Senior Linux Kernel & Driver Engineer — Hybrid

General Motors; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Linux kernel and driver development for automotive platforms in Austin. The role emphasizes bring-up of next‑generation computing platforms, kernel internals, and low‑level system integration across embedded software and hardware.

The candidate will develop and optimize Linux kernel drivers (camera, USB, Ethernet), participate in BSP and bootloader work, and contribute to diagnostics, health monitoring, and upstream kernel efforts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in embedded Linux kernel development and board bring-up.
• Expertise in Linux kernel internals (memory management, scheduling, IPC, filesystems).
• Experience with camera bring-up (MIPI-CSI, ISP, V4L2).
• Strong BSP, bootloader (U-Boot) and firmware integration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop Linux kernel and device drivers for automotive platforms.
• Lead system bring-up, BSP development, and bootloader configuration.
• Integrate and optimize USB, PCIe, I2C, SPI, and Ethernet interfaces.
• Implement diagnostics, health monitoring, and fault detection for embedded systems.
• Collaborate with hardware teams and contribute upstream Linux kernel work.
• Define OKRs and drive software stability and performance.

Skills

Embedded Linux kernel development

Device driver programming

BSP development

Bootloaders (U-Boot)

Kernel internals

Camera bring-up (MIPI-CSI)

Network protocols (BLE/Bluetooth)

Diagnostics & health monitoring

JTAG / low-level debugging

SoC hardware interaction

Tools

JTAG

GDB

ftrace

kdump

perf

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Linux kernel and driver development for automotive platforms in Austin. The role emphasizes bring-up of next‑generation computing platforms, kernel internals, and low‑level system integration across embedded software and hardware.

The candidate will develop and optimize Linux kernel drivers (camera, USB, Ethernet), participate in BSP and bootloader work, and contribute to diagnostics, health monitoring, and upstream kernel efforts.