Embedded Linux Engineer – BSP & Kernel

Snowrelic Inc; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowrelic Inc. in the United States seeks an Embedded Linux Engineer to bring up Qualcomm Android BSP on the SM4450 device and integrate it with the hardware.

You will configure and patch Android Common Kernel (ACK/GKI), work on device trees, bootloader, AVB, partitions and OTA, and integrate vendor HALs and binaries for GPU, camera and crypto. Strong skills in Linux kernel, C/C++, Soong/Make, and debugging are essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Android BSP bring-up on Qualcomm Snapdragon (SM4450, SM6xxx or similar).
• Strong Linux Kernel, Device Trees, Android Drivers/HAL, Treble and GKI knowledge.
• Strong C and C++.
• Ability to read hardware schematics.
• QPST, QFIL, Trace32 (Lauterbach).
• Kernel debugging using ramdumps and serial logs.
• Android build systems: Soong, Make and vendor image packaging.

Responsibilities

• Integrate Qualcomm SM4450 Android 16 BSP with the device hardware and reproduce the current Android 14 build.
• Configure and patch Android Common Kernel (ACK/GKI) and device trees.
• Bring up bootloader, AVB, partition layout, A/B updates and OTA.
• Integrate vendor HALs and proprietary binaries for GPU, camera, crypto and other components.
• Manage Qualcomm support cases and apply Qualcomm kernel fixes.
• Debug boot failures, kernel panics, thermal issues and battery drain.

Skills

Android BSP bring-up

Linux Kernel

C/C++

Device Trees

Treble and GKI

RAM dumps

Tools

QPST

QFIL

Trace32

Lauterbach

Job description

Embedded Linux Engineer BSP & Kernel

Experience: 5 10 years

Platform: Embedded Linux / Android | Qualcomm Snapdragon

Role Overview

Responsible for bringing up Qualcomm Android 16 BSP on the SM4450 device and integrating the platform with the device hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate Qualcomm SM4450 Android 16 BSP with the device hardware and reproduce the current Android 14 build.
• Configure and patch Android Common Kernel (ACK/GKI) and device trees.
• Bring up bootloader, AVB, partition layout, A/B updates and OTA.
• Integrate vendor HALs and proprietary binaries for GPU, camera, crypto and other components.
• Manage Qualcomm support cases and apply Qualcomm kernel fixes.
• Debug boot failures, kernel panics, thermal issues and battery drain.

Mandatory Skills

• Hands-on Android BSP bring-up on Qualcomm Snapdragon (SM4450, SM6xxx or similar).
• Strong Linux Kernel, Device Trees, Android Drivers/HAL, Treble and GKI knowledge.
• Strong C and C++.
• Ability to read hardware schematics.
• QPST, QFIL, Trace32 (Lauterbach).
• Kernel debugging using ramdumps and serial logs.
• Android build systems: Soong, Make and vendor image packaging.

Preferred Skills

• SM4450 / Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 experience.
• Experience upgrading a device across two Android versions.
• Vendor-layer SELinux policy experience.
• Power/thermal tuning using Perfetto or Qualcomm power tools.

Senior requirement

At least one engineer should have 8+ years' experience and a full Snapdragon bring-up.