Pre-Release Engineer (Embedded Development)

Job Location: Philadelphia, PA (Onsite)

About the job you’re considering:

As a key member of the team, you will be accountable for driving on-time, high quality releases across a large number of devices. You would be responsible for the complete release management lifecycle, which includes scheduling, coordination, and management of releases on number of deployed devices. The position will require daily collaboration with Development, Field Triage and QA teams at different geographical location. You will assess and implement new tools, plugins, etc. that are vital to improve the software release engineering process. You will manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality

Your Role:

• Ensure stable/release branch builds are in good health daily.
• Provide test guidance to QA teams for the release targets and ensure targets are on track.
• Collaborate with Field Triage team to review the machine metrics for the key aspects of video, broadband, and voice related functionalities.
• Prioritize customer Call In Rate, Truck Roll, and performance related issues in the next release.
• Integrate target into release branch prior to official release build.
• Conduct post-deployment feature reviews to ensure features are doing well in the field.
• Maintain warehouse and factory images up-to-date with recent releases.
• Communicate release notes and plans to external stakeholders.

Your skills and experience:

• 6+ years of experience in Software Engineering in WiFi/networking domain as Technical Program Manager.
• A strong technical understanding of software development lifecycle.
• Strong C/C++ language understanding and good knowledge in Linux kernels.
• Good in Release Management experience in Agile environment.
• Document processes, identify potential points of failure, and perform root cause analysis.
• Knowledge and experience in Build/Release technology such as:

• SCM Tools: Git, Gerrit, SVN
• Languages: C , C++ & Linux
• Scripting: Python & Shell script
• JiRA plugins & Confluence
• Build tools: Jenkins
• Reporting Tools: Tableau & Splunk /Elk

• Knowledge with Linux and Embedded software with experience in Continuous Integration & Delivery.
• Lead and own activities that would drive Release excellence on all RDK devices.
• Excellent organizational, technical, problem solving, and inter-personal skills!

Good to have:

• Experience in Broadband software/networking!

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Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer: 

• Flexible work 
• Healthcare including dental, vision, men