Embedded Systems Engineer – Linux & C++
About The Position
Embedded Systems Engineer – Linux & C++ This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: anWhat You’ll Do Develop and maintain embedded software for HPE’s BMC platform, spanning Linux kernel and userspace. Build and maintain custom Linux distributions (OpenEmbedded/Yocto) for embedded systems. Implement and optimize C++ applications in userspace for system services and management features. Debug complex issues across kernel, userspace, and hardware interfaces. Collaborate with hardware teams for new feature development and hardware enablement. Contribute patches upstream to open source projects Contribute to Yocto/OpenEmbedded layers and board support (recipes, patches). Improve reliability, boot time, and observability using systemd/journald and standard tooling. Work effectively with a worldwide, distributed development team.
Requirements
- 5+ years embedded software development experience
- git proficiency and experience in projects using CI/CD and trunk-based development.
- Linux expertise: kernel build/config, device tree, driver changes.
- Proficient in either C++ or C, with experience in userspace application development.
- Familiarity with modern Linux userspace (systemd, journald, dbus).
- Experience working with distributed teams.
- BS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent practical experience.
Nice To Haves
- Yocto/OpenEmbedded experience (layers/recipes, BSP integration).
- Experience with management protocols such as PLDM, i3c, MCTP, PCI VDM
- Understanding of Containers and cgroups
- Understanding of general networking concepts in Linux (
- U-Boot basics: boot flow, environment, device tree handoff.
- ARM SoC experience (I2C, I3C, SPI, GPIO).
- Open source contributions to Linux kernel, U-Boot, or Yocto/OpenEmbedded.
- Python skills for tooling and automation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain embedded software for HPE’s BMC platform, spanning Linux kernel and userspace.
- Build and maintain custom Linux distributions (OpenEmbedded/Yocto) for embedded systems.
- Implement and optimize C++ applications in userspace for system services and management features.
- Debug complex issues across kernel, userspace, and hardware interfaces.
- Collaborate with hardware teams for new feature development and hardware enablement.
- Contribute patches upstream to open source projects
- Contribute to Yocto/OpenEmbedded layers and board support (recipes, patches).
- Improve reliability, boot time, and observability using systemd/journald and standard tooling.
- Work effectively with a worldwide, distributed development team.
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
- Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
- Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
