Senior Software Engineer Automotive

Red Hat will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The Red Hat Performance and Scale Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive critical, OS-level performance testing and optimization work for Red Hat In-vehicle OS (RHIVOS).

• Performance Testing & Benchmarking:
  Design, execute, and analyze OS-level performance benchmarks and workloads, including RHEL/RHIVOS kernel tuning and optimization.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Communicate technical results and best practices to customers and internal teams.
• Analysis & Metrics:
  Conduct statistical analysis and utilize monitoring tools like Grafana, PCP, and Prometheus.
• Ownership:
  Drive projects to completion with a focus on high-quality, repeatable deliverables.
• Collaboration:
  
  Partner with Engineering and Product Management to resolve performance issues and characterize RHIVOS on various hardware.
• AI Tool Integration:
  Utilize AI tools in the software development lifecycle, leveraging agents and large language models to support performance engineering activities.

• Expert in OS-level performance benchmarking, low-level testing, kernel tuning, and RHEL/RHIVOS optimization.
• Strong familiarity with RHEL/Linux operating systems.
• Python expertise, scripting, automation, and Ansible.
• Experience presenting technical analysis to stakeholders.
• Proficiency in leveraging and guiding AI tools (LLMs, code assistants).
• 7+ years in software engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Proven project ownership and ability to work independently.
• Strong organization, documentation, and decision-making skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent time management.

• Performance & systems expertise:
  Linux profiling, benchmarking, and bottleneck resolution.
• Experience with x86-64, ARM, containers (Docker), and KVM virtualization.
• Industry knowledge of open source, automotive software, and ISO 26262.

The salary range for this position is $ - $. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account – healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account – high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

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