We're Hiring: Embedded Software Engineer (Computer Vision)

Location
: Hubli, Karnataka

Experience
: 2+ years

Domain
: Embedded Linux | Computer Vision | Real-time Video

Freshers are not eligible. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

About this role

You will own the software that takes video from day and thermal cameras on a remotely operated, stabilized platform and delivers it to the operator's handheld console. That covers low-latency video, target tracking, on-screen overlays and the operator interface.

This is not an app-development or IT role. Your software runs on embedded Linux hardware deployed in the field.

What you'll be doing
Build low-latency video pipelines for day and thermal cameras on embedded Linux
Implement and optimize object detection and tracking on edge compute platforms
Develop the operator console: live video, on-screen overlays, menus and system settings
Integrate range sensors, IMU and other sensors into the software stack
Build the wired and wireless data and video link between the platform and the console




Send tracking outputs to the motion controller with minimal latency
Implement camera calibration and alignment routines
Take part in system bring-up, field testing, debugging and performance tuning

Mandatory skills and experience
2+ years of hands-on embedded software development
Solid C/C++ (Python is a plus, not a replacement)
Embedded Linux at device level, not desktop applications
OpenCV, classical tracking and DNN-based detection, deployed with TensorRT or ONNX Runtime
GStreamer or V4L2 video pipelines, with H.264/H.265 encoding
Camera interfaces such as MIPI CSI, USB, GigE or SDI
Understanding of real-time constraints, threading, latency and performance optimisation
UI development with Qt/QML or similar

Positive to have
Experience with thermal cameras
NVIDIA Jetson or similar edge platforms
Yocto or Buildroot
Why join us
Work on real defence hardware that goes to field trials, not

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