Senior Embedded Storage Software Engineer

European Tech Recruit; Cork; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is hiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for storage-focused work in Cork, Ireland. You will develop storage drivers, filesystems, and tools across UFS, NVMe, SD Express, eMMC, NAND, and NOR, interfacing with bootloaders, UEFI, Windows HLOS, and Linux user space.

You will optimize performance, contribute to kernel and user-space components, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of embedded software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Linux kernel programming and device drivers.
• Understanding of kernel internals (memory management, scheduling, driver frameworks).
• Solid kernel-level and user-space debugging using JTAG/ICE.
• Strong grasp of RTOS concepts and embedded programming principles.
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain storage drivers and filesystem modules for Linux-based SoCs.
• Work on Linux kernel components: storage drivers, filesystem modules, block drivers, memory subsystems.
• Optimize storage and memory performance for runtime efficiency and power use.
• Develop PC tools for image creation (FAT, GPT) and flash provisioning (UFS).
• Support filesystems such as FAT and LittleFS (Zephyr RTOS) and proprietary ones.
• Build Linux user-space tools for storage testing and validation.
• Debug kernel-level issues raised by customers and flash partners.
• Engage with cross-functional teams and upstream Linux kernel for new features.
• Support expansion into automotive, home entertainment, and embedded computing markets.

Skills

Linux kernel programming

Device driver development

Kernel internals

JTAG/ICE debugging

RTOS fundamentals

Analytical skills

Tools

JTAG

ICE debuggers

Job description

European Tech Recruit is hiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for storage-focused work in Cork, Ireland. You will develop storage drivers, filesystems, and tools across UFS, NVMe, SD Express, eMMC, NAND, and NOR, interfacing with bootloaders, UEFI, Windows HLOS, and Linux user space.

You will optimize performance, contribute to kernel and user-space components, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers.