Hybrid Linux & Yocto Systems Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Friday Harbor (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Systems Engineer with deep Linux kernel and Yocto experience to design and implement kernel, platform, and user-space components.

You will work across x86/ARM platforms, enabling new hardware, optimizing performance, and improving automation and testing. This hybrid role requires regular office presence in Friday Harbor, WA, and collaboration across hardware and software teams.

Qualifications

• Strong low-level systems programming in C/C++.
• Deep understanding of Linux kernel internals.
• Experience debugging Linux kernel and user-space components.
• Strong Yocto Project expertise (layers, recipes, backporting).
• Knowledge of compiler optimizations and C/C++ undefined behavior.
• Experience with x86/ARM systems, BSP development, and hardware bring-up.
• Hands-on knowledge of PCIe, SPI, I2C, GPIO, MDIO, and interrupt handling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Linux kernel, platform, and infrastructure software.
• Debug and resolve complex bugs, security vulnerabilities, and integration issues across the software stack.
• Build and maintain Yocto-based distributions, including layers, recipes, packaging, and backports.
• Enable new hardware platforms and support BSP development.
• Improve system performance, automation, testing, and developer productivity.
• Collaborate across hardware, platform, and software teams to deliver production-quality solutions.

Skills

C/C++

Linux internals

Yocto Project

Compiler optimizations

x86/ARM

BSP development

Hardware bring-up

PCIe/SPI/I2C/GPIO/MDIO

Debugging

Kernel/user-space debugging

Tools

Git

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Systems Engineer with deep Linux kernel and Yocto experience to design and implement kernel, platform, and user-space components.

You will work across x86/ARM platforms, enabling new hardware, optimizing performance, and improving automation and testing. This hybrid role requires regular office presence in Friday Harbor, WA, and collaboration across hardware and software teams.