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Software Engineer: Linux Driver and Kernel Developer

Apple· Silicon Validation
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Hybrid (San Diego, CA / multiple sites)$175k - $308.5kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Develop Linux device drivers and user-land tests to exercise and validate subsystems in complex SoCs. Work with designers to understand functional IP blocks, perform BSP/software bring-up on pre- and post-silicon platforms, and debug hardware/software issues.

Responsibilities

  • Implement BSP and perform software bring-up on pre- and post-silicon platforms
  • Develop Linux device drivers and user-land tests for exercising and validating the various subsystems in complex SoCs
  • Debug and root-cause a variety of hardware and software issues
  • Work closely with designers and architects to understand functional IP blocks and their use cases

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience in embedded Linux kernel development
  • Experience in C programming
  • Experience with ARM architecture
  • Familiarity with the Linux graphics stack (Mesa, Vulkan/OpenGL, GPU compute)
  • Experience validating GPUs with graphics and compute workloads, stress tests, or conformance suites (e.g., Vulkan CTS, igt-gpu-tools)
  • Knowledge of Linux kernel internals (process scheduler, memory management, concurrency/synchronization, memory allocation, and file systems) and networking or storage subsystem architecture
  • Device driver development and support across one or more of the following: USB, networking, graphics, video, storage, and power management
  • Debugging skills in kernel space
  • Experience exercising and validating systems from user space, including knowledge of user space APIs
  • Experience porting and/or maintaining a Linux distribution for a platform

Skills

Required:Embedded Linux kernel developmentC programmingARM architectureLinux kernel internalsDevice driver development (USB, networking, graphics, video, storage, power management)Debugging in kernel spaceUser-space testing and APIs
Nice to have:Linux graphics stack (Mesa, Vulkan/OpenGL, GPU compute)GPU validation workloads and conformance (Vulkan CTS, igt-gpu-tools)Linux distribution porting/maintenance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition)
  • possible discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • relocation assistance
  • employee stock programs (RSUs, stock purchase plan)
Last updated Oct 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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