BENGALURU · FULLTIME
Linux Yocto Engineer
Proxelera
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About this role
We are seeking a highly motivated Linux Engineer to join our Automotive & Embedded Software team. The engineer will be responsible for developing and integrating Open Source Linux solutions based on the Yocto Project, Linux Kernel, and Xen Hypervisor for next-generation AMD embedded and automotive platforms.
The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Linux BSP development, Yocto integration, system bring-up, virtualization technologies, and open-source software development. The role involves working closely with platform, graphics, firmware, and virtualization teams to deliver production-quality software for automotive and industrial products.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Yocto BSPs and custom Linux distributions for AMD embedded platforms.
- Integrate and customize Yocto layers, recipes (.bb/.bbappend), package groups, and build configurations.
- Enable and validate Linux kernel features on new AMD SoCs and platforms.
- Work on Xen Hypervisor integration, Dom0/DomU enablement, device passthrough, and virtualization features.
- Debug system-level issues involving boot flow, ACPI, IOMMU, PCIe, power management, interrupts, memory management, and device drivers.
- Integrate graphics, multimedia, camera, audio, networking, and virtualization stacks into Yocto images.
- Develop and maintain Linux device drivers and kernel patches.
- Participate in upstreaming activities for Linux kernel, Yocto, Xen, QEMU, and open-source projects.
- Collaborate with firmware, BIOS, hardware, validation, and customer engineering teams.
- Analyze performance, boot-time, power management, and reliability issues.
- Support customer feature development and bring-up of new hardware platforms.
Required Skills
Must Have
- Strong C programming skills.
- 3+ years of Linux Embedded Software Development experience.
- Good understanding of Linux Kernel architecture and driver model.
- Experience with Yocto Project, BitBake, OpenEmbedded, and layer management.
- Experience in BSP bring-up and board enablement.
- Knowledge of x86 architecture concepts.
- Strong debugging skills using GDB, perf, ftrace, dynamic debug, and kernel logs.
- Experience with Git, Gerrit, CI/CD workflows.
- Familiarity with bootloaders, UEFI, ACPI, Device Tree, and Linux boot process.
Preferred
- Xen Hypervisor development or virtualization experience.
- Dom0/DomU architecture understanding.
- Device passthrough, IOMMU, PCIe virtualization knowledge.
- Knowledge of QEMU, VirtIO, VirtIO-GPU, VirtIO-Net, VirtIO-Block.
- Experience in graphics/display stack (DRM/KMS/Wayland).
- Experience working with automotive or safety-critical platforms.
- Open-source community contribution experience.
- Upstream kernel or Yocto contribution experience.
Good to Have
- PCIe, USB, Ethernet, Audio, Camera subsystem knowledge.
- Power management (S0ix/S3), suspend/resume debugging.
- Container technologies (Docker/Podman).
- Knowledge of AMD/Xilinx accelerator stacks (NPU/GPU) integration.
- Experience with Ubuntu and Yocto build systems.
Education
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Embedded Systems, or related field.
What Youll Work On
- Linux BSP enablement for next-generation AMD SoCs.
- Yocto-based Automotive Linux platforms.
- Xen virtualization for digital cockpit and automotive workloads.
- Linux kernel and open-source upstream development.
- Graphics, AI/NPU, multimedia, and virtualization enablement.
- Productization of AMD automotive software platforms.
Disclaimer: This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.
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Skills
USBEthernetOpen sourceFirmwareAutomotiveLinux KernelPCIEVirtualizationComputer NetworksGraphics
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About Proxelera

Proxelera
IT Services & Consulting
51-200
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2021
5 years old
Bangalore / Bengaluru, Karnataka
India
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