Software Developer - Kernel Engineer, SSG

About the Role

The Amazon Devices team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced ground breaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Dash, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

As a Kernel Engineer you will help build the kernel stack and BSP for various SoCs with custom hardware accelerators to be deployed in a range of Amazon devices. You will develop software for industry standard and custom hardware IP to accelerate applications in machine learning, computer vision and robotics.

In this role you will: - Developing/modifying BSP: this can include bootloaders (ATF or OPTEE or u-boot), device drivers, kernel and device tree support - Performing initial hardware bring-up and system integration - Maintaining/updating the embedded Linux Yocto distribution - Maintaining a continuous integration environment, including packaging and deployment of software releases - USB driver experience - Bachelor's degree or equivalent - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

Job Details

Experience: in embedded development in C/C++ - Hands-on experience in any of boot-loaders (ATF or OPTEE or u-boot) - Hand-on experience in Linux kernel internal - Proven experience in the Device controller or host client drivers - Development experience in Silicon Software - HSIO devices (USB or eMMC or PCIE ) and LSIO devices (I2C, SPI, DMA, PWM etc.) driver experience Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.