Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Dresden
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this position, you will develop embedded Linux for radar sensor platforms, conduct hardware bring-up, implement security mechanisms, and design CI/CD pipelines as well as the software architecture for ongoing maintenance.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Role OverviewAs our Senior Embedded Linux Engineer, you own the Linux platform on our radar sensor nodes: hardware bring-up on custom PCBs, production firmware, secure OTA updates, and long-term maintenance.
- You work with the hardware, radar signal processing, AI, and cloud engineers, and you set the embedded software architecture as the sensor platform scales.
- Key Responsibilities - Lead embedded Linux bring-up on custom ARM-based hardware platforms
- Develop and maintain Yocto-based Linux distributions and BSPs including bootloaders, kernel configuration, device trees, and peripheral drivers
- Design and implement secure device platforms, including secure boot, firmware signing, and robust OTA update mechanisms with rollback support
- Design of debugging, logging, and remote diagnostics infrastructure
- Work with the team to design reproducible build environments and CI/CD pipelines for embedded software development
- Define embedded software architecture and provide technical leadership, driving best practices and mentoring engineers as the team grows
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Our expectations of you
Education
- 7+ years of hands-on embedded Linux development experience (a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is welcome, though equivalent practical experience counts just as much)
Qualifications
- Strong expertise with the Yocto Project and Linux BSP development on ARM Cortex-A based systems
- Solid C skills, plus working proficiency in at least one of Python, C++, or Rust
- Knowledge of embedded Linux security: secure boot, firmware signing, and system hardening
- Ability to debug hardware/software interactions using laboratory equipment
- Vertrautheit mit FreeRTOS, Zephyr oder ähnlichen RTOS
- Contributions to open-source projects (Linux Kernel, Yocto, U-Boot, RAUC, SWUpdate, Mender)
- German language skills are beneficial but not required
Experience
- Experience with Git, CI/CD, and reproducible software builds
- Experience with radar systems, RF engineering, DSP, or signal processing
- Experience with heterogeneous SoCs combining Linux and RTOS environments
- Experience mentoring engineers and growing technical teams
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What we offer
- Expertise: Software Design
- Mandatory requirement: Embedded Linux operating system
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About Your Employer
Xneural GmbH
Xneural GmbH, based in Dresden, is a deep-tech company focused on the development of radar and AI-based detection systems. They design distributed sensor systems for monitoring and analyzing small drones, integrating hardware, embedded software, cloud connectivity, and data-driven analysis.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Industry
- Electronics, Automatization
Senior Embedded Linux Engineer
- Location
- Dresden
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
