Senior Linux Administrator

Senior Linux Engineer

Solon, OH

Direct Hire

85-98K

Responsible for the creation and maintenance of embedded Linux kernels targeting a variety of COTS and proprietary hardware platforms and the creation of applications that run on these systems. This person will be expected to demonstrate senior level expertise and knowledge of embedded Linux principals, tools, and applications, to exercise independent judgement to deliver results, and to provide coaching and mentoring to other engineers.

Senior Linux Engineer Responsibilities

• Develop an environment of continual improvement through the use of Agile and Lean tools.
• Create and maintain customized embedded Linux images (root file system, toolchain, kernel, and bootloaders) targeting COTS and proprietary platforms used in Bird Products.
• Collaborate with hardware and software design teams to integrate Linux with Bird hardware and application software to create new products.
• Communicate concepts, consequences and tradeoffs to engineering and cross functional stakeholders (speaking/writing/diagramming).
• Identify and employ appropriate methods, technologies, tools, and platforms to carry out work effectively and efficiently.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to newer engineers in best practices of the profession, including TDD, unit testing, test automation, build tools, design patterns, and agile habits and methods.
• Contribute to the creation of software components for company products and customers that target embedded, desktop, mobile, and web platforms, using appropriate languages and tools.
• Contribute to the adoption within the company of best practices in the creation of software products (processes, procedures, practices, tools).
• Actively participate with agile teams in the adoption of appropriate DevOps tools and platforms to enable robust, high quality, and agile creation of software components for our products.

Senior Linux Engineer Requirements

• BS/MS or equivalent demonstrated professional expertise and 10+ years with embedded software construction.
• Senior level experience (3+ years) with primary responsibility for the use of either Yocto or Buildroot to create custom Linux images (root file system, toolchain, kernel, and bootloaders).
• Familiarity with both Yocto and Buildroot (i.e. able to think critically about tradeoff choices for efficiency and flexibility).
• Experience customizing u-boot for particular processors and behaviors.
• Experience creating BSPs for custom hardware platforms (drivers, device trees, etc).
• Experience with methods and tools of testing kernel level functions for reliability and performance.
• Familiarity with state-of-the-art DevOps tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Azure, Containers, etc).
• Familiar with hardware design practices and software/hardware integration from design to production.
• Expertise with C/C++
• Competent use of Digital test equipment (Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers, etc)
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Familiarity with C#/.net, Python, & Javascript
• Experience with the implementation of network protocols such as ethernet, LXI, EtherCat, etc.
• EtherCat is of specific interest.
• Experience with instrumentation products
• Familiarity with RF applications and technologies
• Familiarity with Test & measurement/metrology concepts and principals (calibration, uncertainty, etc).
• Experience shepherding designs into production.
• Experience working in agile engineering teams.