Principal Software Engineer - Platform Tools for Automotive

Join Red Hat as a Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat's Platform Tools team within our Linux Engineering organization is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join us in Spain. This role focuses on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for Edge automotive Linux deployments, specifically the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operation System (RHIVOS). You will be part of a mature and highly experienced team focused on software development for compilers, language runtime libraries, and user space tools packages.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on building, packaging, bug fixing, and supporting RHEL and RHIVOS builds and deployments.
• Provide specialist knowledge of C and C++ tools and language runtime libraries.
• Support Red Hat’s work preparing for ISO 26262 certification, an international standard governing the functional safety of electronic systems on road vehicles.
• Collaborate with peers, the RHIVOS team, and other Red Hat teams and partners.
• Participate in the broader Linux and toolchain communities upstream.
• Backport fixes to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) releases.
• Contribute new development work upstream in line with customer needs.
• Collaborate with development, QA, product management, documentation, and product build teams, as well as the open source community.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of toolchain and language runtime internals, particularly GCC, glibc, & libstdc++.
• Familiarity with the open source development model.
• Experience in Linux tools and libraries build varieties (including native compilers and cross compilers).
• Knowledge of version control and patch management.
• Experience with backporting upstream code to Linux distributions, tools, and libraries.
• Experience in the configuration, building, and testing of Linux tools and libraries.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with functional safety standards, processes, and requirements (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, ISO 21434).
• Advanced knowledge of Linux tools and libraries development.
• Advanced knowledge of gcc, binutils, glibc, and libstdc++.

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