The Role
The Sr Engineer will lead the design and development of network resilience products, improve code quality, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Opengear designs and manufactures products for data center and remote site management. We are a rapidly growing supplier of sophisticated data center, network and remote site management products. Our customers include tech unicorns and Fortune 100 companies. We are the leading supplier of out-of-band solutions for IT infrastructure management and are actively exploring new solutions for hyper-scale data center deployment and management. We are a global company with offices in Brisbane – Australia, Sandy – Utah and Edison – NJ.
Opengear is currently looking to expand our engineering teams working on our next-generation networking appliances. The successful applicant will utilize their Linux, C & Python skills to contribute to the embedded software on Opengear devices. With our products being used by some of the world's largest IT companies, you can take your career to the next level.
As an embedded engineer, you will be part of an international team delivering features for our next-generation product line. This role is for hardened embedded developers who love engineering challenges and are willing to go the extra mile to make things happen. There are positions of varying levels of seniority available, with the most junior requiring at least two years of relevant commercial experience.
What We Offer:
- The opportunity to shape the next generation of Opengear's network resilience products.
- Challenging end-to-end software and firmware development across our solution stack - from embedded firmware and Linux kernel drivers to web-based interfaces and centeralized management platforms.
- A collaborative work environment with a strong engineering culture.
- Leadership opportunities, including mentoring junior engineers and influencing product architecture and technical direction.
- Competitive salary, benefits package, and career growth in a high-demand technology sector.
What You Will Do:
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of Opengear's next-generation network resilience products.
- Drive best practices in code quality, automated testing, and continuous integration.
- Collaborate closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and fellow software engineers to ensure robust, high-performance products.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering skill growth and team excellence.
- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues in development and production environments.
- Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of our product lines.
Who You Are:
Required:
- A degree in a relevant discipline
- 7+ years’ commercial experience in C/C++/Rust software development on Linux, with exposure to both firmware and software.
- Experience with Python for automation, tooling, or testing.
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality software in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems independently.
Desired But Not Required:
- Experience with networking technologies, protocols, and security.
- Experience with Yocto/OpenEmbedded build systems.
- Knowledge of Linux kernel internals and/or driver development.
At Digi, we embrace diversity and inclusion among our teammates. It is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are committed to providing an environment of respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.
The successful candidate will be asked to complete a background check before commencing work.
Top Skills
C
C++
Linux
Openembedded
Python
Rust
Yocto
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The Company
What We Do
Digi International (Digi) is a leading global provider of mission-critical and business-critical machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services. We help our customers create next generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments. Our embedded modules and off-the-shelf routers, gateways and network products are designed for relentless reliability and deliver unquestioned performance and security. Our cloud-based software and professional services help customers put their connected products and assets to work across a broad range of mission-critical industry applications. Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million things, and growing.
