Sr. Linux System Engineer

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

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About the Role

Sr. Embedded Linux SW engineer, part of the PQRS (Production & Qualification Readiness SW) team.

As an embedded Linux SW engineer, you will contribute to the creation of a lightweight Linux distribution used in HARMAN to perform low-level validation and certification of the hardware used in various automotive projects. You will be challenged to find solutions that blend both hardware and software worlds to reach an optimized and streamlined design between the systems and our internal customers’ requirements.

You will be part of an ever-growing and ever-changing platform that will continue to evolve along with the cutting-edge tech used in Automotive. The nature of our platform gives you the chance of upgrading the existing model and challenging the status-quo, as our objective is to always stay in front of the pack and develop on the latest technologies.

Our beneficiaries are the main car makers in Europe.

What You Will Do

• Requirements management:
  • Evaluate and estimate requirements from internal customers, ensuring a clear understanding of project need.

• SW development and concepts definition:
  • Develop, maintain, and improve the custom Linux distribution and associated services used for hardware validation, manufacturing, and certification of infotainment systems.
  • Actively contribute to defining and implementing architectural concepts in collaboration with the team, aiming to maximize the reusability of software components across projects (adopting a platform-based approach).
  • Implement user-space device "drivers" based on data sheet specifications and internal interfaces for various devices populated on the project PCBs. The supported devices are of the following classes: networking devices such as switches and ethernet controllers, video serializers and deserializers, positioning devices, audio interfaces, amplifiers and controllers.

• Problem resolution:
  • Analyze tickets, investigate and resolve technical issues related to the PQRS work-packages. Engage with the needed subject matter experts and the team to implement effective solutions.
  • Provide support for debugging and troubleshooting issues encountered during development, qualification, manufacturing, and certification phases. Follow through until the resolution is reached.

• Documentation and code review:
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for the PQRS deliverables, including user manuals and development guidelines.
  • Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to coding standards, and best practices.

• Communication, cross-team collaboration and customer-facing:
  • Effectively communicate project status, challenges, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with (project) managers to ensure that timelines and milestones are met.
  • Work closely with PQRS consumers ensuring that PQRS deliverables meet all the internal requirements, testware limitations and automotive industry standards/certifications.
• Continuous learning, innovation, and optimization:
  • Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to automotive infotainment systems.
  • Foster a culture of innovation within the team, encouraging the exploration of new technologies and methodologies.

What You Need

To fulfill this role, you are required to have the following qualifications:

• Extensive Linux expertise (Linux device model - system level, userspace interaction with devices, boot sequence).
• Strong programming skills in Python language
• Ability to bring-up domain specific devices based on technical documentation (at least one of the following: serializers/deserializers, BT/WiFi chips, amplifiers, tuners)
• Knowledge of low-level concepts (e.g.: familiar with kernel, BSP, communication protocols – e.g.: I2C, SPI)
• Understanding of embedded hardware schematics and concepts
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer and programming under Linux and for Linux
• Source control systems experience (preferably Git)
• Good English communication skills both written and verbal

What is Nice to Have

• Knowledge in the area of video specific HW (serializers/deserializers) and video stack is highly appreciated
• Experience in building custom embedded Linux distributions (Yocto or similar)
• Good programming skills in scripting languages (Bash or similar)
• RUST enthusiast
• Familiarity with Python based web frameworks (Django or FastAPI)
• Embedded systems hardware architecture knowledge
• Experience with Atlassian tools suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other relevant (IT-related) specializations.

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to travel (0-20% of time) depending on the project necessities.
• Availability to work hybrid

What We Offer

#HarmanEmployees

• Work in international teams with the world’s largest automotive manufacturers
• Use HARMAN Flex – chose the right working model fitting their job (WfH, Hybrid or Office)
• Access career development opportunities and get both on the job training on high-end automotive projects, as well as extensive technical trainings
• Access HARMAN Webshop with large employee discounts for audio products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG)
• Are encouraged to a healthy work/life balance with a progressive holiday plan based on total work experience, 2 sick days, 3 days off compensation for weekend legal holidays and flextime
• And of course, enjoy meal tickets, a premium medical subscription, fitness discounts and other corporate perks

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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.