Lead Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Our Client is the only patented, proven, and commercially-operational satellite-direct-to-standard-phone (sat2phone) system in the world. You will play a role in enable all 8 billion people on the planet to stay connected with the existing standard phone in their pocket. Everywhere. No matter what.
By joining, you will have the opportunity to directly touch the lives of billions. Your mission will be to bring mobile broadband to billions and the positive impact that results in emergency situations and underserved, remote communities.
Job Summary
As a Lead Embedded Linux Engineer, you will own the design and development of a custom Linux distribution built with Yocto. You will work with internal stakeholders deriving requirements, planning and executing the development of the distribution, testing the distribution on prototypes in a lab environment, deploy over-the-air updates, and eventually grow a team dedicated to this work.
We build our product fast! So, the perfect candidate for this role will have significant previous experience designing, developing, and testing software on rapid timelines. We are looking for engineers that enjoy a challenge and have a track record of creative thinking to solve unconventional problems.
Core Responsibilities
Leading the development of custom Linux distributionCreating Board Support Packages for existing and new hardwareCreating and maintaining layers and recipesSupporting multiple CPU architectures (ARM, x86, etc.)Porting the distribution to new platformsCreating tooling to support satellite and telecommunications software engineersDesigning and implementing mechanisms to support OTA updates on production satellitesBe the Linux expert (kernel, CPU-architecture, general device-drivers, etc.) on the engineering teamWorking in a small, agile team to manage the software development lifecycle (requirements definition, design, implementation, test, and verification)
Required Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Software, Electrical, Aerospace, or in a related engineering field7+ years of experience building and shipping embedded Linux distributionsExpert knowledge of C/C++, Git, and Yocto/OpenEmbeddedExpert knowledge of embedded Linux configuration, development, board support packages, bootloaders, kernel, and driversExperience with root cause analysis, and advanced troubleshooting at the kernel-levelExperience working with common protocols such as RS-232, SPI, I2C, and CANExperience with hardware-in-the-loop integration and testingDemonstrated experience with all phases of the software development life cycleGreat communication skills and experience working with cross-disciplinary teams
Highly Beneficial
Experience with PREEMPT_RTExperience developing and testing software for SmallSats / CubeSatsExperience using CI/CD to produce release artifactsExperience with DockerExperience creating container images from Yocto artifacts
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