Embedded Linux Engineer

Description

Full-Time

In Person:
Boston, MA Headquarters

Step into a foundational engineering role at a fast-growing grid intelligence company.

We are seeking a Staff Embedded Linux Engineer to join our customer focused team, take charge of the Linux kernel, drivers, and boot loader beneath our current technology, and shape the embedded architecture of future generation products.

Line Vision’s customers include eight of the ten largest US utilities, which rely on field deployed device sensors to run securely and reliably. You will work on ruggedized, solar-powered sensors mounted on poles away from the transmission lines they monitor. Each pairs a Linux compute module with a companion microcontroller, connects over cellular, and must run for years without a site visit.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Embedded Software Engineering, you will have broad autonomy over kernel and boot loader maintenance, security patching, board bring-up, system software improvements, and device security, including secure boot. You will bridge a hardware-focused embedded team with Data Science and Computer Vision, moving algorithms onto the device and raising the team’s software depth, delivering Line Vision devices that are lean, secure, and ready for what comes next.

Please note:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

• Maintain the Linux kernel and boot loader on Line Vision devices, including security patching, driver development, and operating system improvements
• Lead board bring-up on new hardware platforms, from first boot through production
• Drive system software improvements across the device platform, including performance, power efficiency, and reliability
• Design hardware-level device security, including secure boot and factory-signed software, with hardware and manufacturing teams
• Work with Data Science and Computer Vision to adapt algorithms for low-footprint, on-device execution, using the NPU, GPU, and other hardware blocks where they save CPU and power
• Own the Linux BSP and build system for the platform, including device trees, OS image releases, and the kernel and boot loader upgrade strategy
• Lead root cause analysis on cross-layer problems such as kernel crashes, power and thermal behavior, and field or manufacturing failures that span hardware and software
• Influence SoC, module, and peripheral selection for future hardware, weighing Linux support, vendor BSP quality, long-term maintainability, and security features
• Set technical standards for embedded Linux through design reviews, code review, and mentoring, and act as the technical resource for engineers across hardware, firmware, and cloud application software

• Assume day-to-day responsibility for kernel, driver, and boot loader work, with a documented security patching process
• Baseline current system performance, including boot time, shutdown time, and power draw
• Review the platform’s kernel, boot loader, and security posture and present a prioritized technical roadmap to Engineering leadership

• Ship production system software improvements with measurable gains against the baseline
• Define the device security architecture and roadmap with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, and the security team, covering secure boot and chain of trust, signed software and updates, key management and factory provisioning, protection of debug and physical interfaces, data protection, and regulatory cybersecurity requirements such as EU RED

• Lead the embedded software architecture for the next generation sensor, covering OS,…