicon.com
We develop Motion Capture Systems for the entertainment, engineering and medical industries. Our systems are used in most Blockbuster films and AAA games as well as in hospitals, virtual reality installations, and research fields ranging from sports science to robotics and drone development.
We are seeking an excellent, experienced C++ programmer to join our Systems team in Oxford. You would typically be working in a team of 3 or 4 developers and coordinating closely with our computer vision, hardware and QA teams as well as a variety of high-profile industry partners.
Examples of the type of work involved include:
- Developing our highly parallel real-time processing frameworks.
- Writing code for interfacing with both Vicon and third party hardware.
- Creating high performance, scalable, application software.
- Designing GUIs and data visualization tools.
- Implementing APIs, protocols and plugins for integration with other systems.
We have an informal and friendly company culture and pride ourselves on hiring motivated, top-flight developers who care about quality software practices and enjoy working on cutting edge products with interesting applications.
Candidates should have several years of commercial C++ experience on challenging projects and a strong academic background in Computing, Engineering, Mathematics or Science.
Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
- C++11/14/17, STL, Boost, Qt, Python, C#.
- Multi-threading, Networking, Optimization, Graphics, Computer Vision.
- Continuous Integration Frameworks, Animation Tools, Game Engines.
For additional details, other open positions and to apply, please visit https://www.vicon.com/employment