(USA) Senior, Software Engineer

Vizio Services•Dallas, TX

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer at Walmart, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions that drive business value. The role provides technical leadership for HDMI-CEC, ARC/eARC, device interoperability, firmware integration, and automation across Smart TV platforms. You will collaborate across teams to implement platform design and product strategy, with a focus on continuous development and testing. The work supports innovation and operational excellence through debugging, documentation, and integration of emerging technologies. The HDMI-CEC Quality Engineering team ensures reliable interoperability across Walmart-VIZIO Smart TV platforms. Working across embedded software, firmware, hardware, and connected-device ecosystems, the team supports HDMI-CEC, ARC/eARC, audio routing, gaming, streaming devices, and soundbar integration. It collaborates with firmware, systems, ODM, chipset, and product engineering teams on root-cause analysis, automation, release readiness, and platform stability, helping enable seamless connectivity between TVs and everyday devices. The engineer serves as technical lead for HDMI-CEC and device interoperability, drives automation, diagnostics, root-cause analysis, and platform integration, and partners with engineering teams to assess risk and resolve complex issues. The role also defines technical release-readiness criteria, mentors engineers, and provides data-driven recommendations to improve product quality and customer experience. It involves analyzing requirements, software architecture, code changes, firmware manifests, and dependencies to assess platform impact, regression scope, and integration and system-level risks across supported platforms and hardware configurations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of experience in embedded software, systems engineering, integration engineering, quality engineering, or consumer electronics development.
Strong knowledge of HDMI-CEC, ARC/eARC, HDMI interoperability, and embedded Linux environments.
Experience with automation, diagnostic tool development, debugging complex system-level issues, and analyzing firmware or platform changes.
Proficiency with Python, Shell, or similar scripting languages.
Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Alternatively, the minimum qualifications specify either a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or a related area, or 5 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related area and 1 year of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Background creating inclusive digital experiences, including knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility.

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical lead for HDMI-CEC and device interoperability across Walmart-VIZIO Smart TV platforms.
Drive automation, diagnostics, root-cause analysis, and platform integration across firmware, hardware, audio, and connected-device ecosystems.
Partner with embedded software, systems, ODM, chipset, and product teams to assess technical risk, investigate complex issues, and improve platform stability.
Define technical readiness criteria for releases, mentor engineers, and provide data-driven recommendations to improve product quality and customer experience.
Analyze product requirements, software architecture, code changes, firmware manifests, and dependencies to determine platform impact, regression scope, and integration and system-level risks across supported platforms and hardware configurations.
Support continuous development and testing, debugging, documentation, and integration of emerging technologies.

Benefits

Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k), stock purchase plan, and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Company discounts.
Military Leave Pay.
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U Walmart-paid education benefit program for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.