Systems/Software Engineer
Hewlett-Packard Company
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Description
Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet-related tools. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design.
Responsibilities
- Leads multiple project teams of other software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners responsible for all stages of design and development for complex products and platforms, including solution design, analysis, coding, testing, and integration
- Manages and expands relationships with internal and outsourced development partners on software systems design and development.
- Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with systems design and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
- Provides domain-specific expertise and overall software systems leadership and perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities
- Drives innovation and integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the software systems design organization.
- Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members
- Engineer will be tasked with work in the following areas:
- Updating kernel distribution components with newer releases of kernel code, including tool chain
- Developing enhancements in the kernel space in the memory management area
- Developing support for proprietary ASIC driver support - design, debug driver code to support new h/w, support installed base code and h/w
- Developing validation code for developed features to be added to automated feature validation framework
- Participate in new h/w introduction, including: new h/w bringup, validation of new h/w during proto,alpha,beta phases. Working closely with the h/w organization to understand requirements, review and provide feedback to the team
- Working with the h/w team to provide s/w driven requirements for the h/w in design
- Support customer issues through responsive field problem resolution
- Participate in design and architectural discussions with cross functional teams
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
- Minimum 6-10 years experience
Knowledge and Skills
- Extensive experience with multiple software systems design tools and languages.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Experience in overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.
- Designing and integrating software systems running on multiple platform types into overall architecture
- Evaluating forms and processes for software systems testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language. Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at senior management levels.
Additional Requirements:
- 10+ years linux kernel and driver development experience: enhancing, updating, debugging kernel functional areas including memory management, scheduling, interrupt distribution, and ACPI
- Working experience and indepth understanding of Intel Architectures
- Experience with device drivers
- Working experience bringing up new h/w platforms, working with h/w teams, debugging new h/w bringup
- Working experience developing complex enterprise grade systems
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong communications skills
- Strong leadership skills
- BS, MS in CS
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