About the Role
you will be involved in kernel development, device driver integration, board bring-up, system debugging, performance optimization, and hardware-software integration activities. You will play a key role in delivering robust, scalable, and production-quality embedded Linux solutions for global automotive customers.
Your Team
You will be part of a highly skilled Linux Platform and BSP engineering team responsible for developing Automotive Infotainment platforms across multiple customer programs. You will collaborate closely with BSP architects, kernel developers, device driver engineers, integration teams, validation teams, hardware teams, and SoC vendors
What You Will Do
Linux Kernel & BSP Development
• Develop, customize, maintain, and debug Linux Kernel and BSP software for Automotive IVI platforms.
• Develop, integrate, and maintain platform-specific software components.
• Support kernel upgrades, feature enablement, and platform migrations.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to platform design reviews.
Design, develop, integrate, and debug Linux device drivers. Support driver development for subsystems like Display, Audio, USB, Storage ,Connectivity modules, Sensors, Vehicle interfaces etc
• Work closely with hardware teams to enable and validate new peripherals and platform features.
• Work with automotive and embedded SoCs including Qualcomm, Samsung Exynos, MediaTek, NXP, Renesas, and TI platforms.
• Perform root-cause analysis and resolution of Linux Kernel, BSP, and system-level issues, including kernel crashes, panics, memory leaks, driver defects, boot-time/runtime failures, and stability problems by analyzing kernel logs, crash dumps, trace data, and open-source software components.
• Drive system performance analysis and optimization by identifying and resolving bottlenecks related to CPU utilization, memory consumption, boot time, responsiveness, stability, reliability, and overall platform performance.
What You Need
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in Linux Kernel, BSP, and Embedded Software Development, preferably in Automotive IVI or embedded platforms.
• Strong expertise in Linux Kernel internals, device driver development, BSP customization, board bring-up, hardware-software integration, and Embedded Linux architecture.
• Proficient in Embedded C programming with knowledge of C++, and hands-on experience with Device Tree, bootloader concepts, and ARM-based architectures.
• Good understanding of Linux Kernel subsystems, including Memory Management, Interrupt Handling, IPC, Filesystems, and Power Management, along with strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with debugging and profiling tools (GDB, ftrace, perf, strace, crash), Git-based development workflows, CI/CD environments, and communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, and I2S etc
What is Nice to Have
• Experience with Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive platforms.
• Experience with MediaTek, Samsung, NXP, and TI automotive SoCs.
• Experience in Automotive Infotainment (IVI), Cockpit, or Digital Cockpit platforms.
• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols and vehicle interfaces.
• Experience with performance profiling, tracing, and system optimization tools.
• Exposure to Hypervisor and Multi-OS environments.
• Familiarity with Automotive Cybersecurity concepts.
• Familiarity with Functional Safety (FuSa) concepts.
• Experience working in ASPICE-compliant development environments.
What Makes You Eligible
• Ability to lead teams and customer engagements.
• Willingness to travel as required.
• Passion for technical excellence and mentoring.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of HARMAN’s architecture design processes
What We Offer
• Hybrid work environment
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
• Work in a diversified cross culture project team with the biggest worldwide automotive OEM customers
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, electronics engineering, embedded systems, or a related technical discipline
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in Linux Kernel, BSP, and embedded software development
- Experience with automotive IVI or embedded platforms
- Strong expertise in Linux Kernel internals, device-driver development, BSP customization, board bring-up, hardware-software integration, and Embedded Linux architecture
- Proficiency in Embedded C programming and knowledge of C++
- Hands-on experience with Device Tree, bootloader concepts, and ARM-based architectures
- Understanding of Linux Kernel subsystems including memory management, interrupt handling, IPC, filesystems, and power management
- Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
- Experience with GDB, ftrace, perf, strace, and crash
- Experience with Git-based development workflows and CI/CD environments
- Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, and I2S communication interfaces
- Experience with Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive platforms
- Experience with MediaTek, Samsung, NXP, and TI automotive SoCs
- Experience in Automotive Infotainment, Cockpit, or Digital Cockpit platforms
- Knowledge of automotive communication protocols and vehicle interfaces
- Experience with performance profiling, tracing, and system optimization tools
- Exposure to hypervisor and multi-OS environments
- Familiarity with automotive cybersecurity concepts
- Familiarity with functional safety concepts
- Experience working in ASPICE-compliant development environments
- Ability to lead teams and customer engagements
- Willingness to travel as required
- Passion for technical excellence and mentoring
Harman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harman and has not been reviewed or approved by Harman.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision plans, with HSAs/FSAs and disability or life insurance also referenced. Wellbeing support such as EAP access and onsite occupational health services is also part of the package in some regions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits include employee product discounts and region-specific perks like free fruit deliveries, Cycle to Work schemes, and meal coupons or allowances. Flexible schedules and work-from-home options are also part of the overall offering where roles and projects allow.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is repeatedly characterized as solid or market-aligned for many roles, with salary payments described as consistent and on time. Compensation is also tied to performance in some accounts, reinforcing a perception of basic fairness for a portion of employees.
Harman Insights
What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
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