Senior Lead Engineer

Carrier Global Corporation; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer to join the Embedded Platforms team in Hyderabad. You will develop and release robust Yocto-based Linux distributions for multiple product lines, and collaborate with distributed teams to establish best practices for Linux builds and deployments.

You will migrate systems to Yocto, maintain builds in CI/CD, configure kernels and bootloaders, port drivers, and develop embedded middleware and APIs.

Qualifications

• BE/ME or BTech/MTech in Electronics or ME/MTech in CS with 6+ years software and embedded experience.
• Experience in C/C++ development and scripting (Python, Shell).
• Hands-on Linux/RTOS, multithreading, and Yocto/Open Embedded work.
• Familiar with U-Boot, kernel configuration, and device trees.
• Proficient with cross-toolchains, CMake, and Git; DevOps basics with Docker/Kubernetes/Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Develop and migrate systems to Yocto-based Linux distributions for multiple products.
• Maintain Yocto build in CI/CD, package and deploy software images, engage with open-source community.
• Configure and integrate kernel, boot loaders, and hardware drivers.
• Port custom drivers, patch legacy packages, and build images for ARM platforms.
• Develop embedded middleware, IPCs, protocols, and APIs; ensure portability across environments.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Shell

Linux

RTOS

Multithreading

U-Boot

GNU Toolchain

CMake

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

ARM Platforms

CAN/CANOpen

I2C

SPI

Networking (IP/DHCP)

Education

BE/BTech Electronics

ME/MTech Computer Science

Tools

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

Linux kernel

Device Tree

Open Source tooling

Job description

Role:

Senior Lead Engineer

Location:

Hyderabad

Full/ Part-time:

Full time

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, life-saving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center ofeverything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier.

About the role

An energetic person who will be a key part of Carrier Engineering Embedded Platforms team, developing and releasing robust Yocto‑based Linux OS distributions to multiple Business Units for various embedded product applications. This position requires the ability to work under minimal direction, utilize coding skills and automation expertise, interact, and collaborate with diverse geographically distributed teams, and to establish best practice/guideline for Linux build and deployments.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY

• Development and migration of existing systems to Yocto-based platforms
• Maintain and support the Yocto build system in a CI/CD environment, including packaging and deployment of software images. Close connection to the Yocto project and collaboration with the open-source community.
• Configure, modify, and integrate the kernel and embedded boot loaders.
• Responsible for custom driver porting and applying patches to legacy packages.
• Development of embedded middleware applications, stacks, IPCs, Protocols drivers for Linux platforms,
• Researching, proposing, and integrating relevant open‑source solutions, do performance analysis, including root cause analysis of performance issues based on project objectives.
• Design and maintain clean, stable, and well‑documented APIs and SDKs that allow other developers to build features without modifying the platform core.
• Develop or utilize Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL) or Cloud Abstraction Layers to ensure the software remains portable across different environments or hardware versions.
• Proficiently work with development methodologies such as Agile, SAFe etc. and related project management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, IBM Jazz etc.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications: BE/ME or BTech/MTech – Electronics or BE/BTech in Electronics or ME/MTech in computer Science with 6+ years of experience in below areas: -

• Professional experience in software development using C/C++
• Experience in using scripting languages like Python, Shell etc
• Hands on expertise on Linux OS, RTOS, multithreading
• Development experience with various communication protocols like IP, DHCP, RS232 RS485, I2C, SPI, CAN, CANOpen etc.
• A passion for Linux and open source
• Solid experience in using embedded Linux (Yocto/ Open Embedded or build root)
• Experience in using U-Boot, Linux kernel configuration and Device tree.
• Confident in the use of GNU (Cross-)Toolchain, (C)Make
• Experience in creating images for different hardware platforms like ARM series (NXP, TI)
• Experience with modern DevOps practices and tools: test‑driven development, SCM (Git), automated builds and tests, CI/CD with Gitlab, Jenkins, AWS etc.
• Git expertise to ensure merges, rebasing, cherry picking etc
• Expert knowledge of build automation/DevOps tools (e.g. Bitbucket, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Chef/Ansible etc)
• Knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts of DevSecOps and Cybersecurity.
• Hands‑on experience to build and handle VM’s, Containers utilizing tools like, Docker.

Benefits

We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.

• Make yourself a priority with flexible schedules, parental leave
• Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities
• Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Programme

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best‑in‑class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.

Join us and make a difference.

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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