Software Engineer - Automotive Kernel Linux Engineering Team
Red Hat's Automotive Kernel Linux Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join us on Red Hat's In-Vehicle Operating System deployments. In this role you will be part of a growing team focused on Linux kernel development for use in automotive, real-time and industrial applications, providing hardware enablement for new Arm platforms. Successful applicants must reside in a state/country where Red Hat is registered to do business.
What you will do
Work with colleagues and platform vendors to determine kernel configuration
Participate in the broader upstream Linux community
Backport upstream fixes to the Red Hat's In-Vehicle Operating System releases
Analyze how the kernel and other components are supporting Functional Safe best practices
Create and maintain kernel packages
Contribute new development work
Collaborate in the automotive partner ecosystem
Collaborate with the Engineering, Quality Engineering, Product Management, Documentation, and product build teams, as well as the open source community
What you will do
Linux Kernel development: hands-on experience modifying kernel code, running different kernel versions, backporting upstream patches, and following Git patch posting procedures.
Background in Linux device driver development board bring-up, boot optimization, hardware descriptions (Device Tree/Advanced Configuration & Power Interface), and general embedded system ecosystems.
Practical experience executing and triggering build pipelines, along with working knowledge of OS-level software packaging and distribution.
Understanding of container runtimes and hands-on experience using containerization technologies (such as Podman) within a Linux environment.
Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
Nice to have
Experience working with chip manufacturers, automotive manufactures, tier 1 suppliers
Experience with Fedora, CentOS and RHEL
Experience with debugging Linux kernel issues
Experience with grub, UBOOT, UEFI
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