Embedded Software Engineer - Kernel

Job Title:Embedded Software Engineer - Kernel

Department: Software Engineering

Reports To:Team Lead Engineer and Director of Software Engineering

FLSA Status:Exempt, Salary, Full-Time

Travel:No

Shift:Monday – Friday, standard day schedule.

Supervisory Level:None

The Embedded Software Engineer on our Kernel team will collaborate with Software Engineering, Customer Support, and Sales to develop and maintain low-level software. This role works across the Linux kernel, new hardware bring-up, encoder/decoder, networking and software libraries to support new capabilities, software releases, and customer needs.

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software in C/C++ for video processing systems.
• Contribute to software development in some of the following areas:

• Develop and maintain embedded software solutions using Linux build systems, including Yocto, for various hardware platforms.
• Optimize and maintain software library support for existing and future platforms and customers.
• Build, configure and debug Linux kernels across a variety of hardware platforms.
• Develop Linux drivers for videos, communication, memory, network, and other electrical subsystems.
• Manage configuration and release of library to existing and future customers.

• Collaborate with Customer Support and Sales teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of customer-requested changes.
• Work directly with customers to collect requirements and deliver tailored solutions.
• Rapidly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving hardware/software environments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in C/C++ development for embedded systems.
• Strong expertise in building, packaging, and deployment workflows for embedded platforms, such as Nvidia systems.
• Understanding cross-compilation and runtime environments for performance-sensitive libraries on embedded platforms.
• Knowledge of multimedia encoding/decoding, video and image preferred.
• Familiar with Linux build systems, kernel development, and device driver debugging.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Competencies
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To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Complies with policies on acceptable use of technology;
Applies knowledge of computer skills to perform the job successfully;
Displays the ability to learn new computer skills.

Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals. Understands organizations’ strengths and weaknesses. Analyzes market and competition to identify external threats and opportunities. Adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Prioritizes and plans work activities;
Uses time efficiently;
Plans foradditionalresources;
Sets goals and objectives;
Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks;
Develops realistic action plans.

Ability to connect people with strategies for operational and financial outcomes.

Demonstrates the understanding of newly presented information and retention for future applications.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Good attendance;
Balances professional and personal commitments effectively;
Delivers work product on time and within the assigned parameters of the task.

Awareness to think and act in intercultural environments appropriately;
Respecting the diverse backgrounds of the people around them.

Articulates positive and constructive feedback appropriately;
Gives recognition to a job well done;
Upholds accountability;
Accepts feedback from all employees.

Works effectively within a team;
Shares information and acknowledges others’ efforts;
Helps others when workloads are high;
Keeps team and supervisor information of tasks.

Synthetizes complex or diverse information;
Collects and researches data;
Uses intuition and experience to complement data

Generates creative and original ideas of…