Role Summary

The Kernel Boot & Baseport Engineer is responsible for bringing up and enabling the Linux kernel on new hardware platforms (SoCs/boards). The primary goal is to ensure the kernel boots successfully and supports required hardware features.

Key Responsibilities
Kernel Platform Support, Bring-up, Boot & Baseport
Bring up the Linux kernel on recent platforms (boot to console/Android UI)
Enable basic functionalities (CPU, memory, interrupts, timers)
Debug boot issues such as crashes, hangs, and panics

1.1 Core Responsibilities:
Bring up Linux on current ARM-based hardware platforms
Debug early boot issues (pre-kernel and post-kernel)
Work on:
Kernel image loading (zImage/Image/uImage)
Initramfs/rootfs mounting
Boot arguments and environment setup
Collaborate with kernel teams for boot-time dependencies and integration

1.2 Image Packaging & Distribution
Implement and maintain boot image packaging workflows
FIT images (Flattened Image Tree)
Boot.img, DTB bundling,



multi-image packaging
Support flashing, provisioning, and OTA updates
Work with Yocto/OpenEmbedded for boot components
Ensure compatibility across distributions (Yocto, Ubuntu, etc.)
Kernel Development & Porting
Port kernel features across versions/platforms
Modify kernel code for new SoCs/boards
Maintain and optimize kernel performance and stability
Work on drivers and BSP components for platform bring-up
Debugging & Performance Optimization
Debug kernel issues using logs, traces, and tools
Fix boot failures, crashes, and performance bottlenecks
Optimize power and CPU performance

Required Skills

Core Technical Skills
Solid C programming and data structures
Good understanding of:
Linux kernel internals
Boot process, SMP, scheduling, memory management
Experience with debugging tools (ftrace, perf, logs)

📌 U Boot Developer Hyderabad
🏢 Tata Elxsi
📍 Hyderabad