Senior Embedded Storage Engineer — Onsite Cork

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

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for a global leader in semiconductor and wireless tech, based onsite in Cork. You will work on storage drivers, kernel components, and OS interfaces across Linux, UFS, NVMe, and embedded platforms.

The role focuses on developing storage software for SoCs, contributing to bootloaders, UEFI, and Linux user space, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and the Linux community.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of embedded software development experience.
• Expert-level C knowledge with strong Linux kernel experience.
• Experience with device drivers and kernel internals essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded storage drivers and filesystem modules for Linux-based SoCs.
• Work on Linux kernel components: drivers, filesystems, block devices, memory subsystems.
• Optimize storage and memory performance for runtime efficiency and power.
• Debug kernel-level issues raised by customers and vendor partners.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and the Linux community.
• Engage with upstream Linux kernel community to design new storage features.
• Support expansion into automotive, mobile, and embedded markets.

Skills

C programming

Linux kernel

Device driver development

JTAG debugging

Real-time OS

ARM architecture

Problem solving

Communication skills

Tools

JTAG

ICE debuggers

Job description

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for a global leader in semiconductor and wireless tech, based onsite in Cork. You will work on storage drivers, kernel components, and OS interfaces across Linux, UFS, NVMe, and embedded platforms.

The role focuses on developing storage software for SoCs, contributing to bootloaders, UEFI, and Linux user space, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and the Linux community.