Freelance Linux Kernel Developer Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Who Are We?Are you someone that likes new challenges? Do you want to explore new technologies and help solve some of the world's most difficult problems, like air quality and safety solutions? At TSI, these opportunities are real. Our engineers work with industry-leading experts both internally and externally. We encourage and enable our engineers to get into the field with customers to better understand their issues and solve their problems. At TSI, you make a difference - every day.
Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Supervisor (Embedded) at TSI
TSI is reimagining their business and customer experience by delivering game changing digital solutions across a variety of market segments. TSI is using leading-edge technologies on a SaaS platform and the Internet of Things (IoT) to solve complex problems.
The teams are developing embedded software in C, C++, and .NET running on both RTOS and Linux operating systems for both TSI-designed hardware and commercial off the shelf hardware. System functions include measurement, user interface, local communication, and IoT communication.
What Will You Do?
In order to grow and build a successful career with TSI, you will:

• Analyze user requirements and architect and develop, test, implement, and support software solutions using programming languages, platforms, frameworks and tools
• Write code to deliver elegant and scalable solutions, both on-prem and cloud
• Update existing software applications to enhance functionality, fix issues, and incorporate new features
• Demand quality-develop in a test-driven manner with automation in mind
• Define and perform rigorous testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and debugging
• Collaborate-partner well with a diverse and passionate team
• Learn-adapt quickly to an evolving market and emerging trends, including outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, and self-organization
• Work with product owners to understand desired application capabilities
• Continuously improve and document software engineering practices
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
• Coach and mentor team members
• Consider the organization's entire infrastructure when making changes and improvements

Supervisory Responsibilities
Supervisor/people management (~15% of time). Supervise a team of approximately 4-6 employees (e.g., bi-weekly 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, mentoring and coaching, promotion recommendations, monitoring goals and objectives, recognition, etc.).
What Do You Need?Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Extensive experience architecting and delivering embedded Linux platforms, including kernel customization, board support packages (BSPs), and full system bring-up on complex hardware
• Expertise with Yocto, including creating and maintaining custom layers, optimizing build systems, and managing long-term maintainability of embedded distributions
• Deep expertise in C/C++ and .NET for low-level systems programming, with a strong track record of diagnosing and resolving complex performance, memory, and concurrency issues
• Strong background in hardware/software co-design, including working closely with electrical engineering teams and debugging across interfaces such as SPI, I2C, PCIe, and high-speed peripherals, and debugging tools (e.g., GDB, strace, perf) in resource-constrained environments
• Demonstrated leadership in technical direction and mentoring, including driving architecture decisions, establishing best practices, and guiding teams through complex embedded development lifecycles
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD
• Experience with SOLID principles
• Unit testing and E2E testing experience
• Agile experience
• Willing and excited to learn new technologies
• Mobile application skills a plus

What Can We Give You?At TSI, our employees are our most valuable assets, and we care about their health and happiness. We offer a competitive benefits program to keep our employees and their family members protected and foster a healthy work-life balance. Additionally, we are committed to employee development and growth, and encourage and foster an environment of collaboration, and innovation. Our work has meaning and the products we design and build help protect people and the environment.
Dress for your day: We want our employees to be comfortable at work and we know they are more productive when they're comfortable. The dress for your day policy allows employees' discretion to select appropriate dress for the business of each workday.
Pay & Benefits:
Competitive market salary from $175,000 - $190,000 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities may be available and awarded at the discretion of the Company.
Benefits:

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off Program: Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid floating holidays.
• Other Benefits: Life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), and professional development opportunities.

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.
Legal authorization to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship. We require proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
EOE/Vet/Disability
TSI provides trusted measurement, application guidance, and data analytics solutions that enable our global customers to make informed decisions. We are creating a better world by helping protect people, products and the environment, as well as by optimizing research and industrial processes.