Lead Device Driver engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 5, 2026. UST scores B on the Alion truth index.
UST Job Title:Lead I - Embedded Software
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Job Description:
Design, develop, and maintain device drivers for Linux and embedded operating systems.
Develop kernel-space and user-space software components for hardware enablement.
Work closely with hardware, firmware, BSP, and validation teams to support new platform bring-up.
Implement and optimize drivers for interfaces such as PCIe, USB, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, CAN, and storage devices.
Debug and resolve driver-related issues including performance, stability, and compatibility problems.
Perform board bring-up, hardware validation, and driver integration activities.
Develop and maintain interrupt handling, DMA operations, memory management, and power management features.
Analyze kernel logs, crash dumps, and system traces to identify root causes of issues.
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and design discussions.
Create and maintain technical documentation, design specifications, and release notes.
Support manufacturing, customer deployments, and production issue resolution.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
6+ years of experience in Linux Device Driver or Embedded Software development.
Strong programming skills in C and C++.
Solid understanding of Operating System concepts including processes, threads, scheduling, synchronization, memory management, and IPC mechanisms.
Experience with Linux Kernel architecture and internals.
Hands-on experience with device driver development and debugging.
Familiarity with hardware interfaces and communication protocols. Experience using Git and source control systems.
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Linux kernel module development.
Knowledge of ARM, ARM64, x86, or RISC-V architectures.
Experience with BSP development and board bring-up. Familiarity with Embedded Linux distributions such as Yocto or Buildroot.
Understanding of Secure Boot, Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), and platform security concepts. Experience with virtualization technologies and hypervisors.
Working knowledge of real-time operating systems (RTOS)
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