Embedded Linux BSP Developer

Job description

**Join Syntronic: Where Your Innovation Shapes the Future** At Syntronic, we don't just follow industry trends—we set them! Join us in partnering with visionary companies and the brightest minds to turn ground-breaking ideas into reality. Imagine working on cutting-edge telecom advancements, pioneering automotive tech, life-saving healthcare innovations, and next-gen industrial automation. Our projects are diverse, impactful, and at the forefront of technological innovation. Be a part of something extraordinary! **Who are we?:** Syntronic is a global leader in design and development, specializing in electronics, electro-mechanics, and software. We’re not just a company; we’re a community of innovators. Our teams work on projects that define the future—from creating state-of-the-art communication systems and autonomous vehicles to advancing IoT solutions that revolutionize everyday life. At Syntronic, your work will make a real difference. **What we're looking for:** We are seeking individuals who want to: · Collaborate with **top-tier clients** on transformative, cutting-edge projects. · Engage with and learn from **industry leaders** · **Innovate** from concept to completion, ensuring high standards. · Gain **international experience** on global projects. · Thrive in an **entrepreneurial environment** that supports new ideas. · Explore **multiple sectors** like telecommunications, automotive, healthcare, and industrial automation. We are looking for an Embedded BSP Developer to support the design, development, integration, and maintenance of low-level software for ARM-based automotive platforms. This role focuses on board support packages, bootloaders, secure boot, Linux/QNX-based embedded systems, kernel drivers, board bring-up, and production-level troubleshooting. The ideal candidate has strong low-level C experience, understands how software interacts with hardware, and can work across the bootchain, operating system, device drivers, and hardware interfaces to deliver reliable embedded software for production programs. ### What you'll do - Design, develop, integrate, and maintain BSP software for ARM-based embedded platforms. - Develop and debug low-level software components including bootloaders, secure boot features, Linux kernel components, QNX platform components, device trees, and board-level drivers. - Support board bring-up activities, including boot debugging, hardware interface validation, driver integration, and low-level system troubleshooting. - Develop and troubleshoot drivers for interfaces such as UART, I2C, SPI, CAN/CAN FD, Ethernet, USB, GPIO, eMMC, NAND, NOR, PMIC, and other platform peripherals. - Work with embedded Linux build systems and platform tooling, including Yocto, OpenEmbedded, BitBake, Git-based workflows, Jenkins, Python, and shell scripting. - Support secure boot and embedded security features, including image signing, hardware root of trust, fuse provisioning, key management, and update reliability. - Investigate complex software and hardware issues using boot logs, kernel logs, crash dumps, JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other debugging tools. - Create and maintain software design documentation, participate in design reviews, and support product verification, validation, and release activities. - Collaborate with hardware, software, systems, test, manufacturing, and production teams to resolve issues and deliver reliable embedded software across product generations. ### What you'll need to get the job done - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline. - 8+ years of professional embedded software development experience, including BSP and bootloader development for Linux, QNX, or similar embedded operating systems. - Strong low-level C programming and debugging experience, with exposure to assembly language. - Experience with ARM-based processors or SoCs, including ARM A-series, M-series, or similar embedded processor families. - Hands-on experience completing board bring-up activities, including bootchain debugging, driver integration, and hardware/software validation. - Experience developing or debugging device drivers, device trees, platform drivers, interrupt handling, memory mapping, file systems, power management, and hardware interfaces. - Ability to read electronic schematics and use debugging tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and low-level software diagnostics. - Experience with embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto, OpenEmbedded, or BitBake. - Familiarity with version control and software delivery workflows using Git, GitHub, Jenkins, repo manifests, pull requests, or similar tools. - Strong troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify root cause and resolve issues across software, hardware, and system boundaries. ### What will make us REALLY love you - Experience designing or implementing custom bootloaders, secure boot flows, A/B boot mechanisms, OTA update reliability, or production software update systems. - Familiarity with embedded security concepts such as SHE, HSM, TrustZone, hardware root of trust, image signing, key provisioning, and cryptographic algorithms such as RSA, AES, SHA, or DES. - Experience with automotive embedded platforms, telematics control units, infotainment systems, connectivity modules, or other vehicle-connected software. - Experience with automotive Ethernet, including 100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1, TC10 sleep/wake, Ethernet PHY integration, or related diagnostics. - Experience with eMMC, NAND, NOR memory controllers, flash management, partition table design, dm-verity, SELinux, Fastboot, UEFI/EDK2, or similar platform technologies. - Awareness of automotive software standards or practices such as ISO 26262, AUTOSAR concepts, or production release discipline. - Experience debugging production or field issues using pstore, minidumps, kernel logs, crash dumps, field diagnostics, or manufacturing test tools. - Experience using AI-assisted development tools to support code review, refactoring, driver integration, security analysis, test generation, or embedded software troubleshooting.