Location: Kortrijk
System Architect ClickShare - Android
As an international company with European roots (HQ in Kortrijk, Belgium), Barco has a culture of collaboration across borders and nationalities.
Because we believe diversity leads to more great ideas and drives innovation.
Thanks to our over 3, visioneers, we develop unique visualization & collaboration technology that helps professionals accelerate innovation in the healthcare, enterprise and entertainment markets.
About Barco
Barco designs technology to enable bright outcomes around the world. Seeing beyond the image, we develop visualization and collaboration solutions to help you work together, share insights, and wow audiences. Our focus is on three core markets: Enterprise (from meeting and control rooms to corporate spaces), Healthcare (from the radiology department to the operating room), and Entertainment (from movie theaters to live events and attractions). We have a team of over 3, employees, located in 90 countries, whose passion for technology is captured in granted patents.
About ClickShare
ClickShare automatically connects your laptop to meetingroom cameras, speakerphones, sound bars. Smart meeting flows guide you to intuitive, stress-free meetings. Get started within seconds. No cables, no mess, no time to waste.With just one click, you can wirelessly share your screen or start a video meeting. ClickShare wirelessly connects your laptop to the room display, camera and speakers. Ensuring everyone is seen & heard, whether people are right there in the room or joining remotely.
Did you know more than two million ClickShare buttons are being used worldwide? And did you know ClickShare has won 44 awards?
About the role
To stay ahead of the game, we keep innovating and growing our Meeting Experience (Clickshare) portfolio. In this context we are looking to grow our global architecture team.
Key responsibilities
1. You are responsible for the end-to-end software architecture of the ClickShare devices (embedded and application software on the “base unit” and “button”), in collaboration with the system architects in other locations, who are responsible for embedded software, cloud management software, desktop and mobile apps.
2. Drive a software architectural vision of the product portfolio considering the market evolutions in hardware technology as well as the strategic dynamics in the market (serviceability & interoperability, technology roadmaps of eco-system partners,…)
3. Stay up to date with latest technology in the domain of ClickShare and advise product management and product owners on best technical roadmap strategies to follow.
4. Understand technologies by being hands-on and regularly implementing experiments, working on proofs-of-concept, reviewing code contributions of others, etc.
5. Help the development teams and theirarchitectectural champions to make consistent architectural decisions when developing new features.
6. Foster a culture where people think system-wide across software components and development locations.
Skills and experience
We are looking for a new colleague who:
7. Experience with Android application development and best architectural practices, as well as experience with embedded Android or MDEP development.
8. Has a Master's degree or Phd in Software engineering, or equivalent by experience.
9. Has a can-do attitude and likes to be hands-on, regularly working on proofs-on-concept, experiments, prototypes, etc.
10. Demonstrates a broad set of coding skills (Kotlin, C/C++, JavaScript, Python, Bash scripting…).
11. Has a broad technical experience in the domains of algorithms, video processing, networking protocols.
12. Understands security fundamentals (encryption, signatures, …) and their applications (secure boot, encrypted and signed upgrades, etc.).
13. Has a strong learning mindset, actively tracking the latest technology development in the industry to enhance current architectures and build durable new ones.
14. Has excellent verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate vision, trade-offs and concepts to multiple organization levels and executive management.
15. Is fluent in both spoken and written English.
16. Expertise on AI and data-engineering is a plus.
17. Affinity with international development environmentsis a plus.
18. Experience with large scale scrum environments (SAFe/LeSS, multiple scrum teams, multiple product owners, …)is a plus.
19. A good understanding of embedded Linux and related build systems, such as Buildroot or Yocto is a plus.
You don’t tick all the boxes but you see a good match with this role anyway? Don’t hesitate to apply so we can evaluate together!
What’s in it for you
20. Drive an innovation mindset and create impact within an international development team of approximately R&D colleagues based in Belgium, Romania, Germany, Taiwan and India.
21. Join the enthusiastic & passionate team developing our ClickShare portfolio; Barco's wireless next generation collaboration tools for the meeting room that is used by thousands of customers.
22. Work in an agile (scrum) mode in the core of a global tech top employer.
23. Inspire our long-term innovation roadmap.
24. Appreciate the comfort of our futuristic headquarters.
25. Enjoy continuous training opportunities at our very own Barco University.
26. Take home a competitive salary package with attractive benefits.
D&I Statement
At Barco, innovation drives everything we do. We believe that diversity fuels creativity, bringing us closer to our colleagues and customers. Inclusion and equity aren't just values—they're core capabilities that propel us toward our shared goals and mission.