Linux BSP/ Device Driver

We are seeking a high-caliber Firmware Lead to join our Engineering team at Gradera. In this role, you will be the technical anchor for the firmware squad, responsible for translating high-level architectural visions into robust, executable low-level designs (LLD). You will lead the design and development of firmware solutions on NXP-based hardware platforms, ensuring seamless real-time data acquisition and integration with cloud-based Machine Learning (ML) platforms. We are looking for a seasoned expert who can work independently without any supervision, taking full ownership of the firmware lifecycle from hardware abstraction to cloud-edge synchronization.

Our Core Tech Stack

Embedded & OS

• NXP SoCs/MCUs: i.MX, LPC, and Kinetis series.
• Yocto Project: Custom layers, recipes, BitBake, and kernel configuration for Linux.
• RTOS Platforms: Deterministic performance, task scheduling, and interrupt handling.

Development & Integration

• Languages: Mandatory proficiency in C/C++ and C# (.NET on embedded targets/IoT).
• Communication: MQTT, WebSockets, CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C.
• Cloud & ML: Azure IoT Hub, AWS IoT Core, and data streaming via Kafka or Kinesis.

Infrastructure & Security

• Security: Secure boot, encryption, and device authentication.
• DevOps: Containerization (Docker) and CI/CD for firmware.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Ownership: Convert high-level blueprints into detailed technical designs for NXP-based systems, ensuring optimal performance across hardware and software layers.
• Autonomous Execution: Lead the end-to-end development of firmware modules, making critical technical decisions and resolving complex blockers without supervision.
• ML Pipeline Leadership: Collaborate with Data Engineering and ML teams to architect streaming and batch ingestion pipelines, ensuring data is correctly structured for ML training.
• Cloud-Edge Synchronization: Design secure and reliable transmission protocols for device-to-cloud communication, focusing on edge-to-cloud integration.
• Standards Enforcement: Act as the guardian of engineering excellence, implementing security best practices (secure boot, TLS) and ensuring high code quality.
• Technical Mentoring: Act as a technical beacon for the squad, conducting rigorous code reviews and mentoring senior engineers in Yocto Linux and RTOS concepts.
• Strategic Troubleshooting: Lead the debugging of critical firmware issues across hardware and software layers, including OTA update implementations.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of professional experience in embedded firmware development.
• Proven ability to work independently and lead technical squads in a fast-paced environment.
• Expert-level mastery of the Yocto Project and RTOS constraints.
• Deep proficiency in C/C++ and C# for embedded systems.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering low-level designs for edge-to-cloud ML systems.

Highly Desirable

• Industry Experience: Exposure to industrial domains such as Manufacturing, Logistics, or Transportation is highly regarded.
• Experience with Edge AI / TinyML and industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC-UA).
• Knowledge of Cybersecurity standards for secure device provisioning.

As a Software Engineer III – Unreal Engine, you’ll be a core technical contributor and leader on a team building high-end AAA PC/Console experiences. You’ll take ownership of critical game systems, mentor other engineers, and help define technical direction. Working alongside art, design, and production, your experience and engineering insight will shape the gameplay, tools, and systems that bring our ambitious projects to life.

What You’ll Do

• Architect, implement, and optimize complex systems in Unreal Engine 5 using C++
• Lead development of gameplay, systems, and core tech features
• Collaborate with designers, artists, and producers to ensure technical feasibility and creative alignment
• Mentor junior engineers and uphold best engineering practices
• Drive performance improvements across PC and console builds
• Participate in planning, tech reviews, and cross-functional coordination

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in Unreal Engine-based game development
• Deep expertise in C++ and Unreal Engine internals (e.g., Gameplay Framework, Replication, UObjects, GAS, )
• Experience with multiplayer, AI, Bots, Physics and rendering systems
• Shipped multiple PC/Console titles with significant system ownership
• Excellent debugging, profiling, and performance-tuning skills
• Strong software architecture skills and understanding of real-time game systems
• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Unreal Editor tooling, plugins, and build systems
• Knowledge of Agile production pipelines
• Contributions to tool development or tech pipelines
• Understanding of AI-Tools and ability to adapt them in workflows to improve productivity

Job Category: Engineering

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Hyderabad

About the role

Experience in Firmware/Software programming in embedded Linux & RTOS based application development. Candidate must have a very good understanding of ARM processor, hardware and custom board or product development experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, code and integrate software for an embedded Linux/RTOS targeted application (applications, drivers, framework)
• Customization, deployment and maintenance of Linux distribution
• Interact with Linux kernel, integrate new device drivers Improvement and maintain existing software components
• Perform unit test, Integration test, verification and validation of the product developed.
• Assist with the hardware design surrounding the processor
• Document the projects according to standards (protocols, architecture, technical specifications, etc.)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Electronics or computer science engineering.
• Minimum 6 - 12 years of experience in embedded Linux programming.

Specific skills:

• Expert in C programming with RTOS.
• Hands-On experience with Protocol development.
• Nice to have Protocol development experience such as USB or DP, HDMI or equivalent.
• System level design and understanding of overall system
• Strong knowledge of Linux, ARM processor architecture with SOC, FPGA interface is a plus.
• Hand-on experience on Linux kernel and device-driver development and debugging.
• Knowledge/Experience of TCP/IP, Network programming.
• Ability to write effective and reusable code according to best practices.
• Must be a dynamic, autonomous, and team-oriented individual.
• Knowledge of hardware and low-level development is an asset.

You would be part of:

1. Designing/Improvement of new/existing architectures of distributed computing with subcomponents of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
2. Working/Researching with industrial state of the art sensor systems and modules, and developing drivers (HAL or wrapper) and applications around their usage.
3. Design and implementation of communication protocols between different subcomponents of UAS for distributed computing.
4. Writing Applications and Drivers from the scratch for (embedded)linux based systems.
5. Scripting and automations around work flows of UAS usage.
6. Working with existing sophisticated software stacks of subcomponents of UASs.
7. Working closely with electronics, design and systems teams for architecture development and deployment.
8. Working closely with Flight Controller engineers to do collaborative development of UAVs.

We expect you to be:

1. Experienced in hands-on development of complex embedded systems involving multiple microcontrollers or SoCs.
2. Very good in analytical abilities to be able to do core research and development activities.
3. Able to write low level drivers (wrapper or core) from the scratch.
4. Very comfortable reading and understanding datasheets and reference manuals of microcontrollers, peripherals, sensors etc.
5. Able to understand existing complex embedded software stack written in C/C++.
6. Solid in C.
7. Good in C++.
8. Comfortable with using hardware debuggers.
9. Having Hands-On experience with RTOS concepts like scheduling, threads synchronicity , race conditions etc.
10. Having Solid understanding of interrupt mechanisms.
11. Experienced in working with different hardware protocols like SPI, I2C, UART, PWM, CAN, USB etc.
12. Having Solid understanding of interrupts architecture of ARM based microcontrollers like STM32, LPC etc.
13. Having Good understanding of the concept of bootloaders.
14. Able to multitask.
15. A self-motivated and motivating personality who can work well independently as well as part of a team
16. Having good interpersonal and soft skills who can adapt to the work environment while manifesting a good positive attitude

You are awesome if you are:

1. Experienced in Linux Device Driver development.
2. Having good exposure of working on and understanding of any sensor modules like GPS, LIDAR etc.
3. Experienced in data filtering techniques (Example: Kalman filter)

Summary:

The embedded systems engineer designs, develops, tests, and maintains embedded systems. The engineer will identify and fix issues and work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, and others on various teams. 

Responsibilities:

• Design and build embedded systems, including embedded system firmware
• Test and debug the systems
• Monitor and maintain the system after development
• Improve system efficiency and stability after development
• Collaborate with customers to create systems based on their needs

Requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering
• Professional experience in embedded systems
• Significant programming experience in C or C++
• Experience in trouble-shooting embedded systems and microcontroller peripherals
• Experience in working in real-time operating systems
• Experience in interfaces, IP protocols, and hardware subsystems
• Proficiency in working with common embedded systems communication protocols
• Strong interpersonal and writing skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and passionate about your work and embedded systems
• Always eager to learn and improve

We are looking for passionate, talented and super-smart engineers to join our product development team. If you are someone who innovates, loves solving hard problems, and enjoys end-to-end product development, then this job is for you! You will be working with some of the best developers in the industry in a self-organising, agile environment where talent is valued over job title or years of experience.

Responsibilities:

• You will be involved in end-to-end development of VIMANA technology, adhering to our development practices and expected quality standards.
• You will be building machine/controller specific applications that run on machine tools and stream the machine stats.
• You will be part of a highly collaborative Agile team which passionately follows SAFe Agile practices, including pair-programming, PR reviews, TDD, and Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD).
• You will be part of a DevOps culture where you will get to work with production systems, including operations, deployment, and maintenance.
• You will have an opportunity to continuously grow and build your capabilities, learning new technologies, languages, and platforms.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of product development experience.
• Proficiency in C, C++, Multi-Thread application development, STL, Boost and TCP/IP programming.
• Optionally should have some basic knowledge on C#, Python and Wireshark.
• Deep knowledge in Data Structures and Algorithms, using various debuggers (Local/Remote).

Additional Skills:

• Experience in working with Agile software methodologies (XP, Scrum, Kanban), TDD and Continuous Integration (CI/CD).
• Experience using no-SQL databases like MongoDB or Elasticsearch.
• Prior experience with container orchestrators like Kubernetes is a plus.

• We recognize that our dedicated team members make us successful and we offer competitive salaries.
• We are a workplace that values work-life balance, provides flexible working hours, and full time remote work options.
• You will be part of a team that is highly motivated to learn and work on cutting edge technologies, tools, and development practices.
• Bon Appetit! Enjoy catered breakfasts, lunches and free snacks!