Embedded Video Software Engineer

BrightSign; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BrightSign is seeking an embedded software engineer with a solid foundation in media playback to join our Cambridge-focused team. You’ll work close to the hardware, tackling audio/video challenges and building robust, efficient platform software that powers real-world deployments.

You’ll join a technically focused group responsible for video/audio playback, media pipelines, and Linux platform work to ensure reliability and maintainability. Strong C/C++ and Linux skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Professional experience building embedded software in commercial products.
• Hands-on experience with media playback, including audio/video pipelines and real-world debugging.
• Strong C and C++ skills.
• Solid Linux experience, including comfort with low-level investigation and command-line tooling.
• Understanding of media formats, codecs, streaming protocols, and related playback technologies.
• Experience with or exposure to technologies such as FFmpeg, GStreamer, MPV, MPlayer, ALSA; Git is expected; Gerrit is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize playback features across audio, video, and streaming use cases.
• Debug and investigate issues across embedded Linux, device drivers, media frameworks, and application layers.
• Improve performance, resource efficiency, and reliability on constrained hardware.
• Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to deliver well-engineered solutions.
• Contribute to code quality through code review and testing.
• Participate in technical discussions and design conversations.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded software

Linux

Media playback

Debugging

Tools

FFmpeg

GStreamer

MPV

MPlayer

ALSA

git

Gerrit

Job description

BrightSign builds the media players behind digital signage deployments worldwide. Our devices run 24x7 in demanding real-world environments, poweringeverything from retail and hospitality to transportation and enterprise communications. We design both the hardware and the software stack, from bootloaderand embedded Linux through device drivers, media playback, BrightScript,Chromium, and Electron.

We’re looking for an embedded software engineer with a solid foundation in media playback to join the team working on the next generation of our platform.This role is a good fit for someone who enjoys working close to the hardware,getting hands-on with audio/video challenges, and contributing to productionsystems that customers depend on every day.

You’ll join a highly technical team with broad ownership across the stack. Whileour work spans many areas, this role is especially focused on video and audioplayback, media pipelines, and the Linux platform work needed to make thatexperience robust, efficient, and maintainable.

What you’ll work on

• Develop and optimize playback features across audio, video, and streaminguse cases
• Debug and investigate issues across embedded Linux, device drivers, mediaframeworks, and application layers
• Improve performance, resource efficiency, and reliability on constrainedhardware
• Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to deliver well-engineered solutions
• Contribute to code quality through code review and testing
• Participate in technical discussions and design conversations

What we’re looking for

• Professional experience building embedded software in commercial products
• Hands-on experience with media playback, including audio/video pipelines and real-world debugging
• Strong C and C++ skills
• Solid Linux experience, including comfort with low-level investigation andcommand-line tooling
• Understanding of media formats, codecs, streaming protocols, and relatedplayback technologies
• Experience with or exposure to technologies such as ffmpeg, gstreamer,1mpv, mplayer, ALSA, or similar is especially relevant. Experience withgit is expected; Gerrit is a plus.

Our OS group is primarily based in Cambridge, with a small number of remoteengineers across the UK and US Eastern time zone. We’d ideally like this roleto be based full time in the Cambridge office, but we can be flexible for the rightcandidate.

If you want to work on embedded systems where video performance, platformreliability, and hardware-software integration genuinely matter, this is a rolewith real technical depth and product impact.