Mandatory Core Skills
● C programming ● Embedded Linux ● Linux kernel development ● Linux device-driver development ● Kernel debugging ● Kernel-driver porting ● Kernel-mode driver programming ● PCIe subsystem knowledge
Embedded Systems Skills
● IPC mechanisms ● DMA driver development ● Board bring-up ● Yocto ● Real-Time Operating Systems ● IOMMU
concepts System and Debugging Skills ● System-debugging tools ● Kernel bug fixing and upstreaming ● Performance optimisation ● Linux RT Kernel ● Open-source contributions ● Strong communication skills Relevant Specialisations Candidates should have strong experience in one or more of the following areas: Audio ● I2S protocol ● Audio subsystem and frameworks ● Open-source contributions Multimedia ● VA-API, GStreamer, and FFmpeg drivers ● Understanding of H.264, HEVC, AV1, and VP9 encoding and decoding Display ● X Server ● Wayland/Weston ● Display drivers ● Linux DRM subsystem Graphics ● OpenGL and Vulkan drivers in Mesa ● libdrm ● Linux graphics-driver development ● Linux DRM subsystem MIPI and Camera ● MIPI CSI-2 ● ISP driver developmentPower Management ● Linux power management ● S3 and S0ix3 states ● Boot-time optimisation PCIe ● Hands-on PCIe subsystem or PCIe driver-development experience