System Engineer

Erekrut... Recruitment Made Easy; Ahmedabad; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company is seeking a System Engineer with expertise in embedded Linux development for a full-time role. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering and experience in designing Linux distributions using Yocto or similar systems. This position involves collaborating across teams to enhance product functionalities and ensure robust system performance. Join a dynamic environment where you can drive technological advancements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Embedded Linux development required.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++, experience with Yocto or Buildroot.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain embedded Linux distributions using Yocto or Buildroot.
• Develop middleware components and SDKs for application development.
• Collaborate with hardware and QA teams to ensure system stability.

Skills

Embedded Linux development

Programming in C/C++

Yocto Project

Buildroot

Linux system internals

Shell scripting

Linux debugging tools

CI/CD pipelines

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering

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• Designing and maintaining embedded Linux distributions using build systems like Yocto or Buildroot
• Configuring and optimizing the Linux kernel, device trees, bootloaders, and system services.
• Developing middleware components and abstraction layers to expose hardware and system services to higher-level applications.
• Creating and maintaining developer-facing SDKs, APIs, and documentation to support application development on the platform.
• Defining and implementing modular system components for scalability and reuse across product lines.
• Integrating and validating support for various hardware interfaces and peripherals (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, USB, etc.).
• Collaborating with hardware, QA, and application teams to bring up new platforms and ensure end-to-end system stability.
• Driving improvements in boot time, system resource usage, and maintainability.
• Participating in system security design including secure boot, encrypted storage, and software update integrity.
• Contributing to internal engineering standards, tools, and CI/CD workflows to support platform development and deployment.

External:

• Arranging technical skills improvement programmes for self and team
• Identify & propose external collaborator (developers/companies) for outsorcing work. Provide clear requirements to identified collaborators.
• For outsourced development, set milestones and deliverables, review the progress and validate the deliverables
• Provide technical support to developers community
• Review / Validation of applications from developers community and approving / rejecting them

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering

Required Skills:

• Hands-on experience in Embedded Linux development. Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Proficient with Yocto Project, Buildroot, or custom embedded build systems.
• Solid grasp of Linux system internals, kernel modules, and bootloader customization (e.g., U-Boot). Experience with developing or maintaining middleware interfaces or platform abstraction layers.
• Familiarity with shell scripting, Linux debugging tools (e.g., strace, perf, gdb), and board bring-up practices. Experience building and distributing SDKs or platform APIs for internal or external developers.
• Familiarity with secure boot, encryption, and system hardening in embedded Linux. Exposure to OTA update frameworks (e.g., SWUpdate, RAUC, Mender).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines for embedded system integration and release automation. Working knowledge of containerized environments on embedded Linux (Docker, Podman). Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with attention to long-term maintainability and scalability.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

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