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Glydways · 4 days ago

Linux Kernel Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid Level

Glydways is reimagining public transit to enhance accessibility and sustainability. They are seeking a Linux Kernel Engineer to maintain a custom Linux distribution, develop drivers, and support various hardware platforms for their innovative transit solutions.

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Responsibilities

Maintain a custom, Yocto-based, Linux distribution, supporting multiple custom computer platforms, both with and without displays
Board bring up of NVIDIA Tegra and NXP i.MX based compute platforms
Linux kernel driver development for NVIDIA Tegra and NXP i.MX platforms
Linux kernel support for full network, audio, and visual hardware
Contribute to and select patches from various upstream, open-source projects
Test custom board features in CI & HIL environments
Long term support of Yocto linux distributions and Linux kernel for deployed products

Qualification

Linux kernel developmentYocto build systemC/C++ programmingShell scriptingEmbedded hardware developmentCI & HIL environmentsOpen source contributions

Required

Maintain a custom, Yocto-based, Linux distribution, supporting multiple custom computer platforms, both with and without displays
Board bring up of NVIDIA Tegra and NXP i.MX based compute platforms
Linux kernel driver development for NVIDIA Tegra and NXP i.MX platforms
Linux kernel support for full network, audio, and visual hardware
Contribute to and select patches from various upstream, open-source projects
Test custom board features in CI & HIL environments
Long term support of Yocto linux distributions and Linux kernel for deployed products
Strong knowledge of Linux kernel development
In-depth knowledge of build systems like Yocto and Buildroot
Experience submitting and getting patches accepted by open source projects
Advanced knowledge of C/C++ programming and shell scripting; other languages and skills are also valuable
Experience developing on resource-constrained embedded hardware
Experience with CI & HIL environments including testing and validating custom Linux based system compute systems

Company

Glydways

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Glydways designs and implements personal rapid transit systems using self-driving vehicles.
dateFounded in 2016
location
South San Francisco, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
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https://www.glydways.com

H1B Sponsorship

Glydways has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (10)
2024 (5)
2023 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$212.54M
2025-09-29Series Unknown· $101.31M
2024-05-14Series B· $20M
2023-10-05Series B· $56M

Leadership Team

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Gokul Hemmady
CEO
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Chris Riley
Chief Commercial Officer
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