Lead Embedded Linux Platform Engineer for Secure HSMs

Futurex; Bulverde (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Futurex seeks a Senior Embedded Linux Platform Engineer to own the Linux platform and BSP for our next-generation HSM devices. You will bridge hardware and software, manage security architecture, and drive production-ready appliances.

You will work on Buildroot-based distributions, kernel customization for SoMs, device trees, and secure boot integration, collaborating with hardware and security teams to ship reliable hardware security modules.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience developing embedded Linux systems.
• Strong C programming and debugging skills in resource-constrained environments.
• Hands-on experience with Buildroot or Yocto, Linux kernel configuration, device trees, and cross-compilation toolchains.
• Practical knowledge of the Linux boot process, bootloaders such as U-Boot, root filesystems, kernel modules, and driver integration.
• Experience collaborating across hardware, systems, security, and application engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and reproducibly build a Buildroot-based Linux distribution.
• Customize and maintain Linux kernels for selected SoMs.
• Configure and maintain device trees and board-specific platform definitions.
• Build and maintain BSPs for custom HSM hardware and board revisions.
• Integrate kernel drivers, platform services, bootloaders, and root filesystems.
• Optimize boot performance, system footprint, reliability, and maintainability.
• Support production images, manufacturing configuration, and secure update mechanisms.
• Bring platform hardware into Linux and expose interfaces to application software.
• Integrate and validate I2C, SPI, GPIO, UART, USB, PCIe, EEPROM/flash interfaces.
• Develop kernel drivers and user-space services where needed.
• Document platform architecture, interfaces, security assumptions, and build procedures.

Skills

Embedded Linux

C programming

Buildroot/Yocto

Linux kernel configuration

Device tree

Cross-compilation

Git/version control

Security architectures

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Buildroot

Yocto

U-Boot

Cross-compilation toolchains

Git

Job description

Futurex seeks a Senior Embedded Linux Platform Engineer to own the Linux platform and BSP for our next-generation HSM devices. You will bridge hardware and software, manage security architecture, and drive production-ready appliances.

You will work on Buildroot-based distributions, kernel customization for SoMs, device trees, and secure boot integration, collaborating with hardware and security teams to ship reliable hardware security modules.