
Key Responsibilities
1. Kernel Lifecycle & Maintenance
Upstream Alignment: Lead the strategy for upgrading enterprise kernels (e.g., migrating from LTS 5.15 to 6.6) while maintaining binary compatibility where required.
Patch Porting: Expertly port functional and performance patches between disparate kernel versions, resolving complex code conflicts and API changes.
CVE Mitigation: Monitor the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) and security advisories to identify and backport CVE patches from upstream to production environments.
2. Deep-Dive Debugging & Stability
Panic Analysis: Act as the final escalation point for Kernel Panics and "Oops" messages. Utilize kdump, crash, and gdb to perform post-mortem analysis of vmcores.
Boot-Time Resolution: Debug critical failures during the early boot process (UEFI handoff, initramfs, and early kernel init) where standard logging is unavailable.
Performance Tuning: Use ebpf, ftrace, and perf to identify bottlenecks in memory management, scheduler latency, or I/O throughput.
3. Driver Development & Hardware Integration
Driver Ownership: Design, develop, or maintain at least one Open Source or Proprietary Device Driver (Network, Storage, GPU, or Character devices).
Hardware Abstraction: Interface directly with hardware registers, managing DMA mappings, and optimizing interrupt handling (MSI-X, Threaded IRQs).
Out-of-Tree Management: Maintain driver compatibility across kernel updates using DKMS or similar frameworks.
4. Infrastructure & Automation
Registry Management: Oversee the distribution of custom kernel builds and modules via GitLab Container/Package Registries.
CI/CD for Kernel: Build automated testing pipelines (Hardware-in-the-loop) to validate kernel stability before enterprise-wide deployment.
Required Technical Skills:
Languages: Mastery of C/C++ Programming (C is preferred)
Kernel Internals: Deep understanding of VFS, Memory Management (MMU/Paging), Process Scheduling, and Networking Stacks.
Debugging Tools: Expert-level use of kprobes, trace-cmd, valgrind, and hardware-level debuggers (JTAG/Serial Console).
Build Systems: Proficiency with Kbuild, Makefiles, and building RPM/Debian packages for kernel distribution.
Security: Hands-on experience with SELinux/AppArmor policy development and kernel hardening (FIPS, KSPP).

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Qualifications: BE/BTECH from EE/EC
Experience : 3-5 Years
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-Development of Embedded device drivers, Ethernet, USB, SPI.
-Able to read data sheets.
-Good debug skills.
-Board bring up skill.
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-Strong in embedded C
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-Onsite system integration.
-Should have hands on debugging experience.
-Candidate is expected to have strong knowledge of C and C++.
-Understanding and experience using structured programming techniques.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: ₹300,000.00 - ₹700,000.00 per year
Schedule:
Morning shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
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Experience:
total work: 3 years (Preferred)
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Working on assembly and testing
Working on field deployment and Testing
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C Programming
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Experience with communication protocols and peripherals like UART, SPI, RTC, Ethernet
Hands on experience in IDE like Keil, AVR Studio, MPLAB
Strong documentation and writing skills
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Happy Reliable Surgeries Pvt Ltd (HRS Navigation) started in 2015. It is India's first and only company to develop high tech surgical navigation system for highly complex Brain & Spine surgeries. Our products directly compete with world’s biggest medical devices companies. We are proudly one of the few global companies who have capabilities to develop Computer assisted and Robotic Assisted surgeries products. R&D Centre is based at Bangalore. It has been started by Ex of a global medical device company. It has been incubated & mentored by IIM Calcutta.
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Responsibilities:
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- Work on Serial communication (GMSL/CAN/LIN/FlexRay/Ethernet/UDP).
- Work on Multi threading and Data preprocessing.
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- Experience in the fields of firmware development of Camera, Radar, Lidar, inertial sensors, Micro Controllers, ISP, Serdec.
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Additional requirement: Active U.S visa.
Good to Have:
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- Employee Stock Options
- Work From Home
- Flexible work hours
- Monthly Team outings and events
- Budget for Upskilling
- Flexible vacation
Equal Opportunity Employer:
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Vaccination Requirements:
Flux Auto is implementing new requirements for employees to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19.
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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- Fluent in both oral and written English
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; excellent judgment
EXPERIENCE:
- We as a team are looking for freshers or young professionals with 0-4 years of experience having a a self-directed, proactive approach to tackling problems and working through impediment and an ability to generate trust and build alliances with co-workers.
o Acceptance criteria: Shall have working experience in creating architectures for at least
4 projects.
Shall be strong in Object-Oriented Design and Thinking.
Shall be strong in documenting software architecture and communicating the same using UML.
Shall be strong in decomposing larger system into smaller units with clear implementation
dependencies marked for planning.
Shall be strong in effort estimation techniques.
Shall possess strong Problem Solving and Analytical Skills.
Shall be strong in C or C++ programing language experience.
Shall possess good understanding of either Linux or QNX or Android Operating Systems
Shall have a strong experience in developing software using in POSIX APIs.
Shall have a strong understanding on Networking, socket programming and working experience
in at least one of the IPC Frameworks like DBUS, SOME/IP, Binders etc.
Working experience with test framework and automation projects such as Robot Framework.
Knowledge on various software licenses and their compatibilities.
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Shall have a good knowledge on Functional Safety.
Shall have a good understanding hardware and processor internals.
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Understanding of GNU/Linux and its device driver framework.
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