Senior Embedded Storage Engineer | Linux Kernel & Filesystems

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

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.