Senior Embedded Storage Engineer

European Tech Recruit; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

This Cork-based semiconductor company is seeking a Senior Embedded Storage Engineer to join the Core Peripherals Storage team. You will develop storage drivers, and software modules across the storage stack, including bootloaders, UEFI, Windows HLOS, and Linux user space.

You will work with filesystems such as FAT (bootloader) and LittleFS (Zephyr RTOS), and contribute to storage flashing tools for development and factory environments. Strong C and kernel programming skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in embedded software.
• Expert C programming and kernel driver development.
• Experience with Linux filesystems (F2FS, EXT4, EROFS) is a plus.
• Strong debugging using JTAG/ICE.
• Familiarity with ARM and RTOS concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain storage drivers and proprietary filesystem modules for modem processors and Linux-based SoCs.
• Work on Linux kernel components including storage drivers, filesystem modules, block drivers, and memory subsystems.
• Optimize storage and memory performance for runtime efficiency and power consumption.
• Support product commercialization by debugging and resolving kernel-level issues reported by customers and flash vendor partners.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, open-source software and Linux community.
• Contribute to and engage with the upstream Linux kernel community to design and implement new storage and memory features.
• Support expansion into new markets beyond mobile, including automotive, home entertainment, and embedded computing.

Skills

C programming

Linux kernel

Device drivers

Kernel internals

Debugging (JTAG)

Python

ARM architecture

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Job description

European Tech Recruit are working closely with a leading semiconductor company, based in Cork, who are looking for a talented Senior Embedded Storage Engineer to join their team.

In this role you will join their Core Peripherals Storage team. This team delivers storage drivers, filesystems, and tools for SoCs, supporting advanced flash technologies including UFS, NVMe, SD Express, eMMC, NAND, and NOR.

This role is for a Senior Engineer focused on developing storage drivers and software modules across the storage stack, including bootloaders, UEFI, Windows HLOS, and Linux user space. You will work with filesystems such as FAT (bootloader) and LittleFS (Zephyr RTOS), and contribute to storage flashing tools for both development and factory environments.

Responsibilities as Senior Embedded Storage Engineer:

• Develop and maintain storage drivers and proprietary filesystem modules for modem processors and Linux-based SoCs.
• Work on Linux kernel components including storage drivers, filesystem modules, block drivers, and memory subsystems.
• Optimize storage and memory performance for runtime efficiency and power consumption.
• Support product commercialization by debugging and resolving kernel-level issues reported by customers and flash vendor partners.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, open-source software and Linux community.
• Contribute to and engage with the upstream Linux kernel community to design and implement new storage and memory features.
• Support expansion into new markets beyond mobile, including automotive, home entertainment, and embedded computing.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in embedded software.
• Excellent programming skills and expert level knowledge of C is a must. Python knowledge is a plus.
• Expertise in Linux kernel programming, device driver development, and kernel internals (memory management, scheduling and device driver development).
• Experience with Linux filesystem modules such as F2FS, EXT4, EROFS will be plus.
• Should have good kernel and user space debugging skill, debugging using JTAG or ICE debuggers.
• Good understanding of basic real-time/embedded programming concepts & real time. operating systems concepts.
• Familiarity with ARM architecture and HW level debugging a plus.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must have great inter-personal communication skills.