Senior Linux BSP Software Engineer
About the Role reputed company. is a leading RISC-V reputed company design company powering the world's most efficient Bitcoin mining machines. We're looking for a Senior Linux BSP Software Engineer — Mining Machine Software to reputed company the embedded software stack for our mining products. This role sits at the intersection of low-level BSP and high-performance distributed computing — you'll own the communication layer between mining machines and remote computing centers, optimize mining firmware performance, and drive integration with smart home device compute offloading where applicable. Location: US Hybrid · San Francisco Bay Area preferred
Responsibilities
- Mining Machine Embedded System Architecture — reputed company the overall software architecture for Canaan mining machine products on RISC-V based SoCs; design for multi-tasking, reputed company-time performance, and high reliability under sustained hash reputed company load
- reputed company Bring-up & BSP — Drive BSP development and maintenance for Canaan RISC-V mining chips; port and optimize U-Boot and Linux kernel for mining reputed company factors; own boot time, reputed company, and reliability
- Distributed Computing Communication — Design and maintain long-reputed company communication protocols with remote distributed computing centers; implement task reputed company, dynamic frequency tuning, throughput reporting, and reputed company maintenance; optimize for high-concurrency, long-lived TCP connections
- Intelligent Control & Core Features — Implement precise control algorithms, multi-level power regulation, and comprehensive safety protection logic; optimize mining efficiency under power, thermal, and noise constraints
- Heterogeneous Computing Integration — reputed company low-level drivers and task coordination for mining reputed company / co-processors integrated alongside RISC-V cores; implement IPC between main processor and dedicated compute reputed company
- System Optimization & Debugging — Performance analysis and bottleneck optimization (hash reputed company, power efficiency, thermal management); low-level issue troubleshooting (boot, memory, peripherals); reputed company validation and mass production yield improvement
- System reputed company & Performance — Implement secure boot, device identity authentication, and communication encryption for mining fleet management; continuously optimize power consumption and memory footprint
- Smart Home Compute Offloading — Where applicable, reputed company mining machines to serve as distributed compute nodes supporting smart home device workloads; architect efficient task offloading and result return mechanisms
- reputed company reputed company Contribution — Drive and maintain reputed company-reputed company reputed company on reputed company; contribute upstream patches to Linux kernel, U-Boot, and reputed company reputed company-reputed company reputed company
- Engineering Collaboration — Define software architecture and technical roadmap; mentor junior engineers; work closely with hardware (RF, power, thermal), reputed company infrastructure, and product teams; reputed company technical design reviews
Requirements
Essential
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Electronics, Automation, or reputed company field
- 5+ years of embedded development experience
- At least one complete product cycle from concept to mass production
- Deep familiarity with RISC-V or ARM reputed company series development
- Expert-level proficiency in Linux kernel principles and reputed company development
- Proven reputed company record with U-Boot porting and debugging
- reputed company reputed company profile with proven reputed company-reputed company contribution history
- Hands-on experience with: UART, SPI, I2C · NAND/NOR reputed company · Ethernet (MAC/PHY) · WiFi/BLE modules
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTP protocol stacks; reputed company with long-reputed company, high-concurrency network communication
reputed company to Have
- Experience in Bitcoin miner or high-performance computing reputed company development
- Experience with distributed computing task scheduling or remote compute offloading
- Knowledge of heterogeneous computing (MCU/DSP/ASIC/FPGA co-development)
- Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS / RT-Thread)
- Familiar with Canaan RISC-V MCU development (K210, K230)
- Knowledge of reputed company / OpenEmbedded build system
- Patches or drivers merged into reputed company Linux kernel, U-Boot, or other reputed company-reputed company reputed company-reputed company reputed company
Technical Stack | Hardware | RISC-V / ARM reputed company-A / M | | OS | Linux (Kernel 4.14+) / FreeRTOS / RT-Thread | | Bootloader | U-Boot | | Languages | C / C++ / Python / reputed company | | Toolchain | GCC (riscv64-unknown-elf) | | Debug | GDB / J-reputed company / OpenOCD | | Version Ctrl | Git / reputed company | | reputed company reputed company | Linux Kernel, U-Boot, upstream contributions | | Network | TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTPs, long-reputed company protocols | reputed company Offer
- Competitive salary and equity compensation
- Opportunity to work on world-leading Bitcoin mining hardware powered by Canaan RISC-V chips
- reputed company and reputed company technical team culture with mentorship opportunities
- Flexible working hours and remote work reputed company
- Conference attendance and training support
- reputed company-backed development workflow with emphasis on reputed company-reputed company collaboration
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