Lead Embedded Video Systems Engineer (Remote)

Audio Visual Recruitment Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Audio Visual Recruitment Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced hands-on embedded software engineer to own the video systems platform, lead architecture, evaluate components and deliver production-ready solutions. You will collaborate with hardware engineers and external specialists to translate requirements into robust, measurable results.

Remote work is welcome where practical, with on-site attendance for hardware integration, testing and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong embedded C/C++ development skills on hardware.
• Experience delivering hardware-based video encoding, decoding or comparable real-time systems.
• Embedded Linux development experience, including vendor SDKs, drivers and hardware interfaces.
• Understanding of video pipelines, buffering, memory movement and end-to-end latency.
• Experience with Ethernet/IP networking and real-time video transport.
• Ability to diagnose issues across software, hardware and system boundaries.
• Experience progressing embedded systems from development hardware to dependable operational use.
• Ability to assess technical trade-offs, work independently and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the embedded software architecture and contribute to system design and platform selection.
• Develop and maintain low-level C/C++ software for video processing, hardware control and network communication.
• Evaluate and integrate hardware codecs, vendor SDKs, drivers and supporting software.
• Implement and debug interfaces and protocols including I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and Ethernet.
• Integrate and optimise real-time video transport, including configuration, encryption, monitoring and recovery behaviour.
• Build and optimise video pipelines for latency, image quality, bitrate and audio synchronisation.
• Develop networking and control functions that handle packet loss, interruptions and recovery.
• Support board bring-up, hardware integration and system debugging.
• Define FPGA requirements and coordinate specialist support where needed.
• Create automated tests, diagnostics, logging and repeatable performance measurements.
• Establish reproducible builds, firmware update and recovery processes, and clear technical documentation.
• Support bench and field trials, converting test feedback into improvements.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Embedded Linux

Video pipelines

Networking (Ethernet/IP)

Hardware debugging

System integration

Tools

Vendor SDKs

FPGA/SoC tools

AXI/DMA

Verilog/VHDL

GStreamer

Job description

Audio Visual Recruitment Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced hands-on embedded software engineer to own the video systems platform, lead architecture, evaluate components and deliver production-ready solutions. You will collaborate with hardware engineers and external specialists to translate requirements into robust, measurable results.

Remote work is welcome where practical, with on-site attendance for hardware integration, testing and collaboration.