Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by 1775033631
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
England
Summary: The Embedded Linux Software Engineer role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to develop and productize custom computing and medical devices. The position requires extensive experience with Linux device drivers and system components, along with strong collaboration skills to work with hardware teams. The role is hybrid, requiring three days onsite in Watford and two days remote, and is classified as inside IR35. The contract is for six months with rolling extensions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work within multidisciplinary teams on application software, embedded systems, and cloud platforms.
- Support 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 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 risk analysis, develop software mitigations, and participate in design transfer to manufacturing.
Key Skills:
- BS/MS in Computer, Electrical, Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
- Extensive experience with Linux device drivers and kernel tinkering.
- Experience with Linux system components, networking, and C/C++ programming.
- Experience with custom Linux build systems (Yocto/Buildroot).
- Experience in system bring-up and hardware integration.
- Knowledge of security concepts and Linux diagnostic tools.
- Basic electronics knowledge and experience with software systems engineering.
- Strong communication skills and problem-solving abilities.
- Comfortable with complexity in interconnected ecosystems.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Watford
Country: England
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role - Embedded Linux Software engineer
Location - 3 Days onsite in Watford, 2 days remote
Start Date - 13th/20th of April
Rate - Market Rates
Contract Length - 6 Months rolling contracts
The role is Inside IR35 & Hybrid (Occasional Office visits)
Description:
I've partnered an award winning consulting organisation, looking for an experienced Embedded Linux Software Engineer, based in or around North West London.
What to expect
- 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 embeddedsystems.
- 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
Please share your CV if you are interested