Embedded Linux Engineer

Silicon Patterns Pvt. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Silicon Patterns Pvt. Ltd. is seeking a senior Embedded Linux kernel and system software engineer with 6+ years of hands-on experience.

The role focuses on I/O virtualization on embedded/automotive platforms, with strong C programming skills and deep Linux kernel driver work across Dom0/DomU and hypervisor layers. The ideal candidate will contribute to Virtio implementations, PCIe passthrough, and IOMMU/DMA isolation, while collaborating on Yocto project integrations and performance tuning for

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Embedded Linux kernel and system software development.
• Strong C programming skills.
• I/O virtualization on embedded or automotive platforms.
• Understanding of virtualized I/O architectures: Device passthrough.
• Para-virtualized drivers and shared I/O models.
• Familiarity with Xen Hypervisor (Dom0/DomU) or KVM/QNX Hypervisor.
• Virtio framework (blk, net, console, gpu as applicable).
• PCIe virtualization concepts: Passthrough and SR-IOV.
• IOMMU/DMA isolation and Linux kernel driver development for virtualized/shared devices.
• IPC: shared memory, event channels, grant tables, DMA buffers; Yocto Project integration.

Skills

I/O Virtualization

Embedded Linux

Xen

Virtio

Device Passthrough

PCIe

IOMMU

Dom0

DomU

Kernel driver development

KVM

QNX Hypervisor

Job description

Job Summary

6+ years in Embedded Linux kernel / system software development

Strong C programming skills

Requirements

• I/O Virtualization expertise on embedded or automotive platforms
• Strong understanding of virtualized I/O architectures: Device passthrough
• Para virtualized drivers
• Shared I/O models
• Virtualization technologies: Xen Hypervisor (preferred) Dom0/DomU interaction
• Or KVM / QNX Hypervisor
• Virtio framework (blk, net, console, gpu as applicable)
• PCIe virtualization concepts: Passthrough
• SR-IOV (where applicable)
• IOMMU / DMA isolation
• Linux kernel driver development for virtualized or shared devices
• IPC mechanisms: shared memory, event channels, grant tables, DMA buffers
• Yocto Project building and integrating virtualized drivers
• Performance tuning for virtualized I/O paths
• Debugging across Dom0, DomU, and hypervisor layers

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive Embedded Linux / IVI experience
• Virtualized graphics, audio, camera, or networking exposure
• Open source Linux / Xen community experience

Keywords

• I/O Virtualization
• Embedded Linux
• Xen
• Virtio
• Device Passthrough
• PCIe
• IOMMU
• Dom0
• DomU