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Ubuntu Linux Kernel Engineer

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build, maintain, and optimize the Linux kernel for Ubuntu on System on Chip (SoC) platforms to ensure high performance for silicon partners.

Role type

Senior IC Linux Kernel Engineer (SoC/Hardware)

Builds

Silicon-optimized variants of the Ubuntu Linux kernel

Domain

Operating Systems / Embedded Systems / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

C programming, device drivers, BSP development, git, OS kernel fundamentals, performance optimization, kernel patching and debugging

Preferred skills

Python scripting, Bash scripting, SoC family expertise, Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging

Technologies

Linux Kernel, C, Git, Python, Bash

Responsibilities

Integrate silicon vendor platform support into the Ubuntu Linux kernel, diagnose and resolve kernel issues reported by partners and customers, deliver distinct silicon-optimized kernel variants, improve tooling and automation for kernel delivery and testing, submit and review kernel patches with upstream maintainers, identify new means of maximizing performance on partner silicon

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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