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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:06:12 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@lsi.com>
To: Chris Dangerfield <chris@dangerfield7.com>
Subject: kernel eng job description
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Cheers,

a



Career Opportunities - Software Engineer: Linux Kernel Programmer

Software engineering position for Linux kernel engineer seeking
experience working in the area of the Linux kernel.  Working with the
kernel team lead, this person will gain responsibilities and duties as
experience increases.

A high-performing, robust, and secure Linux kernel is crucial to our
products and services. Our Linux kernel engineering team plays a
critical role in delivering our NAS solutions, and its work impacts the
performance and security of our customer's storage needs world-wide.

Responsibilities:

    * Contribute to the development and maintenance of our embedded
      Linux kernel in current and future products, including:
          o Develop benchmarking and testing infrastructure for kernel
            performance and functionality measurement.
          o Evaluate system performance on a variety of hardware
            platforms and under various workloads.
          o Provide analysis of bugs, and propose or implement fixes.
          o Submit relevant code changes to upstream open source
            communities.
          o Analyze abnormal system behavior and diagnose its cause,
            in environments ranging from lab to customer production
            deployments.
          o Track, evaluate, and expose relevant new technologies from
            the open source community
          o Provide technical leadership in the areas of programming,
            debugging, Makefiles, system administration and networking.

Required Experience:

    * Some Linux kernel experience and/or knowledge. Other Unix kernel
      experience is a plus.
    * Expert C programming.
    * Some experience debugging at the assembler level.
    * Experience with GNU toolchain building and general build tools
      including Makefiles and userspace utilities (Bash, etc.),
      especially in the areas of cross-building.
    * Source code management utilities. Any experience with git will be
      considered a plus.
    * Debian Linux distribution experience, especially in the area of
      package management, will be considered a big plus.
    * Moderate to extensive shell and or perl programming experience;
      perl programming not considered a negative.
    * Networking knowledge and experience in the areas of TCP/IP and
      ethernet.
    * MIPS processor experience a plus.


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