Job Opportunities
Our products are in use across all forms of entertainment from the largest of world tours to the smallest of nightclubs. We build products which inspire creativity and enable lighting designers to create the shows you will have seen at festivals, concerts & on TV. We produce market leading lighting control hardware and software solutions and develop lighting networking hardware for permanent and temporary applications.
We are a friendly group of over 45 team members based here in Southampton and part of a wider group which employs over 350 people with offices in Nottingham, Miami, California, Mexico, Paris, and Belgium. We work closely together to embrace challenges and seek ways to innovate and enhance our products for the ever-evolving entertainment industry.
If you are interested in playing a role in helping lighting designers and operators create memorable experiences with ground-breaking control solutions, check out some of the awesome opportunities we have to join our company below.
Current Job Oportunities
We are seeking a Mobile Software Engineer to join our ambitious and growing team and help us build software for a range of mobile platforms including iOS and Android. We have a small but growing R&D team based in Southampton and our engineers are involved in the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.
Main Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain our current range of mobile apps on iOS and Android.
- Develop new iOS and Android applications for our product range.
- Share knowledge and learning with other members of the software team.
Essential Skills:
- At least 2 years professional experience in mobile app development.
- Excellent communication, technical & problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of iOS and Android development.
- Experience in cross-platform development using C++ and QML in Qt.
- Experience of Apple and Android app store deployment.
Desirable Experience:
- Using tools such as Git and GitLab.
- Developed apps which are live on the app store.
- JavaScript/HTML5 development experience.
- Developing on Linux, macOS, Windows.
- Agile/Scrum development process experience.
- Working with stage lighting and lighting control products.
Want to know more about the role? Drop our Software Engineering Team Manager an e-mail [jobs@chamsys.co.uk], you will be reporting to him, and he will be able to answer any questions about the role.
We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our ambitious and growing team and help us build software for a range of hardware platforms. We have a small but growing R&D team based in Southampton and our engineers are involved in the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.
Main Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and support solutions for our bespoke products.
- Design and develop our applications user interface.
- Create high and low-level software design using recognised methodologies.
- Ensure software can be built on our continuous build system.
- Produce documentation including requirements, change notes and user manuals.
- Prepare and implement suitable test strategies.
- Assist the support team with troubleshooting technical issues, developing and implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Share knowledge and learning with other members of the software team.
Essential Skills:
- At least 3 years professional experience in Software Engineering.
- Experience developing in C/C++.
- Excellent communication, technical & problem-solving skills.
Desirable Experience:
- Knowledge or experience of developing in Qt.
- Experience of networking, USB and implementing communication protocols.
- Using source control and CI systems such as GitLab, Git or Atlassian tools.
- Agile/Scrum development process experience.
- Working with stage lighting and lighting control products.
Want to know more about the role? Drop our Software Engineering Team Manager an e-mail [jobs@chamsys.co.uk], you will be reporting to him, and he will be able to answer any questions about the role.
Who we are:
Our products are in use across all forms of entertainment from the largest of world tours to the smallest of nightclubs. We build products which inspire creativity and enable lighting designers to create the shows you will have seen at festivals, concerts & on TV. We produce market leading lighting control hardware and software solutions and develop lighting networking hardware for permanent and temporary applications.
We develop a wide range of software from embedded firmware, PC, mobile and web applications,
primarily using C & C++ but also Python, JavaScript and others as needed.
We are a friendly group of around 50 team members based here in Southampton and part of a wider group which employs over 350 people with offices in Nottingham, Miami, California, Mexico, Paris, and Belgium. We work closely together to embrace challenges and seek ways to innovate and enhance our products for the ever-evolving entertainment industry.
About the Role:
We are seeking an Embedded Linux Engineer to join our ambitious and growing team and help us build software for a range of hardware platforms. We have a small but growing R&D team based in Southampton and our engineers are involved in the full software development life cycle, from
conception to deployment.
- Design, develop and support Debian and Yocto based operating systems for our bespoke products.
- Produce technical documentation including requirements and change notes.
- Prepare and implement suitable test strategies.
- Ensure software can be built on our continuous build system.
- Assist the support team with troubleshooting technical issues, developing and implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Share knowledge and learning with other members of the software team.
Want to know more about the role? Drop our Software Engineering Team Manager an e-mail
jobs@chamsys.co.uk, you will be reporting to him, and he will be able to answer any questions about the role.
So, what we are looking for:
We are not going to do the cringey job ad thing and tell you what kind of person you should be. You should be yourself. But, if you’re the kind of person who is self-motivated, enjoys variety in their work and has a passion for developing software you’re probably the kind of person we are searching for.
Essential Skills:
- At least 2 years professional experience in Software Engineering.
- Excellent communication, technical & problem-solving skills.
- Experience installing and using Linux based operating systems such as Ubuntu, Debian or Arch.
Desirable Experience:
- Creation of customised Linux distributions using Yocto or similar.
- Knowledge of embedded platforms such as the Raspberry Pi.
- Building and modifying Linux kernels.
- Using source control and CI systems such as GitLab, Git or Atlassian tools.
- Agile/Scrum development process experience.
- Working with stage lighting and lighting control products.
How to apply:
Applications (don’t forget to include a covering letter) should be sent to jobs@chamsys.co.uk
Please no recruitment agencies.
Closing date: 31st March 2025
We comply with the Equality Act 2010. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, or marital status.