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Linux Kernel Architect

Santa Clara, California, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-26

Core

Improving and debugging the RISC-V Linux kernel for high core count server systems.

Role type

Linux kernel software architect

Builds

RISC-V compute platforms for data-intensive applications

Domain

Semiconductor / RISC-V architecture / Server systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

upstream Linux kernel development, concurrency-sensitive code, CPU/SoC debugging, FPGA/emulation debugging, hypervisors and virtualization, RISC-V architecture

Preferred skills

silicon design issues, microarchitectural side-channel attacks, hardware debuggers, Devicetree/ACPI/UEFI, Rust

Technologies

Linux kernel, OpenSBI, RISC-V, FPGA, Rust

Responsibilities

Posting and reviewing patches on upstream Linux and OpenSBI communities, debugging challenging software and hardware bugs in CPUs and SoCs, working with hardware architects and engineers to improve core and system designs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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