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Lead Research Engineer
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Foundrys Research Team develops cutting-edge industrial-strength image processing technology, and have a proven track record commercialising intellectual property in applications for film production as well as custom applications for technology partners. The Team bridges academic research and industry applications, it creates cutting edge technology for the creative industries. The team works closely with clients in film visual-effects and take technology from concept through to market. This Lead Research Engineer role is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for the technical output - and quality - of your team of no more than 7, by line managing them to work as a unit combining development and testing. To do this you'll demonstrate technical leadership, have some management experience, alongside good SDLC knowledge including Agile/SCRUM, using these skills to lead phasing and estimation of work for your team. You'll interact with customers in areas of Research team expertise, understanding and solving business critical issues that arise as well as owning go/no go decisions for releases affecting your team. The Lead Research Engineer reports to the Head of Research and works with the Head to coordinate the long-term development of intellectual property required for future product releases. Responsibilities: * Co-ordinate the day-to-day management and long-term development of the team. * Determine and manage resource requirements for the product, ensuring the product is sufficiently resourced. * Maintain ownership of the product, defining all features for regular product release cycles. * Develop new or existing IP into useful, high-quality features fitting product requirements. * Define future product requirements to inform long-term IP development. * Investigate and develop longer-term or speculative projects related to the product. * Act as the domain expert for the team and the point-of-contact for clients. * Build connections with clients to define requirements and set up test groups. * Feedback product requirements from clients to the team. * Work with other product managers to schedule product releases. * Work with the QA manager to define the testing schedule for alphas, betas and product releases. * Co-ordinate the roll-out of alpha and beta releases to clients and mentor the team in gathering feedback to shape development. * Contribute to the code base for image, video and geometry processing. * Implement and foster efficient, reliable code development processes and communication within the team. * Act as the go-to expert for the code-base and mentor to the team to ensure the development of high quality, re-useable and low maintenance code. * Create prototypes as proof-of-concept, alphas for feedback from key clients, betas to gather wider feedback and deliver final tools in products. * Co-ordinate the scheduling of development work in the team and the integration with the development effort for the product as a whole. * Ensure the team delivers regular product releases of a high standard. Requirements * Post-Graduate Degree in Engineering / Computer Science (e.g. MSc, PhD preferred, or equivalent experience) * Extensive C++ experience * Experience with Python * Experience of cross OS development including Qt across Linux and Windows. * Knowledge of Jenkins/Conan/CMake an advantage * Commercial Experience of modern programming practises (e.g. BDD, TDD, Code Review) * Experience of acting as leader of a SCRUM team including line management, leading both developers and QA teams. * Experience of leading using AGILE methodologies (Scrum, Kanban etc) * Experience of hiring decisions through assessing technical skills and team fit. * Experience of customer workflows and practises to aid leading technical design and requirement breakdown for the team. * Experience of customer facing communication and work, including custom contracts. * Developed, debugged, delivered and deployed software to customers worldwide. Benefits * 25 days holiday + bank holidays * Pension scheme & life assurance * Health cash plan & medical insurance * Season ticket loan * Companys social events * Beer OClock Fridays * Gym Discounts * Learning & development plans * Foundrys discount & saving scheme We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.