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Linux kernel Driver Development Engineer (Any Driver Development platform)

from 🇮🇳 India

ALTEN Calsoft Labs is an Enterprise IT and product engineering service provider founded in 1992, Calsoft Labs was acquired by the French Based Multinational Engineering service provider ALTEN , in 2011 with offices in United States, Europe, Singapore and India . The company primarily focuses on Healthcare, Education, Retail and Networking & Telecom industries.

www.altencalsoftlabs.com

Job Overview

We are looking for ahighly skilled Embedded Linux Kernel / Device Driver Engineer to design, develop, and optimize device drivers and kernel components for next-generation embedded platforms.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience inLinux kernel development, device drivers, and low-level system programming, with exposure in any one of graphics, multimedia, networking, or audio subsystems in Linux-based embedded systems.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Kernel & Driver Development

  • Design, develop, and maintainLinux kernel drivers and kernel modules for embedded platforms.

  • Debug and optimizedevice drivers, kernel subsystems, and system-level software.

  • Work with hardware teams to enablenew device support and hardware bring-up.

Graphics / Multimedia Drivers

  • Develop and debug Linux drivers related to:

    • DRM/KMS graphics drivers

    • GPU/display pipelines

    • Video drivers using V4L2

  • Enable hardware acceleration usingVAAPI and integrate with multimedia frameworks.

Linux Graphics Stack

  • Work withDRM (Direct Rendering Manager) and KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) subsystems.

  • Support graphics APIs and stacks such as:

    • OpenGL

    • Vulkan

    • Mesa

Multimedia & Video

  • Implement and optimizeVideo4Linux (V4L2) drivers for camera and video capture devices.

  • Work with multimedia frameworks such as:

    • GStreamer

    • FFmpeg

Audio Subsystem

  • Develop and debug audio drivers usingALSA / ASoC frameworks.

  • Implement support for digital audio interfaces like:

    • I2S

    • TDM

Networking

  • Develop and optimizeEthernet or network interface drivers.

  • Debug and analyze issues within theLinux networking stack.

System Integration & Debugging

  • Performsystem-level debugging, profiling, and performance tuning.

  • Analyze kernel logs, crashes, and system traces using tools like:

    • ftrace

    • perf

    • gdb

    • crash utility

Required Skills

Core Skills

  • Strong programming skills inC

  • Solid understanding of:

    • Linux Kernel Internals

    • Device Driver Development

    • Multithreading and synchronization

    • Memory management

    • Interrupt handling

Linux Driver Frameworks (Any one)

Experience in one or more of the following:

  • Graphics Drivers

    • DRM/KMS

    • Mesa

    • OpenGL

    • Vulkan

  • Multimedia / Video

    • V4L2

    • VAAPI

    • GStreamer

    • Video codecs

  • Audio Drivers

    • ALSA

    • ASoC

    • I2S / TDM

  • Networking

    • Ethernet drivers

    • Linux network stack

Embedded Systems

  • Experience working withembedded Linux platforms

  • Knowledge ofRTOS concepts or real-time Linux

  • Experience withARM-based SoCs

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by @maxrusakovic