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Invent the future with us.

Recognized by Fast Company’s 2023 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List,Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient, sustainable cloud computing.

By providing a new level of predictable performance, efficiency, and sustainability Ampere is working with leading cloud suppliers and a growing partner ecosystem to deliver cloud instances, servers and embedded/edge products that can handle the compute demands of today and tomorrow.

Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team — we’d love to have you apply!

About the role:

Passionate about building Embedded Linux operating system, open source methodologies, working with new platforms, and leading a small team? Enjoy collaborating with talented systems thinkers to create new solutions for modern workloads? In Ampere’s Operating Systems software engineering team, you will lead a new embedded Linux operating system project, enabling Ampere products and supporting new platform bring-up for Ampere’s future products. The Operating Systems team collaborates directly with ecosystem partners and the open source community to in support of Ampere solutions.

What you’ll achieve:

Collaborate with senior engineers across the company, bringing an Embedded Linux perspective to product design and requirements
Define embedded Linux system requirements and lead a team to implement and maintain an embedded Linux distribution
Manage and lead staffing for a small team of embedded Linux distribution engineers
Contribute to relevant open source projects to meet product requirements and minimize technical debt
Analyze, debug, and resolve system software bugs and performance issues
Collaborate with different subsystem teams at Ampere – silicon, firmware, performance analysis, etc. in pre and post silicon bring-up activities
Contribute to an internal engineering culture that fosters collaboration, learning, and growth

About you:

8 years relevant industry experience and a BS/MS degree in a technical field, such as Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science
Strong background defining and maintaining recipes and layers in embedded Linux build systems such as the Yocto Project, Open Embedded, Buildroot, etc.
Experience distributing Linux images and packages, managing software bills of materials and package updates
Experience managing or leading small teams
Git revision control best practices
System software package build debug and analysis experience, including strong C, Python, and Bash programming and debugging experience
Self-motivated individual with strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset

Additional Desired Skills

Tracking and responding to vulnerability reports
Open source community development methodology
Experience with 32-bit/64-bit ARMv8 processors

What we’ll offer:

At Ampere we believe in taking care of our employees and providing a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $225,600, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $146,300 and $243,800. We offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic equity awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company.

Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week. Benefits highlights include:

Premium medical, dental, vision insurance, as well as income protection and a 401K retirement plan, so that you can feel secure in your health and financial future
Unlimited Flextime and 10+ paid holidays so that you can embrace a healthy work-life balance
A variety of healthy snacks, energizing espresso, and refreshing drinks to keep you fueled and focused throughout the day

And there is much more than compensation and benefits. At Ampere, we foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more. We are passionate about inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We are excited to share more about our career opportunities with you through the interview process.

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Ampere is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, age, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

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