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SENIOR EMBEDDED LINUX ENGINEER

Direct Staffing Inc
Newport, RI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/13/2026

Company Description

Engineering

Job Description

SENIOR EMBEDDED LINUX ENGINEER 

Newport, RI


Exp 5-7 yrs

Deg Bach

Relo

Bonus

Travel


Job Description

 Become the in-house embedded Linux expert working on new board design BSPs, bootloaders, kernel preparation, root file systems, device drivers, distribution packages and build automation. Also responsible for designing and implementing embedded application software for new products incorporating networking technology (wired and wireless), UI, web services and multiple communications channels for KVH’s satellite communications and navigation products. Challenging and rewarding position and highly visible. 


Job Requirements: 

• Minimum of five years recent experience in embedded Linux development, assembling Linux BSPs, porting and customizing Grub or u-boot loaders, creating Debian or Fedora root file systems for new board designs. 

• Experience with creating or customizing Linux drivers for embedded applications is required. 

• Experience building custom x86, PPC and ARM Linux kernels and creating and applying patches is required. 

• Expert in C and C and scripting languages (Perl, Python, bash). 

• Sockets, TCP/IP, secure SSL/SSH communications and web services programming experience is required. 

• Experience with GNU and Eclipse based tool chains is required. 

• Embedded web application development using PHP, Javascript, XML, HTML and web services is a plus. 

• Experience with embedded wireless and networking products, networking protocols, sensor networks, robotics or machine vision is a plus. 


Education: 

BS or higher in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent) 


U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Minimum of five years recent experience in embedded Linux development, assembling Linux BSPs, 

Experience with creating or customizing Linux drivers for embedded applications is required. 

Experience building custom x86, PPC and ARM Linux kernels and creating and applying patches is required

Expert in C and C and scripting languages (Perl, Python, bash). 

Sockets, TCP/IP, secure SSL/SSH communications and web services programming experience is required 

Experience with GNU and Eclipse based tool chains is required 

IDEAL CANDIDATE

Someone who is driven to being an expert!



Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Direct Staffing Inc


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