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Senior Embedded Linux Engineer

USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-03

Core

Develop and maintain BSPs for NVIDIA Jetson Thor modules and custom carrier boards, including board bring-up, device trees, and OS image building.

Role type

Senior IC embedded Linux engineer

Builds

Linux and QNX OS images for NVIDIA Jetson modules and custom carrier boards

Domain

Embedded systems, robotics, real-time computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Linux kernel configuration, device-tree, driver development, C, C++, Yocto/Buildroot, hardware debugging, secure boot, Python/Bash tooling

Preferred skills

QNX Neutrino, PREEMPT_RT, ROS 2, CUDA, TensorRT, OTA frameworks (RAUC/SWUpdate/Mender), ISO 26262 (via careerplan.io/jobs/22699-senior-embedded-linux-engineer-at-apptronik)

Technologies

NVIDIA Jetson (Thor/Orin), JetPack, QNX, Yocto, Buildroot, Git, CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain BSPs for NVIDIA Jetson Thor modules and custom carrier boards; Customize and maintain boot chains, firmware, UEFI, OS loaders, kernel configurations, and drivers; Build reproducible, CI-driven Linux and QNX OS images tuned for real-time performance; Triage and document lab and field issues such as boot failures and driver regressions; Define hardware requirements and support compute hardware bring-up from prototype through production.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC