Senior Kernel Engineer - €500 - €600 - 12 Month Contract

Senior Kernel Engineer - €500 - €600 - 12 month contract!

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Salary: €500p/d - €600

Skill:

Embedded C, Linux Kernel, ARM, Linux community contributor

Job Description:
* Daily Kernel troubleshoot, debugging, optimizing and maintaining for project Linux Kernel trees;
* Optimization and maintaining of ARM 64bit Linux Kernel for Android-based smart phones/tablets;
* Research and optimization of Linux Kernel scheduler/load balancer and power framework (such as cpufreq, hotplug, cpuidle, etc) to reduce power consumed by tasks on multi-cores without a significant impact on user experience of smart phones/tablets;
* Research and optimization of some Linux Kernel common subsystems for Android-based smart phones/tablets;
* Research and development of new generation of Kernel-based power/performance debug/monitor/profile tools to get full software stack visibility for Android-based smart phones/tablets;
* Development of the tools/utilities to support the product development process;
* Actively participating in the Linaro Kernel/power management workgroup;
* Communicating with, co-operating with the Kernel teams

Skills:
* Excellent C programming skills
* Excellent Linux Kernel common subsystem and/or device driver development experience;
* Excellent Linux Kernel debugging and performance tuning experience (dtrace/systemtap/ktap is a plus);
* Work experience with ARM hardware architecture is a plus;
* Experience and knowledge of Linux Kernel power framework/subsystem is a plus;
* Excellent experience with the Linux development tools such as GNU toolchain.
* Excellent experience with open source project development (such as Linux Kernel community, etc) IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CANDIDATE CONTRIBUTES TO THE KERNEL COMMUNITY, CLIENT WILL NOT ACCEPT CV's IF THE CANDIDATE CANNOT SHOW THAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY
* Experience with Android development is a plus;

If this is of interest to you e-mail your CV to (see below) or call