Linux Kernel Developer

HARMANs engineers and designers are creative purposeful and agile. As part of this team youll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day you will push the boundaries of creative design and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together youll discover that at HARMAN you can grow make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

A Career at HARMAN Automotive

Were a global multi-disciplinary team thats putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
• Combine ingenuity in-depth research and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
• Advance in-vehicle infotainment safety efficiency and enjoyment

About the Role

As part of this role you will work in our Connectivity System team on Linux Kernel configuration driver development and maintenance low level debug. Also you will contribute to the design and development of the BSP and other system related this role you will report to an Engineering Manager and have no direct reports.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for Kernel configuration patch integration debugging for the Linux images
• Driver creation / porting /adaptation
• Provide essential support to customers (internal/external)
• Ensures the overall strategic goal of getting platform style SW components.
• Technical analysis and assessment of customer requirements (RFC RFI RFQ)
• Resolve inconsistencies in case of unclear technical requirements in the specification by direct communication with the customer.
• Consideration of Harman processes Automotive SPICE and functional safety requirements
• Reviews HDD and CDD and verifies them against product features insuring Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Contact person to the customer and internally for evaluation of new concepts.
• Provides impact analysis for design changes; provide accurate estimates in time & costs for customer specific requirements.
• Writes code and tests (white-box testing) the component based on design documentation.
• Analyze malfunctions in terms of time response stability robustness of components as well as of the entire system.
• Analyses the system behavior and predicts root-causes of reported issues.
• Acts as mentor or coach for less experienced engineers.
• Act according to the standards of the automotive industry and in-car applications and software development processes.
• Monitoring of development status and software quality and with means of design and code reviews
• Bug fixing and maintenance tasks for the Software Components delivered.
• Analyze existing embedded software to add features make modifications fix bugs and/or port to different platforms.
• Test software designs and code at the unit and system level to ensure that all requirements are met and the highest software quality is achieved.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Bachelors degree in engineering (Electrical Engineering Information Technology Computer Science or appropriate graduation) or equivalent
• BSc degree and 10 years or MSc degree and 8 years or PhD degree and 6 years experience with Software-development and Linux Kernel & Drivers development
• Strong knowledge of Linux based systems.
• Experience with embedded projects and hardware handling.
• Solid embedded and real-time applications development experience
• Strong UML Design Patterns and Linux system analysis expertise
• Strong knowledge in inter-process communication multithreading networking
• Very good interpersonal skills ability to present status to both technical and non-technical persons.
• Ability to train and coach engineers.
• Ability to anticipate important technical issues and to provide timely feedback to management
• Maturity to contextualize own work with divisional priorities and possibilities.
• Ability to keep the engineering teams in the loop about emerging platform technologies and trends.
• Capacity to mentor junior members of the team and to help them advance in their technical career.
• Capacity to sustain technical presentations.
• Perfect English communication skills both written and verbal.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Worked in telematics project or automotive
• Experience with Yocto
• Experience with Linux in embedded systems (interface between hardware software)
• Good knowledge of communication protocols (i.e. SPI/I2C/SPI/CAN/LIN/OABR)
• Good hardware knowledge

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 10% domestic only OR domestic and international travel.
• Good English communication skills

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL HARMAN Kardon AKG etc.)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.