Lead I - Embedded Software

UST; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

UST in Pune, India seeks an experienced Linux Kernel Programmer to design, develop, and maintain core OS components, device drivers, and LKMs. You will work on memory management, scheduling, and VFS, interfacing with BSPs and bootloaders.

You will diagnose complex system issues, optimize subsystems, and collaborate across hardware teams on ARM, x86-64, and GPUs. Prior experience of 8–10 years in kernel and driver development is required; strong debugging skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of kernel and driver development experience.
• Work on loadable kernel modules, device drivers, and BSPs.
• Strong debugging and system-level diagnostic skills.
• Experience with ARM, x86-64, or GPU architectures and bootloaders U-Boot/BIOS/UEFI.

Responsibilities

• Build, modify, and maintain loadable kernel modules (LKMs) and device drivers.
• Optimize core OS subsystems including memory, scheduling, IPC, and VFS.
• Diagnose crashes, kernel panics, memory leaks, deadlocks, race conditions.
• Participate in hardware bring-up and bootloader configuration for multiple architectures.

Skills

Linux Kernel

Board Support Package

ARM

Device Drivers

BIOS

C

Debugging

Hardware Development

x86-64

U-Boot

Job description

Role Description

Job Description for Linux A Kernel Programmer / Developer designs, develops, debugs, and maintains core operating system components, device drivers, and low-level kernel modules

Key Responsibilities:

• 8 to 10 Years experience Kernel & Driver Development: Build, modify, and maintain loadable kernel modules (LKMs), character/block device drivers, and Board Support Packages (BSPs).
• Subsystem Optimization: Work on core OS subsystems including memory allocation, process/thread scheduling, interrupt handling, IPC (Inter-Process Communication), and virtual file systems (VFS).
• Debugging & Root Cause Analysis: Diagnose complex system-level crashes, kernel panics, memory leaks, deadlocks, and race conditions.
• Hardware Bring-Up: Participate in board bring-up, bootloader configuration (U-Boot, BIOS, UEFI), and working with ARM, x86-64, or GPU architectures.

Skills

Linux Kernel, Board Support Package, ARM, Device Drivers, BIOS, Board Support Package, C, Debugging, Hardware Development, x86-64, U-Boot