Linux Device Driver at Semi-Conductor company · Hyderabad · 3 - 5 years · ₹12L - ₹20L / yr · Posted 4 Feb 2026
CC++Education : B.Tech / M.Tech only
MANDATORY CRITERIA:
- It's a Contractual role for a particular project ongoing in the company, duration will be 1 year or may exceed as per the project requirement, After that the candidate will be kept on permanent role.
- The candidate will be on company's payroll only.
- Candidate should be comfortable for directly visiting and working with client's place.
- Immediate to 15 days joiner preferred
- 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in Linux Device Driver development
- Strong experience with Linux kernel programming & memory management
- Experience with Zephyr OS / device driver model (porting bare-metal drivers).
- Familiarity with RTOS linux kernel internals and hardware protocols (They mainly use AXI protocol, i2c, spi).
- Strong knowledge of PCIe and DMA drivers
- Proficiency in C / C++ programming languages
- Experience working with hardware interfaces/protocols (AXI, I2C, SPI)
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Proven experience in developing Linux Device Drivers.
- Preferred experience in Zephyr (need to port bare metal drivers to zephyr OS/device driver model).
- Strong knowledge of PCIe and DMA drivers (Good to know Xilinx's IPs like AXI-DMA, XDMA etc).
- Expertise in Linux Memory Management.
- Proficiency in C/C++ programming languages.
- Preferred familiarity with real-time operating systems (RTOS), linux kernel internals and hardware protocols (They mainly use AXI protocol, i2c, spi).
Immediate to 15 days joiners are preferrable we need to close it asap.
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