Senior Python Engineer: Hardware Integration & Bring-Up

Codematix; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Codematix Pty. Ltd. is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer who loves working close to hardware. You will develop Python software that interacts with complex hardware, from board bring-up to design validation and manufacturing support.

The role emphasizes understanding hardware architectures, debugging across software/hardware boundaries, and building scalable OO Python systems. Collaboration with electronics engineers is essential, with potential progression into a team lead role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong Python development with OO design and architecture.
• Experience interacting directly with electronic hardware.
• PCB bring-up, hardware debugging or low-level system integration experience.
• Solid understanding of embedded hardware architectures and inter-component communication.
• Ability to interpret hardware block diagrams and system dependencies.
• Proficient Linux debugging and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with hardware interfaces such as SPI, I2C, PCIe.
• Ability to make technical design decisions and explain reasoning.
• Willingness to grow into a team lead as the team scales.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, object-oriented Python software to control, configure and interact with complex electronic hardware.
• Support initial PCB and system bring-up, debugging and hardware design validation.
• Understand hardware architectures and how processors, peripherals, interfaces communicate.
• Develop software that represents hardware components, their relationships and dependencies.
• Investigate complex hardware/software integration issues and root causes.
• Work with interfaces like SPI, I2C, PCIe and other hardware-level protocols.
• Develop diagnostic tools for product development and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with electronics engineers to understand schematics and block diagrams.
• Make software architecture decisions for maintainability and scalability.
• Mentor engineers and potentially progress into team leadership.

Skills

Python (OO)

Embedded hardware

Linux

PCB bring-up

Hardware debugging

SPI / I2C / PCIe

System integration

Job description

Codematix Pty. Ltd. is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer who loves working close to hardware. You will develop Python software that interacts with complex hardware, from board bring-up to design validation and manufacturing support.

The role emphasizes understanding hardware architectures, debugging across software/hardware boundaries, and building scalable OO Python systems. Collaboration with electronics engineers is essential, with potential progression into a team lead role.