{"id":658031,"url":"https://alion.io/job/eridu-engineer-sr-engineerstaff-engineer-linux-bsp-qa","title":"Engineer, Sr. Engineer/Staff Engineer - Linux BSP QA","company":{"id":673094,"name":"Eridu","domain":"eridu.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/eridu-2","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":true,"ats_vendor":"Rippling","truth_index":{"grade":"C","score":62,"open_postings":27,"ghost_share":0.63,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":39000,"max_usd":88000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":514},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"GitLab CI","optional":false},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Mojo","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Robot Framework","optional":false},{"name":"TestRail","optional":false},{"name":"U-Boot","optional":false},{"name":"C","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-03T05:58:24Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-06-03","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T17:04:30Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":112,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":111},"description":"About Eridu\nEridu India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eridu Corporation, Saratoga, California, USA, is looking to hire highly motivated and talented professionals for its R&D center in Bengaluru to join our world-class team.\nEridu is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate AI data centers to deliver Faster AI. Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces multiple industry-first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in performance and unlock greater GPU utilization to speed training job completion times and tokens-per-second for more profitable inference. We do this while simultaneously reducing capital and power costs and improving reliability.\nThe company’s solutions and value proposition have been widely validated by leading hyperscalers.\nEridu has raised over $200M to date including its most recent, oversubscribed Series A round. The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives who have delivered multiple billion dollar product lines and led multiple companies to billion dollar exits, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED company). The company is in execution mode and has a world-class engineering team with decades of experience in state-of-the-art silicon, packaging, optics, software, and systems. Eridu is working with best-in-class supply chain partners including silicon, packaging and systems.\nVisit our website eridu.ai to learn more.\nPosition Overview\nWe are looking for a highly skilled Linux OS BSP QA Engineer to join our platform software quality team. In this role, you will be responsible for validating and ensuring the reliability, stability, and performance of Linux-based Board Support Packages (BSPs) running on Supervisor Boards in modular switch chassis systems. You will work closely with software developers, hardware engineers, and system validation teams to deliver production-quality embedded platforms for next-generation networking products.\nResponsibilities\nDevelop and execute test plans, test cases, and automation for Linux BSP and low-level software components (bootloader, kernel, drivers, and system services).\nValidate hardware bring-up, board initialization, and platform-level software integration (e.g., EEPROM, CPLD, I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, sensors, and watchdog).\nPerform functional, regression, and performance testing on supervisor boards across various hardware revisions.\nWork with developers to triage and root-cause BSP, kernel, and driver-level issues using tools like dmesg, strace, perf, crash, and serial console logs.\nAutomate test execution and result collection using Python, Shell scripting, or Robot Framework in both lab and CI/CD environments.\nValidate bootloaders (U-Boot, UEFI) and OS upgrade flows, including field upgrade and fail-safe mechanisms.\nCollaborate with hardware and system teams on thermal, power, and reliability validation at the BSP layer.\nMaintain test infrastructure, including automation servers, DUT (Device Under Test) setup, and network topology configurations.\nSupport release qualification, test documentation, and signoff for BSP and OS drops prior to system-level integration.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.\n5-10 years of experience in embedded software QA or platform validation, preferably in networking or telecom equipment.\nStrong understanding of Linux kernel, device drivers, and bootloader architecture.\nHands-on experience with BSP bring-up, low-level debugging, and peripheral validation.\nProficiency in Python and Shell scripting for automation and test frameworks.\nFamiliar with lab equipment such as serial consoles, power analyzers, oscilloscopes, and network analyzers.\nExperience with test management and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Jira, TestRail).\nExcellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience testing BSPs for switching or routing platforms (modular chassis or fixed-configuration systems).\nKnowledge of network OS like SONiC, network protocols (Ethernet, LACP, LLDP, SNMP, etc.) and platform daemons (OpenBMC, SystemD services).\nFamiliarity with hardware abstraction layers (HALs) or platform SDKs used in switch OS architectures.\nExposure to PCIe switch fabrics, SERDES testing, and FPGA/CPLD interface validation.\nExperience with Yocto-based Linux builds and cross-compilation environments.\nWhy Join Us?\nAt Eridu, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure, working with a world-class team on groundbreaking technology that pushes the boundaries of AI performance. Your contributions will directly impact the next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, transforming the performance of AI data centers.\nThe starting base salary for the selected candidate will be established based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications, work location, market trends, and the compensation of employees in comparable roles.\nNotice to Recruiting Agencies\nEridu does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles from staffing agencies or third-party recruiters. Any candidate submitted to Eridu without prior written authorization from our recruiting team will be considered unsolicited and will become the property of Eridu. Eridu reserves the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any obligation to pay fees. 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