Linux Kernel Engineer jobs at Intel in United States, Hillsboro

This role requires deep technical expertise in Linux kernel internals, excellent collaboration skills, a proven track record of upstream Linux kernel contributions, and experience with complex, performance-critical systems. We value diverse perspectives and believe that different backgrounds and experiences strengthen our technical solutions. We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all team members can contribute their best work. If you're passionate about Linux kernel development and meet most of our qualifications, we'd love to hear from you.

What we offer

• Inclusive team culture with employee resource groups
• Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance support
• Opportunities toexpand expertise acrossdifferent kernel subsystems
• Support for conference attendance, training, and skill development
• Mentorship opportunities both as a mentor and mentee
• Career growth support and clear advancement paths
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
• Collaborative environment which contributes directly to the improvement of the upstream Linux kernel project

Development & Engineering

• Design, develop,and maintain Linuxkernel features, subsystems, anddevice drivers
• Optimize kernel performance for specific hardware platforms and use cases
• Debug complex kernel issues including crashes, deadlocks, and performance bottlenecks
• Port and adapt kernel code for new hardware architectures and platforms

Technical Leadership

• Share technical knowledge and provide mentorship to team members at all levels
• Conduct code reviews both internally and on public mailing lists and ensure adherenceto Linux kernelcoding standards and quality
• Collaborate with software and hardware teams on specifications and requirements
• Collaborate internallyand externally to drive upstream able system software solutions for our Linux customers
• Participate in architectural decisions for system-level software design

The candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Strong commitment to improving the Linux kernel project and healthy open-source development environments
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities

Minimum Qualifications

The candidate should have at least one of the following:

• Bachelor’s Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, plus 8+ years of experience.
• Master’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, plus 6+ years of experience.
• PHD Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, plus 4+ years of experience.

The experience listed above should be in the following:

• Linux kernel development experience.
• Experience contributing to upstream Linux kernel or major distributions.
• Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of Linux kernel development experience
• Contributions to multiple kernel subsystems
• Experience mentoring or leading technical teams
• Experience or strong interest in the areas of Intel Architecture, memory management, virtualization, performance and scalability, I/O or device drivers.

Weoffer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

What we offer:

• Inclusive team culture with employee resource groups

• Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance support

• Opportunities to expand expertise across different kernel subsystems

• Support for conference attendance, training, and skill development

• Mentorship opportunities both as a mentor and mentee

• Career growth support and clear advancement paths

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits

• Collaborative environment which contributes directly to the improvement of the upstream Linux kernel project

Development and Engineering:

• Design, develop, and maintain Linux kernel features, subsystems and device drivers

• Optimize kernel performance for specific hardware platforms and use cases

• Independently debug kernel issues including crashes, deadlocks, and performance bottlenecks

• Port and adapt kernel code for new hardware architectures and platforms

• Collaborate internally and externally to drive upstream able system software solutions for our Linux

• Participate in code reviews both internally and on public mailing lists

• Provide input for architectural decisions for system-level software design

• Collaborate with software and hardware teams on specifications and requirements

• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with minimum 4 years of experience in the following:

• Experience with system software, OS development experience.
• Experience contributing to an open-source project

• Experience in C programming and/or debugging tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

• Linux kernel development experience

• 5+ years of Linux kernel or systems programming experience

• Demonstrated upstream Linux kernel contributions

• Track record of delivering complex technical projects independently

• Experience with kernel debugging tools (GDB, ftrace, perf, etc.)

• Experience in the areas of Intel Architecture, memory management, virtualization, performance and scalability, I/O or device drivers.

• Experience collaborating with a diverse, distributed team

• Detail-oriented with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills

• Strong commitment to improving the Linux kernel project and healthy open-source development environments

• Experience developing in an open-source environment

offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

• Performs physical design implementation of custom CPU designs from RTL to GDS to create a design database that is ready for manufacturing.

• Conducts all aspects of the CPU physical design flow including synthesis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floor planning, static timing analysis, power/clock distribution, reliability, and power and noise analysis.

• Conducts verification and signoff including formal equivalence verification, static timing analysis, reliability verification, static and dynamic power integrity, layout verification, electrical rule checking, and structural design checking. Analyzes results and makes recommendations to improve current and future CPU microarchitectures closely collaborating with logic, circuit, architecture, and design automation teams.

• Possesses CPU specific expertise in various aspects of structural and physical design, including physical clock design, timing closure, coverage analysis, multiple power domain analysis, structured placement, routing, synthesis, and DFT.

• Works intimately with industry EDA vendors to build and enhance tool capabilities to design a highspeed, low power synthesizable CPU.

• Optimizes CPU design to improve product level parameters such as power, frequency, and area. Participates in the development and improvement of physical design methodologies and flow automation.

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or STEM related field with 3+ years of relevant work experience

• -OR- Masters degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or STEM related field with 2+ years of relevant work experience

• -OR- PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or STEM related field

Relevant experience should include the following:

• Experience with integrated circuit design tools (ex: Synopsys/Cadence), including logic synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis and design closure

• PV convergence (including static timing and power analysis)

• Chip physical design verification including formal equivalence, timing, electrical rules, DRC/LVS, Noise and electro-migration checks.

• Scripting in an interpreted language, minimum TCL in addition to at least one other (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby)

• Demonstrated success in one or more of the following areas: Synthesis of a digital logic block, which was integrated into a large SoC or IP

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of industry experience/exposure with CPU Micro-Architecture

• Experience with Physical design best known practices concerning floor-planning, routing techniques, clock distribution

• Experience with of Static Timing Analysis, Noise analysis, and reliability verification techniques

• Experience with of RTL to GDS methodologies and formal equivalence

• Experience with Synopsys tool suite (Fusion compiler, ICC2, PrimeTime) or Cadence (genus/innovus)

Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and orschoolwork/classes/research.

Weoffer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

What Makes This Role Exciting:This position requires a compressed work-week schedule and full on-site presence—no remote or hybrid options.

Schedule:Compressed work schedule (2–4-day workweek, primarily overnight hours

Key Responsibilities:

• Be a Problem-Solving Hero: Provide technical troubleshooting and operational support for Factory Automation Applications, Databases, andPlatforms/Infrastructurein Intel Foundry's Technology Development Factories.

• Drive Global Impact: Deliver next-level support for Intel applications across our worldwide factory network.

• LeadInnovation: Executeproject work including software installation activities, automation software product hardening, and CIP software development.

Thrive in Our Dynamic Environment:You'll excel in a fast-paced setting where adaptability and flexibility are your superpowers. Quickly master business models to solve complex problems and troubleshoot systems that support factory applications tracking material, controlling semiconductor processing, and analyzing data critical to manufacturing success.

What We're Looking For:The ideal candidate embodies these exceptional traits:

• Outstanding problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Enthusiasm for cross-geographical collaboration to achieve remarkable results.

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. citizenship required

• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government TS Security Clearance and SCI access.

• Bachelor's degree with 3+ years in a STEM discipline.

• 1+ years of experience in Java, Python, C#, or other object-oriented programming languages.

• 1+ years of experience in Semiconductor Process Engineering, Semiconductor Manufacturing, or Factory Automation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a STEM discipline .

• 3+ years of experience in Factory Automation.

Weoffer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

You Are

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Adding support for new features/IPs into existing emulation models

• Learning architecture and microarchitecture by debugging failures to the root cause

• Developing high level (for example, C++/Python) modeling for RTL components

• Developing and utilizing various debug and validation tools and/or methodologies to implement validation plans with the goal being to ensure a solid design

• Building multiple emulation targets for an SoC

• Participating in the debug of failures on silicon and developing new testing strategies to detect these failures on RTL models

• System level validation tasks such as using evaluation boards and FPGAs

• SOC level feature enabling/debug

The ideal candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:

• Problem-solving skills

• Ability to multitask

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work in a dynamic and team-oriented environment

You must possess the minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

• The candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of relevant experience -OR- Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering 2+ years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with reading and interpreting technical specs and Register Transfer Level (RTL) code

• Experience with validation or testing experience, especially in a silicon design team

• Experience with UNIX or Linux

• Experience with IA-32 assembly and/or Verilog programming experience

• Experience writing BFMs

offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

You Are

Your responsibilities may include but not be limited to:

• SoC, clock design, and power delivery integration

• Drive performance optimization, including co-optimization work with process teams, to create best-in-class designs.

• Physical synthesis, place and route, and clock tree synthesis with Synopsys or Cadence tools.

• Static timing analysis constraint understanding and generation, clock stamping, and timing closure.

• Multiple Power Domain analysis using standard Power Formats UPF or CPF.

The ideal candidate will exhibit behavioral traits that indicate:

• Self-motivator with strong problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication

• Ability to work as part of a team and collaborate in a high-paced

You must possess the minimum education requirements and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Additional preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field with 6+ years of relevant experience -OR- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field with 4+ years of relevant

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend design and/or integration product development and delivery on leading edge process nodes

offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US:

This role's responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensures availability, reliability, and maintenance of mechanical and HVAC systems (e.g., oil free air systems, HVAC systems, chilled water plant, boilers, environmental abatement systems, and environmental compliance exhaust) to support manufacturing, clean room, and research and development activities. Supports daily tactical efforts in safety, reliability, and environmental objectives of facilities mechanical systems.
• Designs and analyzes mechanical systems, equipment, and packaging and troubleshoots mechanical systems systematic issues and provides evaluation, recommendations, and solutions to resolve problems.
• Develops engineering scope of work for mechanical projects and provides engineering design review and evaluation of mechanical systems.
• Conducts feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs, directs support personnel in the preparation of detailed design, design testing, and prototype fabrication, and provides design information to drafting for packaging documentation.
• Partners with business unit customers and internal customers to provide engineering solutions in support of their equipment and systems.
• Partners with operations and maintenance service providers to ensure mechanical systems are maintained and operated within specified limits.
• Develops mechanical systems roadmap and asset replacement strategy to ensure reliability, redundancy, and capacity are available for expansion of existing facilities, renovation, and growth.

You must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. This position is not eligible for Intel's immigration sponsorship.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• 1+ years of industrial mechanical systems (HVAC, Fire Protection, Cooling water, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Prior experience transitioning from hands-on roles to system ownership and oversight of vendor-driven maintenance and operations
• Proven ability to identify, analyze, and resolve immediate and systemic issues with technical equipment
• Experience utilizing troubleshooting techniques and interpreting P and IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams)

Weoffer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here:

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: