Lead Software Engineer- GPU Drivers

Blackfig Technologies; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackfig Technologies in Bengaluru is seeking a Device Driver Engineer with over 5 years of Linux device driver development experience. The role includes designing and optimizing graphics drivers, GPU bring-up, and collaboration with hardware teams. Ideal candidates will possess strong skills in OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan, along with proficiency in C/C++ and debugging tools. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field is required. Preferred qualifications include experience with DRM/KMS and Mesa 3D stacks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux device driver development.
• Experience with memory management and interrupt handling.
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture and rendering pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain device drivers for OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan.
• Integrate and customize DRM/KMS and Mesa.
• Perform GPU bring-up and validate hardware.

Skills

Linux device driver development

OpenGL / OpenCL / Vulkan

C/C++ programming

Debugging tools usage

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

GDB

Valgrind

Perf

ftrace

JTAG

Logic analyzers

Job description

Device Driver Engineer (Graphics & Compute – OpenGL / OpenCL / Vulkan)

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Device Driver Engineer to design, develop, and optimize graphics and compute drivers for embedded and Linux-based systems. The ideal candidate will have strong experience enabling OpenGL, OpenCL, and Vulkan on Linux, Embedded Linux, or equivalent operating systems.

This role involves low-level driver development, GPU bring-up, performance tuning, and system integration for high-performance embedded platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain device drivers supporting: OpenGL / OpenGL ES ,OpenCL and Vulkan
• Port, optimize, and validate graphics stacks on: Linux, Embedded Linux, RTOS or equivalent operating systems
• Work on kernel-space and user-space driver components.
• Integrate and customize DRM/KMS, Mesa, Wayland/X11, or proprietary stacks.
• Perform GPU bring-up and board-level hardware validation.
• Optimize performance for graphics and compute workloads.
• Debug and resolve driver-level issues using tracing and profiling tools.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and application teams.
• Develop documentation, test plans, and validation procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Linux device driver development.
• Memory management
• Interrupt handling
• DMA mechanisms
• OpenGL / OpenGL ES , OpenCL, Vulkan
• Experience with embedded Linux platforms (Yocto, Buildroot, etc.).
• Strong C/C++ programming, Shell scripting.
• Experience with debugging tools (GDB, Valgrind, Perf, ftrace, JTAG, Logic analyzers, Kernel Tracing etc.)
• Understanding of GPU architecture and rendering pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DRM/KMS and Mesa 3D stack.
• Knowledge of Wayland, X11, or display subsystems.
• Performance optimization and benchmarking experience.