Linux kernel Driver Development Engineer (Any Driver Development platform)

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Embedded Linux Kernel / Device Driver Engineer to design, develop, and optimize device drivers and kernel components for next-generation embedded platforms.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Linux kernel development, device drivers, and low-level system programming, with exposure in any one of graphics, multimedia, networking, or audio subsystems in Linux-based embedded systems.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Kernel & Driver Development

• Design, develop, and maintain Linux kernel drivers and kernel modules for embedded platforms.
• Debug and optimize device drivers, kernel subsystems, and system-level software.
• Work with hardware teams to enable new device support and hardware bring-up.

Graphics / Multimedia Drivers

• Develop and debug Linux drivers related to:
• DRM/KMS graphics drivers
• GPU/display pipelines
• Video drivers using V4L2
• Enable hardware acceleration using VAAPI and integrate with multimedia frameworks.

Linux Graphics Stack

• Work with DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) and KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) subsystems.
• Support graphics APIs and stacks such as:
• OpenGL
• Vulkan
• Mesa

Multimedia & Video

• Implement and optimize Video4Linux (V4L2) drivers for camera and video capture devices.
• Work with multimedia frameworks such as:
• GStreamer
• FFmpeg

Audio Subsystem

• Develop and debug audio drivers using ALSA / ASoC frameworks.
• Implement support for digital audio interfaces like:
• I2S
• TDM

Networking

• Develop and optimize Ethernet or network interface drivers.
• Debug and analyze issues within the Linux networking stack.

System Integration & Debugging

• Perform system-level debugging, profiling, and performance tuning.
• Analyze kernel logs, crashes, and system traces using tools like:
• ftrace
• perf
• gdb
• crash utility

Required Skills

Core Skills

• Strong programming skills in C
• Solid understanding of:
• Linux Kernel Internals
• Device Driver Development
• Multithreading and synchronization
• Memory management
• Interrupt handling

Linux Driver Frameworks (Any one)

Experience in one or more of the following

• Graphics Drivers
• DRM/KMS
• Mesa
• OpenGL
• Vulkan
• Multimedia / Video
• V4L2
• VAAPI
• GStreamer
• Video codecs
• Audio Drivers
• ALSA
• ASoC
• I2S / TDM
• Networking
• Ethernet drivers
• Linux network stack

Embedded Systems

• Experience working with embedded Linux platforms
• Knowledge of RTOS concepts or real-time Linux
• Experience with ARM-based SoCs

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