Hypervisor Engineer

HP; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Parental leave

Holidays

Paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

HP seeks a Hypervisor Engineer to design and implement system level software including VMMs, OS components, and firmware interfaces. You will work across Windows and Linux ecosystems, tackling cross-layer challenges with hardware, firmware, and software teams to deliver robust virtualization solutions.

The role requires deep knowledge of x86-64, VT-x/AMD-V, memory management, and nested virtualization, plus strong debugging and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Expert understanding of x86-64 architecture and PC platforms.
• Expert understanding of virtualization technologies (VT-x/AMD-V).
• Expert understanding of Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience with memory manager solutions for virtualization.
• Experience with nested virtualization and CPU instruction emulators.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement system level software such as VMM/hypervisors and device drivers.
• Analyse and debug problems at hardware, firmware and software cross-section.
• Take ownership of large areas like memory manager or networking subsystem.
• Provide performance improvements for existing solutions.
• Collaborate with multiple teams and provide leadership when constraints change.

Skills

Team work

Communication

Problem-solving

Time management

Continuous learning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred

Job description

Hypervisor Engineer Description - Responsibilities:

• Design and implement all aspects of system level software such VMM/hypervisors, operating systems, device drivers and PC firmware
• Work on new projects as well as provide support and improvements for existing components
• Analyse and debug problems at the cross-section of hardware, firmware and software
• Provide solutions for macro and micro verification of the developed components
• Take ownership of large functional areas such as memory manager or networking subsystem
• Provide performance improvements for existing solutions
• Provide engineering support for customer issues, this may require remote or on-site problem analysis and direct collaboration with a customer
• Provide efficient designs aligned with business needs
• Collaborate with other development and management teams to provide solutions that fit into existing constraints as well as provide leadership when such constrains needs to be changed

Job Requirements:

• Expert understanding of modern computer architectures with focus on x86-64 architecture and PC platforms
• Expert understanding of virtualization technologies, including hardware assisted virtualization (both VT-x and AMDV) and auxiliary technologies such as IO-MMU
• Expert understanding of modern operating systems (Windows and Linux)
• Experience with building efficient memory manager solutions for virtualization products
• Experience with building efficient nested virtualization products
• Experience in building CPU instructions emulators
• Hands-on experience developing PC platform components such as xHCI controllers (and USB stack in general), PCI, AHCI, ACPI, PS/2, etc., device virtualization and emulation experience is a plus
• Reverse engineering experience of closed-sourced systems such as Hyper-V and Windows kernel
• Hands-on experience with building WHP based solutions
• Strong debugging and analytical skills
• 5+ years of experience in kernel and device driver development in Linux or Windows
• 5+ years of experience developing system software in C and x86 assembler

The following skills and attributes are a plus:

• Understanding of ARM64 architecture
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Hypervisor Platform
• Deep understanding of components in the OSI networking model with emphasis on TCP/IP protocols
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred

Competencies:

• Team work
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate at different organizational levels
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent time management and workload assessment skills
• Continuous learning and development

The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview [https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])

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