Senior ARM Kernel Engineer – QEMU, TPM, Remote

Hitachi, Ltd.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exciting Projects

Collaborative Environment

Work-Life Balance

Professional Development

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

GlobalLogic seeks a senior kernel and low-level systems engineer to patch, configure, and build the Linux kernel and QEMU for ARM hardware. You will migrate x86 patches to ARM Debian builds and implement TPM 2.0 measured boot plus vTPM virtualization integrations.

The role requires strong C/assembly, cross-compilation tooling, and hands-on debugging with GDB/JTAG. A CS/EE/Math degree is required.

Qualifications

• Extensive kernel and low-level systems experience required.
• Experience with Linux kernel v6.x and ARM64 internals.
• Strong C and assembly skills for OS integrations.

Responsibilities

• Configure, patch, and build the Linux kernel and QEMU for ARM hardware.
• Migrate and rebase x86 patches to ARM Debian builds.
• Implement and test TPM 2.0 measured boot protocols and vTPM virtualization integrations.

Skills

Kernel development

Linux kernel

ARM64 architecture

C programming

Assembly programming

Low-level OS integration

KVM & QEMU virtualization

TPM 2.0 / vTPM

Cross-compilation toolchains

GDB / JTAG debugging

Bare-metal lab bring-up

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree (CS/EE/Math)

Job description

GlobalLogic seeks a senior kernel and low-level systems engineer to patch, configure, and build the Linux kernel and QEMU for ARM hardware. You will migrate x86 patches to ARM Debian builds and implement TPM 2.0 measured boot plus vTPM virtualization integrations.

The role requires strong C/assembly, cross-compilation tooling, and hands-on debugging with GDB/JTAG. A CS/EE/Math degree is required.