Senior Software Architect

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Sigma Connectivity is a tech house. We are a team of 700 talented engineers and our main office is located in Lund, Southern Sweden. Primarily we run in-house projects focusing on connected products within consumer electronics and IoT devices and we have the capability in terms of people, expertise and labs to realize the most demanding products on the market. We have offices in Sweden, US, UK, Poland, Germany and Denmark. We are a fast-growing company and we are constantly looking for open-minded, talented people who want to be part of our journey. The culture at Sigma Connectivity is about sharing experiences and knowledge with a touch of Nordic work culture. Within Sigma Connectivity you will never work alone.

JOB OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Senior Software Architect in Lund! We help our customer realizing their ideas into products; In this we need to understand visions and ideas expressed by persons with many different backgrounds. We turn the ideas into technical solutions and develop them. We design the system with choosing existing components and designing new ones depending on needs and cost efficiency.

The SW architect has the overall system view, knows what works and what doesn´t work, understands the hardware connections as well as the different building blocks in embedded systems.

The SW Architect leads and coordinates the developers throughout the project from a technical point of view and works hands-on in the project together with team.

You will also actively participate in the quotation process, together with PMO, sales, HW and system engineers as applicable and then follow the project until closure.

As a senior SW Architect you will work directly with our customers. You will document as well as present the architecture and also explain the technical decisions taken, including the tradeoffs and consequences of those decision.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY

• Work closely with SW line management with strategic topics like competence development, growth/scaling, business development, targeted industries etc.
• Lead and coordinate the developers throughout the project from a technical point of view.
• Work hands-on in the project together with team
• Assist sales and PMO in pre-sales for SW related technical area.
• Engage in dialogues with customers and other stakeowners to suggest technical solution(s) for customer’s ideas, vision and/or needs.
• Answering technical questions from potential customers, direct and/or after investigation.
• Understand the customer’s needs by asking open questions and being thoughtful, communicative, and creative.
• Give the customer insight into technology by verbal pictures and sketched drawings.
• Participate in the quotation process, together with PMO, sales, HW and system engineers as applicable.
• Assist/support PMO in planning the SW part of the project in calendar time.
• Lead the creation of the system software architecture, defining components and interfaces.
• Lead system requirement specification and system integration from a software perspective.
• Work directly with our customers, document and present the architecture and explain the technical decisions taken, including the tradeoffs and consequences of those decision.
• Work closely with the hardware system engineer to ensure that the systems works as a whole, balancing hardware and software impact of system architecture decisions.
• Technical lead design, bring-up and integration activities, and work to ensure that the consequences of any design changes made are well understood that integrity of the system is maintained.
• Contribute in securing that Sigma Connectivity has technical core partners (such as platform providers, component suppliers and third party technology providers) to secure smooth operations in projects and increase sales and business opportunities.
• Propose technical environment for development, test and transfer.

REQUIREMENTS

To succeed in this role we expect you to have:

• At least 15 years of job experience
• At least 7 years of experience as a software architect or similar, leading the technical parts of a SW project (Architecture/Design etc)
• Experience of the service industry, with a track record of working close to customers
• At least 3 years experience in Android framework in general
• Proven track record of completed Android bring-ups on Qualcomm chipsets (i.e. Android full stack experience)
• Deep knowledge in Embedded operating systems and development in general (e.g. SiLabs, Nordic, ST, FreeRTOS, Embedded Linux)
• Deep knowledge in Qualcomm chipsets and Qualcomm tools and frameworks
• Experience with machine learning algorithms and tools (e.g., TensorFlow), artificial intelligence, deep learning, Computer vision with a preference on: text understanding, object detection, 3D object modeling, pose estimation, tracking, SLAM, un/self-supervised learning and multimodal models, and/or natural language processing.
• Experience with cloud platform aws/azure.
• Experience from the Automotive Industry
• Flexibility and curiosity defines you as a person.
• Excellent communication, documentation and writing skills
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Fast learner and ready to dive into unknowns.

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS

• Connectivity standards like Bluetooth, BLE, ZigBee, Matter, NFC, LTE and Wi-Fi
• Power management
• Audio software
• Cameras and display software
• Image analysis
• Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
• Security
• Debuggers like J-Link, ST-Link, Lauterbach, Trace32, Ozone and IAR Embedded Workbench
• Measuring instruments like oscilloscope and logic analyzers

Personal characteristics:

• Team player
• Tech Lead
• Leader
• Flexible
• Proactiveness in collaborating and execution.
• Flexibility to switch technical context
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong passion for creativity and solving cutting edge industry problems
• You must feel comfortable with customer contact
• We are true to our slogan “You will never work alone”, and ability to work smoothly in teams with colleagues, customers, suppliers and other contacts is very important.

Vi erbjuder

• An international working environment
• Opportunity to develop cutting edge technology for market leaders and some of the most demanding customers
• Extensive hardware and software knowledge and all the equipment to build and test complete products and solutions
• Working on a project basis, promoting competence development
• At occasions, working on-site with the customer
• Being part of a wonderful and experienced team where you will never work alone.
• The Sigma Connectivity company culture.

• An international working environment
• Opportunity to develop cutting edge technology for market leaders and some of the most demanding customers
• Extensive hardware and software knowledge and all the equipment to build and test complete products and solutions
• Working on a project basis, promoting competence development
• At occasions, working on-site with the customer
• Being part of a wonderful and experienced team where you will never work alone.
• The Sigma Connectivity company culture.