• Development of Linux Kernel/File System features and device drivers.
• Lead the architecture or enhancement discussions for various System SW components & peripherals interfaces.
• Debug and identify the root cause for any critical system issues such as crash, system lock, abnormal reset etc.

Linux Kernel development,Device Driver Development,kernel validation

[Primary Skills]:

• Strong C programming skills, OS, and Compiler concepts
• Strong expertise in X86/ARM/ARM64 architecture
• Valuable experience in Linux kernel area and debugging Linux kernel oops, back traces, hangs, kernel context etc.
• Good experience on BSP porting / schematics understanding / Board bring up with hardware debugging.
• Deep knowledge of Linux kernel internals (process scheduler, cache, interrupt handling, memory management,



concurrency/synchronization, memory allocation, file systems), profiling and Hypervisor.
• Extensive device driver development and support (one or more of USB, graphics, Network, Alsa, video, storage, PCI/PCIe, power management, etc.,)
• Experience with validation of system from user space, and knowledge of user space API
• Experience of using GIT (github/gitlab)
• Good communication and soft skills

[Good to have Skills]:

• Japanese Language skills
• X86/ARM assembly programming skills and bootloaders knowledge (Ex: uboot etc)
• Good knowledge/experience in kernel debugging tools (ftrace, perf, kgdb, etc.,)

📌 Linux Kernel (Bengaluru)
🏢 Sony India Software Centre
📍 Bengaluru