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Develop and maintain software that connects aircraft avionics, simulation models, test hardware, and engineering tools, enabling hardware-in-the-loop testing and helping teams diagnose integration issues before flight.
Software Engineer - Embedded Linux Operating Systems
🕒 24 days ago
Embedded LinuxLinuxYoctoU-boot
📜 Description
- Design, develop, and maintain the operating system platform for robot devices and applications.
- Configure embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto and bootloaders such as U-Boot.
- Develop and optimize device drivers and kernel-space components for performance and reliability.
- Collaborate across teams to integrate and deliver the OS platform, triage issues, support hardware bring-up, and assist manufacturing.
🛠️ Requirements
- 4+ years delivering embedded software for production systems
- Have a deep understanding of Linux, build systems like Yocto, and bootloaders like U-Boot
- Be familiar with Linux init systems (e.g., systemd), containerization concepts (e.g., chroot, cgroups, Linux namespaces), and filesystems
- Understand device drivers and kernel-space code and proficiency in a language without automatic memory management (e.g., C or C++), and in multiple scripting languages like bash and Python
- Strong written and verbal communication skills along with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with embedded Linux in a robotics application
- Familiarity with security software: PKI, secure boot, OTA software update, hardware key storage, etc.
- 2+ years of delivering custom Embedded Linux operating systems
Full job description
Zoox's Robot Software Infrastructure team is seeking a passionate software engineer to help develop and advance the common performant operating system that powers several devices on our Robotaxi including onboard AI systems running Autonomy software. This team develops platform-level software and services, including custom operating systems that enable complex, hardware-accelerated workloads critical for autonomous driving on automotive-grade hardware.
We work closely with cross-functional teams—including other software developers, hardware engineering, release management, manufacturing and operations—to support vehicle development and deployment at scale. If you are excited to explore a broad problem space and are mindful of how components fit within a larger system, you may be a great fit!
In this role, you will:
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