156 kernel jobs at 32 companies in Salinas, CA

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Linux Kernel Architect
Santa Clara or Alabama or New Mexico or France or Alaska or Arizona or Florida or Colorado or Boston or California or Canada or New York or New York
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SiFive
SiFive: Designs and licenses high-performance RISC-V processor intellectual property.
Experience developing and debugging upstream Linux kernel for concurrency and high core-count servers, debugging CPU/SoC bugs, working with CPU architects/RTL, Linux on FPGA/emulation, virtualization, and familiarity with RISC-V.
Linux, OpenSBI, RISC-V, FPGA, Devicetree, ACPI, UEFI, Rust
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Linux Kernel Senior/Lead Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$140k-$210k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Arista Networks
Arista NetworksNYSE: ANET: Provides cloud networking solutions and high-speed multilayer Ethernet switches.
8+ YOEExpert C programming; kernel troubleshooting; Linux kernel development; upstream patching; IP networking; strong communication.
C, C++, Python, Linux Kernel
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Senior OS/Kernel Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$143k-$186k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NIO
NIONYSE: NIO: Designs and manufactures premium smart electric vehicles and technology
Senior OS/kernel engineer with strong OS internals, virtualization, C/assembly/Rust, and system debugging for real-time EV software.
C, Rust, Assembly
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Linux Kernel Developer (Mid-to-Senior Level)
Saratoga, California, United States
$150k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
E-Space
E-Space: Builds sustainable LEO satellite networks for global IoT connectivity
5+ YOE5+ years C and Linux kernel experience, device driver development, kernel debugging, embedded bring-up, Yocto/Buildroot, and hardware debugging tools required.
Linux, C, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, U-Boot, Yocto, Buildroot, JTAG, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, gdb, ftrace, perf, kgdb, Git, PREEMPT_RT
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Senior Principal Software Engineer - 5 (Linux Kernel Engineer)
Santa Clara or Seattle or United States
$97k-$306k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Oracle
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
10+ YOEExtensive Unix/Linux kernel and OS development experience, proficiency in C, familiarity with kernel debugging, experience with kernel subsystems (networking, storage, memory, security), and familiarity with Python and Bash.
C, Python, Bash, DPDK, OFED, RoCE, InfiniBand, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS, ZFS, Btrfs, XFS, Linux, TPM, Secure Boot
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Senior Compute Kernel Architect, GPU Power
Santa Clara, California, United States
$184k-$357k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
5+ YOEMS/PhD (or equivalent), 5+ years GPU kernel development experience, strong CUDA and C++ skills, PTX/assembly knowledge, GPU profiling experience (Nsight, nvprof), PDN and di/dt understanding, and Python for automation.
CUDA, C++, PTX, Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems, nvprof, Python, oscilloscope
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Kernel/OS Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Operating System
Seattle or Santa Clara
$144k-$194k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
3+ YOE3+ years professional software development; 2+ years design/architecture; strong Linux kernel experience; C, Lua, Rust, or similar languages.
Linux, C, Lua, Rust, ash
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Offensive Security Researcher - Kernel & Embedded Security
Paris or Cupertino
HybridFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Experience in vulnerability research targeting kernels, firmware, or embedded components; knowledge of low-level exploitation; ability to apply AI methods in security research; strong collaboration skills.
C, C++, Python, Swift, Objective-C, IDA, Ghidra
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Staff Engineer - Linux kernel Developer
Bangalore or San Jose or Durham or Mexico City or Pune or Hoofddorp or Belgrade or Barcelona or Singapore or Sydney or Tokyo
HybridFull Time
Nutanix
NutanixNASDAQ: NTNX: Sells cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure for enterprises.
8+ YOELinux kernel development, OS fundamentals, 8+ years enterprise software, strong C/C++, open-source collaboration.
Linux kernel, KVM, C, C++, Open Source
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Applied AI Engineer, Kernel Performance
San Jose, California, United States
$150k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Etched
Etched: Designs specialized AI chips optimized for transformer architectures.
Experience building systems that convert model architectures into optimized kernels; strong Python and low-level coding skills; kernel and accelerator performance knowledge; experience with LLM-based agents and experiment-driven evaluation.
Python, LLM
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Staff Compiler Engineer - PyTorch + Kernel DSLPLATE
San Jose, California, United States
$163k-$253k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Samsung Semiconductor
Samsung SemiconductorKorea Exchange: 005930: Designs and manufactures memory chips, processors, and sensors.
10+ YOEBS with 10+ yrs, MS with 8+ yrs, or PhD with 5+ yrs; experience in Triton/Helion/MLIR/XLA/TVM/Inductor/IREE/CUTLASS; kernel DSL/IR design; MLIR; PyTorch backends; kernel autotuning; HPC/NUMA; open-source contributions.
Triton, Helion, MLIR, XLA, TVM, Inductor, IREE, CUTLASS, PyTorch, LLVM/MLIR
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Sr. Staff / Principal Software Engineer – Linux Kernel & ARM Server Platforms
Santa Clara or Austin
$181k-$271k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
6+ YOEBachelor's in Engineering/CS/Info Systems +6 years (or MS+5 / PhD+4); 3+ years programming in C/C++/Java/Python; experience with Linux kernel, firmware, platform software, ARM/server platforms, low-level systems programming, and cross-functional technical leadership.
ACPI, UEFI, SystemReady, SBSA, SBBR, PSCI, Linux kernel, C, C++, Java, Python, assembly
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Principal Engineer, CUDA UMD - GPU Kernel Scheduling
Santa Clara, California, United States
$272k-$431k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
15+ YOEBS/MS in CS/EE or equivalent experience, strong C/C++ skills, 15+ years development experience, OS interfaces and multithreading knowledge, experience with large codebases and driving cross-team projects; CUDA and kernel-mode experience preferred.
C, C++, CUDA, Linux
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Software Engineering Director - Switching/Routing, Layer 1, PHY, Kernel, Platform area
Santa Clara, California, United States
$190k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Marvell
MarvellNASDAQ: MRVL: Designs and develops high-performance semiconductor and infrastructure solutions.
15+ YOE5+ MgmtSenior software engineering leader with 15+ years exp, 5+ years in leadership; Bachelor's in CS or equivalent; experience in embedded platform software for switching/routing and Layer 1, PHY, Kernel and platform areas.
Embedded Software, C/C++, Linux, SDK Development
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Principal Product Engineer - Virtual Protocols
San Jose, California, United States
$137k-$254k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design SystemsNASDAQ: CDNS: Develops computational software and hardware for electronic system design.
7+ YOELead development and deployment of virtual protocols products; strong OS/kernel/driver software and verification expertise; customer engagement.
C, C++, Object Oriented Programming, Linux Kernel, Driver Development, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Python, Shell, Perl, gcc, make
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System Engineer (Operating System) - System Technologies and Engineering
San Jose, California, United States
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ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
Bachelor's in CS/CE/EE, experienced in Linux OS development, proficiency with C/C++, Python/Go/Rust, Linux shell, kernel and system components, and system-level troubleshooting.
Linux Kernel, Linux Operating System, Compilers, Fundamental Libraries, Linux shell, Python, Go, Rust, C, Cud, systemd, glibc, kubernetes, AlOps
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TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT L1(CONTRACT)
Mountain View or San Jose
$100k-$180k/yr OnsiteContract
Wipro
WiproNYSE: WIT: Global technology services and consulting for digital transformation.
8+ YOEStrong Linux systems programming and kernel/driver bug fixing skills; Kubernetes platform-level experience, CI/CD and OS testing; GoLang or C/C++; 8+ years experience.
Linux, Linux kernel, GoLang, C, C++, Kubernetes, Ansible, Puppet, CI/CD
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Software Engineering Manager, Platform
Santa Clara, California, United States
$217k-$326k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Pure Storage
Pure StorageNYSE: PSTG: Provides all-flash enterprise data storage and management solutions.
Technical team leadership with systems-level expertise in Linux kernel, NVMe/NFS/RoCE, C/C++, SDLC, Agile, CI and vendor integration; proven track record delivering enterprise infrastructure software.
Linux kernel, NVMe, NFS, RoCE, C/C++, SDLC, Agile, continuous integration, Purity
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Sr Modem Firmware Engineer
Boise or Santa Clara or United States
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Ericsson
EricssonNasdaq Stockholm: ERIC B: Global provider of telecommunications equipment and services.
4+ YOE4+ years embedded Linux development, 2+ years OpenWrt, experience integrating cellular modems, Linux kernel driver development, C/C++ proficiency, Bachelor’s degree in EE/CE/CS or related (Master’s preferred).
OpenWrt, LEDE, QMI, RMNET, AT commands, USB, PCIe, Linux kernel, device tree, C, C++, ModemManager, WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec, mwan3, Qualcomm SDX-series, Quectel, Telit, FOTA
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Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Software
San Jose or Santa Rosa
$91k-$232k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Microchip Technology
Microchip TechnologyNasdaq: MCHP: Manufacturer of microcontrollers, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
15+ YOE15+ years developing embedded platform software; strong Linux kernel and driver experience, U-Boot and bootloader work, ARM board bring-up, networking protocols, proficient in C and shell scripting, strong debugging skills.
embedded Linux, Pre-loader, U-Boot, Linux kernel, GDB, Lauterbach, Yocto, C, shell scripts