Lead Embedded Linux Engineer (Yocto)

Job Summary:
As a Lead Embedded Linux Engineer, you will own the design and development of a custom Linux distribution built with Yocto. You will work with a number of internal stakeholders to: derive requirements, plan and execute the development of the distribution, test the distribution on prototypes in a lab environment, deploy over-the-air updates, and eventually grow a team dedicated to this work.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the development of custom Linux distribution
• Creating Board Support Packages for existing and new hardware
• Creating and maintaining layers and recipes
• Supporting multiple CPU architectures (ARM, x86, etc.)
• Porting the distribution to new platforms
• Creating tooling to support satellite and telecommunications software engineers
• Designing and implementing mechanisms to support OTA updates on production satellites
• Be the Linux expert (kernel, CPU-architecture, general device-drivers, etc.) on the engineering team
• Working in a small, agile team to manage the software development lifecycle (requirements definition, design, implementation, test, and verification)

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Software, Electrical, Aerospace, or in a related engineering field
• 7+ years of experience building and shipping embedded Linux distributions
• Expert knowledge of C/C++, Git, and Yocto/OpenEmbedded
• Expert knowledge of embedded Linux configuration, development, board support packages, bootloaders, kernel, and drivers
• Experience with root cause analysis, and advanced troubleshooting at the kernel-level
• Experience working with common protocols such as RS-232, SPI, I2C, and CAN
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop integration and testing
• Demonstrated experience with all phases of the software development life cycle
• Great communication skills and experience working with cross-disciplinary teams

Experience Required:

• Experience with PREEMPT_RT
• Experience developing and testing software for SmallSats / CubeSats
• Experience using CI/CD to produce release artifacts
• Experience with Docker
• Experience creating container images from Yocto artifacts