Embedded Linux Platform Engineer
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Design, build, and maintain embedded Linux distributions using Yocto and Buildroot, focusing on firmware development, OTA updates, and secure boot.
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Overview
- Design, build, and maintain embedded Linux distributions using
- Yocto and/or Buildroot
- Customize and edit Yocto layers, recipes, modules, and packages based on product requirements
- Develop, integrate, and optimize platform-level software for embedded devices
- Work on firmware development and low-level system integration
- Implement and maintain OTA update mechanisms for remote device upgrades
- Support and enhance Secure Boot and platform security features
- Integrate device communication services using MQTT
- Debug system-level issues across boot, kernel, drivers, middleware, and user space
- Collaborate with hardware, backend, QA, and product teams to ensure smooth system integration
- Improve system reliability, performance, maintainability, and production readiness
- Support build automation, CI/CD, and release processes for embedded software
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in embedded software or platform engineering
- Strong programming skills in C++ and Python
- Solid hands-on experience with Embedded Linux
- Strong experience with Yocto and/or Buildroot
- Proven ability to modify and maintain Yocto recipes, layers, packages, and modules
- Experience with firmware development
- Experience implementing or maintaining OTA updates
- Good understanding of Secure Boot and embedded security concepts
- Experience with MQTT or similar device messaging protocols
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across embedded Linux systems
- Familiarity with cross-compilation, bootloaders, and Linux system internals
- Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
- Ability to troubleshoot across the stack, from bootloader and OS layers to application and cloud/device integration
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work closely with hardware, software, QA, and product teams
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