Senior Embedded Storage Engineer: Linux Kernel & Filesystem

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

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is partnering with a leading semiconductor company in Cork to hire a Senior Embedded Storage Engineer. You will join the Core Peripherals Storage team and develop storage drivers and filesystem modules for SoCs, supporting flash technologies and various storage stacks.

You will work on Linux kernel components, bootloaders, UEFI, and Linux user space, while optimizing runtime performance and power. This role offers broad scope across automotive and embedded computing markets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of embedded software experience.
• Expert C programming.
• Linux kernel programming and device driver development experience.
• Experience with Linux filesystems such as F2FS, EXT4, EROFS is a plus.
• Kernel and user space debugging with JTAG/ICE.
• Strong RTOS concepts and ARM architecture familiarity.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

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 with cross-functional teams, open-source software and the 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 driver development

Kernel internals

F2FS

EXT4

EROFS

JTAG debugging

ICE debugging

ARM architecture

RTOS concepts

Communication skills

Job description

European Tech Recruit is partnering with a leading semiconductor company in Cork to hire a Senior Embedded Storage Engineer. You will join the Core Peripherals Storage team and develop storage drivers and filesystem modules for SoCs, supporting flash technologies and various storage stacks.

You will work on Linux kernel components, bootloaders, UEFI, and Linux user space, while optimizing runtime performance and power. This role offers broad scope across automotive and embedded computing markets.