Lead Embedded Linux Engineer (Yocto)

Job Description

Benefits:

401(k)

Company parties

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Free food & snacks

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Parental leave

Relocation bonus

Stock options plan

Training & development

Vision insurance

Wellness resources

About Lynk:

Lynk is the inventor of satellite-direct-to-standard-phone (sat2phone) technology, and has the worlds only commercial license from the FCC to operate a commercial sat2phone system. We are growing rapidly, and our technology will enable all 8 billion people on the planet to stay connected with the existing standard phone in their pocket. Everywhere. No matter what.

By joining Lynk, you will have the opportunity to directly touch the lives of billions. Your mission will be to bring mobile broadband to billions, pull hundreds of millions out of poverty, and save countless lives.

Job Summary:

As a Lead Embedded Linux Engineer at Lynk, you will own the design and development of a custom Linux distribution built with Yocto. You will work with a number of internal stakeholders to: derive requirements, plan and execute the development of the distribution, test the distribution on prototypes in a lab environment, deploy over-the-air updates, and eventually grow a team dedicated to this work.

We build spacecraft fast! So, the perfect candidate for this role will have significant previous experience designing, developing, and testing software on rapid timelines. We are looking for engineers that enjoy a challenge and have a track record of creative thinking to solve unconventional problems.

Core Responsibilities:

Leading the development of Lynks 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)

Required Qualifications:

A Bachelors 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 teamsWays to stand out:

Experience with PREEMPT_RT

Experience developing and testing software for SmallSats / CubeSats

Experience using CI/CD to produce release artifacts

Experience with Docker

Experience creating container images from Yocto artifacts

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