Senior Linux Developer 24-BTG-899

Bird is recognized as the expert in RF communications, measurement, and management providing innovative RF products, systems, services, and educational solutions to the wireless industry. Our employees enjoy working for a privately owned manufacturing business where their contributions make a great impact. Bird offers a competitive wage/benefit package, including medical/dental/vision, 401K, and a bonus.

ROLE OBJECTIVE: The Senior Embedded Linux Developer is responsible for the creation and maintenance of embedded Linux kernels targeting a variety of COTS and proprietary hardware platforms and the creation of applications that run on these systems. This person will be expected to demonstrate senior-level expertise and knowledge of embedded Linux principals, tools, and applications, and is expected to exercise independent judgement to deliver results.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS/SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

GENERAL FUNCTIONS/SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop an environment of continual improvement through the use of Agile and Lean tools.
• Promote the Bird Family Values through your actions – Trust, Innovation, Teamwork, Achievement and Accountability
• Be able to describe the quality policy and goals, your contribution to quality, and the effects of not observing quality and customer requirements.
• Create and maintain customized embedded Linux images (root file system, toolchain, kernel, and bootloaders) targeting COTS and proprietary platforms used in Bird Products.
• Collaborate with hardware and software design teams to integrate Linux with Bird hardware and application software to create new products.
• Communicate concepts, consequences, and tradeoffs to engineering and cross-functional stakeholders (speaking/writing/diagramming).
• Practice strong engineering ethics (detail, quality, accuracy, communication, honesty, etc).
• Work constructively and effectively with teams of varying skills and personalities (collaborative, constructive, and flexible).
• Identify and employ appropriate methods, technologies, tools, and platforms to carry out work effectively and efficiently.
• Maintain technical skills & knowledge to stay abreast of industry best practices and emerging technologies and methods.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to newer engineers in best practices of the profession, including TDD, unit testing, test automation, build tools, design patterns, and agile habits and methods.
• Contribute to the creation of software components for Bird products and customers that target embedded, desktop, mobile, and web platforms, using appropriate languages and tools.
• Contribute to the adoption within Bird of best practices in the creation of software products (processes, procedures, practices, tools).
• Actively participate with agile teams in the adoption of appropriate DevOps tools and platforms to enable robust, high-quality, and agile creation of software components for our products.

REQUIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/COMPETENCIES (Applicant must meet all to be considered):

• BS/MS or equivalent demonstrated professional expertise and 5+ years with embedded software construction.

• Senior-level experience (5+ years) with primary responsibility for the use of either Yocto or Buildroot to create custom Linux images (root file system, toolchain, kernel, and bootloaders).

• Familiarity with both Yocto and Buildroot (i.e. able to think critically about tradeoff choices for efficiency and flexibility).

• Experience customizing u-boot for particular processors and behaviors.

• Experience creating BSPs for custom hardware platforms (drivers, device trees, etc).

• Experience with methods and tools of testing kernel-level functions for reliability and performance.

• Familiarity with state-of-the-art DevOps tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Azure, Containers, etc).

• Familiar with hardware design practices and software/hardware integration from design to production.

• Expertise with C/C++

• Competent use of Digital test equipment (Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers, etc)

• Strong analytical and research skills.

DESIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/COMPETENCIES (Applicants may be considered even if they do not possess any or all of these):

• Familiarity with C#/.net, Python, & Javascript

• Experience with the implementation of network protocols such as ethernet, LXI, EtherCat, etc.

o EtherCat is of specific interest.

• Experience with instrumentation products

• Familiarity with RF applications and technologies

• Familiarity with Test & measurement/metrology concepts and principles (calibration, uncertainty, etc.).

• Experience shepherding designs into production.

• Experience working in agile engineering teams.

EEO/AA/M/F/VET/DISABILITY EMPLOYER

Bird Technologies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.