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Senior Linux Kernel Camera/ISP Driver Engineer

Conch Technologies
Palo Alto, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 6/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/6/2026
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Greetings from Conch Technologies Inc
 
 

Position: Senior Linux Kernel Camera/ISP Driver Engineer

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Duration: 6 months

 

10 years of embedded systems experience, with a minimum of 5 years dedicated to Linux kernel driver development.
Expert-level C programming in kernel space, including memory management, locking primitives (mutexes, spinlocks, RCU), workqueues, and interrupt handling.
Production-level experience with the Linux media stack (V4L2 ioctls, Media Controller entities, and videobuf2).
Hands-on experience with MIPI CSI-2 sensor and ISP bring-up.
Strong knowledge of DMA-BUF, scatter-gather mapping, cache coherency, and kernel debugging tools (JTAG, GDB, ftrace, lockdep).
Solid understanding of Linux power management (runtime PM and suspend/resume).
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with vendor-specific GPU driver stacks, TTM memory models, and firmware mailbox protocols.
Understanding of camera sensor controls, exposure timing, and 3A tuning pipelines.
Experience with automotive-grade reliability standards (such as ISO 26262).
A track record of active contributions to the upstream Linux kernel.
 
With Regards,
 
Teja Maripeti
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