Job Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Embedded IoT System Engineer to join our team.
This role will involve collaborating with leading OEMs, ODMs, and silicon partners to deliver the best user experience of Ubuntu on partner hardware for various products.
As a key member of our team, you will utilize your knowledge of Linux and hardware to improve Ubuntu for millions of users.
The ideal candidate will have excellent time management, debugging, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and deep knowledge of the Linux system.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide software and system engineering services for OEM and ODM customers
* Work closely with partners on platform bring up
* Work with project managers and Field/QA engineers to identify, triage, and fix critical problems
* Work with individual upstream projects to find and apply patches for bugs
* Conduct root cause analysis, collect and organize details to reproduce and explain results
* Facilitate communication between Ubuntu, firmware, and hardware engineering teams
* Occasional international travel to the EU, USA, Taiwan, and China
Requirements
* A Bachelor or higher degree in STEM, preferably Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
* Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
* Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
* Familiar with C, Python, and Bash
* Familiar with linux boot up process
* Linux kernel, boot, and system-level architecture skills
* Experience of bootloader development, such as u-boot
* Software development on Arm or non-X86 platforms
* Linux debugging and resolution abilities
* Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team
* Ability to learn fast to work on cutting-edge technologies
* Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
Nice-to-Have Skills
* Experience with system firmware, including uboot, UEFI, ACPI, DSDT, boot loaders, device firmware
* Experience debugging power management on PCI ASPM, SATA ALPM, low power profiles
* Experience in board design, bring up, and validation
* Experience with electrical engineering design tools (e.g. schematic capture, layout)
* Computer architecture knowledge of x86, ARM, RISC-V
* Familiarity with Ubuntu development model
* Shell/Python scripting skills