Software Developer - Kernel Engineer, SSG
at Amazon
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Join the Amazon Devices team to design and engineer the kernel stack and BSP for various SoCs with custom hardware accelerators across Amazon devices. You will develop software for industry-standard and custom hardware IP to accelerate applications in machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. Responsibilities include developing and modifying BSPs (bootloaders, device drivers, kernel and device tree support), performing initial hardware bring-up, and maintaining the embedded Linux Yocto distribution. You will also maintain a CI environment with packaging and deployment of software releases and have experience with USB drivers.
As a Kernel Engineer you will help build the kernel stack and BSP for various SoCs with custom hardware accelerators to be deployed in a range of Amazon devices. You will develop software for industry standard and custom hardware IP to accelerate applications in machine learning, computer vision and robotics.
In this role you will:
- Developing/modifying BSP: this can include bootloaders (ATF or OPTEE or u-boot), device drivers, kernel and device tree support
- Performing initial hardware bring-up and system integration
- Maintaining/updating the embedded Linux Yocto distribution
- Maintaining a continuous integration environment, including packaging and deployment of software releases
- USB driver experience
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience in embedded development in C/C++
- Hands-on experience in any of boot-loaders (ATF or OPTEE or u-boot)
- Hand-on experience in Linux kernel internal
- Proven experience in the Device controller or host client drivers
Preferred Qualifications
- Development experience in Silicon Software- HSIO devices (USB or eMMC or PCIE ) and LSIO devices (I2C, SPI, DMA, PWM etc.) driver experience
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