Linux Kernel Architect

SiFive•Boston, MA

21h

About The Position

SiFive, the world RISC-V leader, is seeking an experienced Linux kernel software architect. In this role, you’ll be improving and debugging the RISC-V Linux kernel, with particular focus on high core count server systems. You’ll interact directly with the upstream Linux and OpenSBI communities, posting and reviewing patches. You’ll debug challenging problems, working with our system software and system validation teams, on SiFive designs running in emulation. And you’ll work with hardware architects and engineers, both inside SiFive and at RISC-V International, to improve our core and system designs.

Requirements

Experience working on concurrency-sensitive code in the upstream Linux kernel, with a track record writing and reviewing patches on the public mailing lists
Experience debugging challenging software and hardware bugs in CPUs and SoCs
Experience working with CPU architects and RTL engineers
Experience developing and debugging Linux on FPGA and emulation platforms
Experience with hypervisors and virtualization
Familiarity with the RISC-V architecture

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with silicon design issues and challenges
Familiarity with microarchitectural side-channel attacks and mitigations
Familiarity with debugging systems via hardware debuggers
Familiarity with Devicetree, ACPI and UEFI
Familiarity with Rust

Responsibilities

Improving and debugging the RISC-V Linux kernel, with particular focus on high core count server systems.
Interacting directly with the upstream Linux and OpenSBI communities, posting and reviewing patches.
Debugging challenging problems, working with system software and system validation teams, on SiFive designs running in emulation.
Working with hardware architects and engineers, both inside SiFive and at RISC-V International, to improve core and system designs.