Ubuntu Linux Kernel Engineer - BIOS/Firmware
Canonical
Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India +12 moreremotePosted 17 days ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Remote work environment
- Annual performance-driven bonus or commission
- USD 2,000 annual personal learning and development budget
- Requires significant programming ability in C
- Requires ability to travel internationally twice a year
Role overview
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, is seeking an individual to join the Canonical Kernel Team. This role focuses on taking ownership of aspects pertaining to the boot process, BIOS, UEFI, ACPI, and other platform firmware components within the Ubuntu Linux kernel to enhance PC platform stability, reliability, and performance.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
- Work closely with our PC platform enablement team and vendors to resolve issues involving BIOS, UEFI, ACPI, or other problems involving boot and configuration of the Linux kernel
- Become a primary contributor and maintainer to the Firmware Test Suite (FWTS)
- Improve tooling and automation for comprehensive verification of Ubuntu Linux on x86 platforms
- Submit, review, and apply kernel patches, working with both internal and external upstream maintainers
Requirements
- Strong understanding of ACPI, ideally from the Linux kernel perspective
- Familiarity with BIOS/UEFI to resolve issues as they are reported from PC platform vendors or the community at large
- Well-organised and motivated self-starter able to thrive in a remote work environment
- Professional manner with colleagues, business partners, and the open-source community
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal
- Significant programming ability in C
- Demonstrated software development background involving UEFI and/or ACPI, with in-depth understanding of AML
- Solid background with git
- Familiarity with the x86 bootstrap process
- Understanding of operating system kernel fundamentals, with a focus on ACPI and UEFI interaction
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events of up to two weeks length
Nice to have
- Prior work experience with a major PC platform firmware vendor
- Active participation in the Coreboot project
- Python and Bash scripting ability
- Prior background with the coreboot project
- Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging
- Experience with Linux kernel patching and debugging
- Familiarity with Devicetree, SystemReady, u-boot, or other non-x86 platform bootstrap or configuration mechanisms
Benefits
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
Additional details
- Canonical is an equal opportunity employer and is proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination
- Originally posted on Himalayas
- Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004
- We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide
- We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates)