Linux Kernel Driver Architect for AI Accelerators

Acceler8 Talent; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent in Mountain View, CA is seeking a System Software Engineer to join a small, highly technical team responsible for the software layer that makes custom silicon usable—from Linux kernel drivers to low-level userspace libraries and platform bring-up.

You will own kernel drivers, DMA, memory management, MMIO, interrupts, and device initialization; build and debug pre-silicon verification, and collaborate with hardware and firmware engineers during first-silicon bring-up.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in low-level systems software, kernel development, firmware, or closely related work.
• Experience in both kernel space and userspace.
• Ability to work directly from hardware documentation, register maps, and device specifications.
• Strong understanding of DMA.
• MMIO and interrupt handling.
• IOMMU, virtual memory, and memory hierarchy.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Linux kernel drivers for PCIe-connected accelerator hardware.
• Own areas including DMA, memory management, interrupts, MMIO, command submission, and device initialization.
• Build low-level userspace libraries and interfaces using ioctl, sysfs, mmap, and direct device access.
• Develop prototype drivers, debug utilities, and bring-up tools for new hardware features.
• Validate software against simulation, emulation, and FPGA-based pre-silicon platforms.
• Work with hardware and firmware engineers during first-silicon bring-up.

Skills

Low-level systems software

Kernel development

Kernel-space & userspace

Hardware bring-up

PCIe

DMA

MMIO

Debugging multi-layer hw/sw

Tools

Linux kernel

PCIe

Rust

Job description

Acceler8 Talent in Mountain View, CA is seeking a System Software Engineer to join a small, highly technical team responsible for the software layer that makes custom silicon usable—from Linux kernel drivers to low-level userspace libraries and platform bring-up.

You will own kernel drivers, DMA, memory management, MMIO, interrupts, and device initialization; build and debug pre-silicon verification, and collaborate with hardware and firmware engineers during first-silicon bring-up.