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Do you want to work with the latest technologies and highly skilled colleagues at a world-leading company? Then you might be the one we are looking for to join us at Technologies, one of the departments within Axis R&D, responsible for developing Axis product platforms that form the basis for all Axis Video Surveillance Products.

Who is your future team?

Product Platforms is a key part of the Technologies department at Axis R&D. The organization consists of several highly skilled and motivated R&D teams, with a strong presence in Lund and, for the past couple of months, an established kernel-focused team in Stockholm. Our teams value personal growth, collaboration, and teamwork. If you are someone who enjoys making an impact and contributing to positive change, you will feel right at home with us.

The Product Platforms team in Stockholm is a small but growing team that will play an important role in developing and configuring software for Axis' new technology platforms based on our in-house engineered ARTPEC system-on-chips, used in the next generations of video surveillance products. The team currently consists of three engineers and is in an active growth phase, with a clear ambition to take increased technical responsibility over time.

The platforms we develop are Linux-based, and development as well as validation takes place in a Linux environment. The work spans requirements, design, implementation, and validation of core platform areas such as the boot process, security, and CPU subsystem. The Stockholm team works in close collaboration with the larger and more established Product Platforms teams in Lund, as well as with the ASIC team located in Stockholm, forming a tightly integrated distributed team.

What you'll do here as Senior Linux Kernel Engineer?

In your daily work, you will typically engage in the following activities:

• Collaborate with ASIC design engineers to research and develop solutions for Axis' ASIC and product platforms, particularly the software aspects.

• Participate in design reviews, technical discussions, and specifications to ensure the quality and feasibility of solutions.

• Design, implement, or utilize test environments needed to validate and/or optimize our solution designs.

• Prepare software for and participate in the bring-up and validation of our SoCs. This includes debugging issues and implementing solutions.

• Evaluate hardware blocks, platforms, and related documentation (mainly from a software perspective, particularly the Linux kernel).

• Interact with internal and external teams (e.g., customers, partners, or suppliers).

• Participate in the development and maintenance of existing Linux kernel platforms (e.g., previously developed platforms and products).

In this role, you will (together with skilled colleagues) mainly be working in the following areas:

• IP evaluation and selection (primary responsibility).

• All kinds of engineering activities related to Linux kernel development (e.g., driver development, kernel configuration, upstream activities, providing domain expertise to other teams, etc.).

Who are we looking for / Who are you?

You are an analytical and dedicated person with a strong personal drive and the ability to work both unsupervised and as part of a team. You have the ability to think ahead and understand and manage the consequences of complex decisions or findings. You are good at collaborating with people from different backgrounds (e.g., ASIC engineers, other software teams, external partners, and managers) and have a strong attention to detail.

Required qualifications:

• A master's degree in computer science, physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, or similar.

• Background in Linux kernel development.

• Experience in embedded C development and debugging, particularly close to hardware.

• Familiarity with version control systems and code review tools (Git and Gerrit).

Additional valuable qualifications:

• Experience in working with Linux kernel upstream.

• Background including SoC design work from a software perspective.

• ASIC IP configuration experience.

• A good understanding of the boot process of embedded devices.

• Basic understanding of ASIC design.

• Experience from using QEMU as a tool to create a system simulation environment.

• Experience with Python and Rust development.

The position is office-based, and you will be located at the Axis office in Stockholm, Sweden.

What Axis has to offer

Openness might be a buzzword at other companies, but at Axis, this is the core of who we are. Our most important asset is our ability to cooperate. We have realized that great ideas can come from anywhere. This is why we encourage everybody to contribute and innovate. If you are a person who likes to get involved, make a difference, and nudge the world a little bit in the right direction, you will find a home with us.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of building our new R&D office in Stockholm. On one hand, you will have the advantages of being a small and agile site, while at the same time being part of an exciting, successful organization that is already the world leader in network video.

We offer benefits such as flexible working hours, morning fika every day, company bonus, attractive wellness benefits, and health insurance - to name a few.

We hope you are really inspired by the job description and found a potential match! We look forward to receiving your application!

If you have any questions, get in touch with Erik Thored, Engineering Manager for the Common Core Platforms team, at +46 46 272 1800.

We review applications continuously, so don't wait to send in your application!