Embedded Linux Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by iXceed Solutions
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Embedded Linux Engineer role is a contract position based in London, UK, requiring expertise in Linux device drivers and system integration for medical devices. The engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and productize custom computing devices, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory standards. Key responsibilities include architecting software solutions, conducting code reviews, and performing risk analysis for medical-grade systems. The position demands strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently while navigating complex technical environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the development and productization of custom computing and medical devices.
- Collaborate with hardware teams to build and maintain compatible kernels/drivers.
- Architect, develop, test, and debug system services and hardware-dependent software applications.
- Coordinate and conduct code reviews for embedded software.
- Contribute to software infrastructure for seamless deployments.
- Participate in security and regulatory compliance processes.
- Develop robust and secure software for medical-grade systems.
- Perform formal risk analysis and develop software mitigations.
- Run verification tests and participate in design transfer to manufacturing activities.
Key Skills:
- BS/MS in Computer, Electrical, Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
- Extensive experience with Linux device drivers (V4L2/I2C/SPI/UART).
- Experience with Linux system components, kernels, and services.
- Expert knowledge in C/C++ and shell scripting.
- Experience with custom Linux build systems (Yocto/Buildroot).
- System bring-up and hardware integration experience.
- Knowledge of over-the-air update mechanisms for embedded systems.
- Strong understanding of security concepts.
- Basic electronics knowledge and ability to follow schematics.
- Experience with software systems engineering and design principles.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Flexible problem-solving skills and comfort with complexity.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role - Embedded Linux Engineer
Type - Contract (Inside IR35)
Location - London, UK (3 days, Hybrid)
Job Description:
A Day in the Life
Work within our highly technically diverse multidisciplinary teams (application software, embedded, computer vision, cloud platform, etc.)
Support the development and productization of our custom computing devices, medical devices, and other devices for the hospital operating rooms.
Drive collaboration with our hardware team to build and maintain compatible kernels/drivers for our hardware platforms.
Architect, develop, test, and debug system services and hardware-dependent software applications.
Coordinate and conduct code reviews for embedded software.
Contribute to the software infrastructure to ensure seamless software deployments.
Participate in the relevant security and regulatory compliance processes.
Develop robust and secure-by-design software fit for a medical-grade system.
Perform formal risk analysis activities, develop software mitigations, run verification tests and participate in design transfer to manufacturing activities.
Must Haves
- BS/MS in Computer, Electrical, Electronics Engineering or equivalent
- Extensive experience working with Linux device drivers (V4L2/I2C/SPI/UART etc), tinkering with the Linux kernel and device trees.
- Extensive experience with varied Linux system components such as kernels, services, log management, rules, etc.
- Excellent networking knowledge
- Expert C/C++ and shell scripting knowledge.
- Experience working with custom Linux build systems (Yocto/Buildroot etc)
- Experience in system bring-up and hardware integration.
- Experience with over-the-air update mechanisms for embedded systems.
- Strong knowledge of security concepts (e.g. hardware root of trust, cryptographic key generation and usage)
- Fundamental knowledge of Linux diagnostic/benchmarking tools
- Basic Electronics knowledge – comfortable following a schematic and technical documentation/datasheet.
- Experience with software systems engineering and design principles.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Flexible - you can independently solve problems as they arise but are comfortable asking for help when you need it.
- Comfortable with complexity – being able to think through consequences of changes in a highly interconnected ecosystem over varied use environments.
Nice to Haves
- Experience working with deployed hardware systems and remote device management.
- Good Python programming skills
- Nvidia computing platforms experience.
- Microcontroller development experience.
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with automated testing
- Video processing/streaming experience, working with camera sensors, codecs and streaming protocols.
- Understanding of core security concepts
- Experience with software development for medical products or other safety-critical applications