Firmware Engineer

International Business Machines Corporation; Munster; Presencial; EUR 85.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IBM in Waterford seeks a passionate low-level software engineer to contribute to Linux kernel development for IBM Z / LinuxONE. You will design features, implement them, fix bugs, analyze performance, and push code to upstream OSS repositories while collaborating with global teams onsite three days a week.

Required is strong C/C++ knowledge, open source involvement, and OS internals understanding. Experience with Git, Python, and Jenkins is a plus in a dynamic, diverse environment.

Formación

• Strong desire to work on low-level software development within the Linux kernel (C/C++).
• Interest in joining open source development communities.
• Understanding of OS internals (memory management, task scheduling, interrupts, device drivers).
• Experience with version control and scripting (Git, Python) and test automation (Jenkins).

Responsabilidades

• Design and specifications for new features and implementation.
• Identify and fix bugs; performance analysis.
• Submit code to upstream open source repositories and collaborate with communities.
• Solve client problems and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.

Conocimientos

Low-level C/C++ development

Open source development

OS internals understanding

Git

Python scripting

Jenkins

Herramientas

Git

Jenkins

CI/CD tooling

Descripción del empleo

Introduction

Are you interested in developing operating systems and contributing to Open Source? Did you just graduate and are eager to become part of an worldwide development community? Is your favorite OS Linux based and you enjoy low-level programming? If so, our team is the right place for you! We are expanding our IBM development team in Waterford. The team is responsible for enhancing the Linux kernel for IBM Z / IBM LinuxOne. This includes device drivers, new processor instructions, virtualization (KVM), confidential containers, and test automation/devops (CI/CD).

Your role and responsibilities

As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will include the design and specifications for new features, implementation of the design, identifying and bug fixing, performance analysis, submitting your code to upstream open source community repositories, and solving client problems. This position requires working onsite 3 days per week.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Strong desire to work on low-level software development within the Linux operating system kernel (e.g. based on C/C++)
• Interested in joining open source development communities
• Understanding of operating systems internals (e.g. memory management & task scheduling, interrupts, device drivers)
• Experience in source code repository systems (e.g. git), scripting languages (e.g. Python) and test Automation (e.g. Jenkins)

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Any previous contributions to Open Source projects Skills in current I/O technologies (e.g. PCI, NVMe, RDMA) would be ideal
• Any skills in IBM Z architecture ("Principles of Operations"), Z assembler and I/O concepts would be a bonus

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.