General Summary:
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 12+ years of Software Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience with Linux Distributions such as (Yocto, OpenWRT, Debian).
• 8+ year of hands-on work experience with Git, GitHub, Gerrit, Source Code Management Systems.
• 5+ years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
• 5+ years of experience with Linux system API.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate critical embedded and/or specialized software programs for Linux based systems.
• Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize sophisticated software for optimal operational efficiency.
• Designs and implements software sub-systems for complex, large-scale products and systems.
• Leads design, coding, sustenance and testing efforts to ensure that projects are completed to specifications and schedules.
• Performs highly complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.
• Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to increase leverage and design solutions that work with other components of a specific project.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Software projects; reviews technical documentation for junior engineers.
Level of Responsibility:
• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.
Additional Requirement:
• Domain Expert in Linux Distributions such as (Yocto, OpenWRT, Debian).
• Hands on exposure to development on Linux based systems spanning Linux kernel and user-space, including operating system concepts, file systems, processes, and architecture.
• Experience contributing to open source projects and understanding of open source licenses and community practices.
• Solid understanding of Linux security, networking and user management.
• Knowledge of tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and virtualization technologies.
• Solid understanding of data structures.
• Exposure to a full product lifecycle on a semiconductor platform.
• Hands on experience in bootloader, kernel, complex issues analysis, using tools like GDB, strace, dmesg and system logs.
• Ability to formulate and present technology topics to a wide range of participants including senior executive stakeholders and product managers.
• Strong proof of leading development of software products through full lifecycle, from requirement analysis to milestone-based delivery and maintenance.
• Ability to thrive in a changing environment.
• Programming Language Skills: C, C++, Python, Rust and shell scripting.
• Ability to lead engineers in varying types of executing tasks.
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