Senior Embedded Linux & Qt Engineer (Yocto / Qt QML)

Stenograph; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Stenograph seeks an experienced Embedded Linux Platform & Qt Engineer to own the full device software stack on a Linux-based embedded platform, including bootloader, kernel bring-up, device-tree, and a touchscreen UI built with Qt Quick/QML. This role involves integrating C++ logic with a modern UI and ensuring robust performance.

You will collaborate with firmware, QA, and design teams to optimize power management and OTA updates, applying AI-assisted tooling thoughtfully to speed bring-up and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of professional embedded Linux development experience.
• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux build-system layers (Yocto/OpenEmbedded).
• Experience with SoC board-support level: device tree, bootloader, kernel driver integration.
• Shipped experience with Qt Quick/QML on embedded Linux.

Responsibilities

• Own BSP and kernel-level platform work for a Linux-based embedded device: bootloader, kernel config, device tree, drivers, and build-system authorship.
• Implement and debug power-management behavior including suspend/resume and low-power domains.
• Design and implement secure boot and OTA update mechanisms (A/B imaging).
• Instrument power consumption measurement and support a system power budget.
• Develop a touchscreen UI using Qt Quick/QML, integrating with C++ backend logic.
• Collaborate across firmware, application, QA, and leadership on integration, timing, and update/rollback behavior.
• Participate in design and code reviews for platform and application layers.
• Utilize AI-assisted tools to accelerate bring-up while applying independent verification.

Skills

C++ programming

Troubleshooting

Git

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering/CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

Device tree

Bootloaders

Qt Quick/QML

Git

Job description

Stenograph is seeking an experienced Embedded Linux Platform & Qt Engineer to join the team building our next-generation embedded writer platform. The selected candidate will own the full device software stack on a Linux-based embedded platform — from board support and kernel-level platform bring-up through the touchscreen application UI built on top of it. This role requires strong expertise in embedded Linux platform engineering, power management, and shipped Qt Quick/QML application development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own board support package and kernel-level platform work for a Linux-based embedded device: bootloader, kernel configuration, device tree, driver integration, and build-system authorship.
• Implement and debug power-management behavior including suspend/resume, wireless connectivity coexistence, and correct interaction with an always-on companion low-power domain.
• Implement secure boot and an A/B (fail-safe, rollback-capable) over-the-air update mechanism for the full software image, coordinated with a companion firmware update path.
• Instrument and support platform power-consumption measurement work feeding a system-level power budget.
• Design and implement a touchscreen application user interface using a modern declarative UI framework (Qt Quick/QML), built against a visual design system and interaction specification provided by product design, including secondary/always-on display behavior and detach/failover states.
• Integrate C++ backend/business logic with the QML UI layer.
• Collaborate with firmware, application, QA, and program leadership on platform-level integration, timing/latency budgets, and update/rollback behavior.
• Participate in design and code review across both platform and application layers.
• Utilize modern AI-assisted development tools to accelerate platform bring-up, driver integration, and UI implementation work, while applying independent engineering judgment to verify correctness rather than trusting generated output at face value.
• Support the product from early architecture through production release.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or
• 5+ years of professional embedded Linux development experience.
• Hands-on experience authoring and maintaining embedded Linux build-system layers (e.g., Yocto/OpenEmbedded or equivalent).
• Experience with a specific SoC family at the board-support level: device tree, bootloader, kernel driver integration.
• Demonstrated experience debugging kernel-level power management (suspend/resume, low-power states, wireless coexistence).
• Shipped experience building touchscreen or embedded application UIs with Qt Quick/QML on embedded Linux.
• Solid C++ skills and experience integrating C++ logic with a declarative UI layer.
• Demonstrated, hands‑on effectiveness with AI-assisted software engineering tools (agentic coding assistants, AI-based code review), with clear judgment about when to trust generated output and when it requires independent verification.
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills, including hardware/software boundary issues.
• Experience using Git for version control and standard issue-tracking tools for project/task management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with over-the-air update frameworks (A/B image update systems).
• Experience with heterogeneous multi-processor SoCs (application processor plus a low-power co-processor domain).
• Experience with embedded NPU/AI-accelerator toolchains.
• Prior experience specifically deploying a commercial embedded-Linux/Qt device platform.
• Touch UX craft and familiarity with UI test-automation frameworks.
• Experience working directly from a UX/visual design specification produced by a product designer, with an eye toward minimizing implementation round-trips.

Required Skills

• Embedded Linux (BSP, kernel, device tree)