Lead Embedded Linux Engineer

Position Title: Lead Embedded Linux Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting Direct Hire Electrical Engineer opportunity located in Falls Church, VA.

Job Responsibilities:

Leading the development of custom Linux distribution

Creating Board Support Packages for existing and new hardware

Creating and maintaining layers and recipes

Supporting multiple CPU architectures (ARM, x86, etc.)

Porting the distribution to new platforms

Creating tooling to support satellite and telecommunications software engineers.

Designing and implementing mechanisms to support OTA updates on production satellites.

Be the Linux expert (kernel, CPU-architecture, general device-drivers, etc.) on the engineering team.

Working in a small, agile team to manage the software development lifecycle (requirements definition, design, implementation, test, and verification)

Job Qualifications:

A bachelorâ s degree (or higher) in Software, Electrical, Aerospace, or in a related engineering field

7+ years of experience building and shipping embedded Linux distributions.

Expert knowledge of C/C++, Git, and Yocto/OpenEmbedded

Expert knowledge of embedded Linux configuration, development, board support packages, bootloaders, kernel, and drivers

Experience with root cause analysis, and advanced troubleshooting at the kernel-level.

Experience working with common protocols such as RS-232, SPI, I2C, and CAN

Experience with hardware-in-the-loop integration and testing.

Demonstrated experience with all phases of the software development life cycle.

Great communication skills and experience working with cross-disciplinary teams.

Job Details:

Direct Hire

Location: Falls Church, VA

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.

OTA, CPU Architectures, OTA updates