Sr. Embedded Linux Engineer

Position Description:

RealNetworks Inc. is a rapidly growing, web based, digital music, online gaming and streaming company headquartered in Seattle Washington, that provides the universal platform for the delivery of any digital media, from any point of origin, across virtually any network, to any person on any Internet-enabled device, anywhere in the world. GENERAL SUMMARY/PURPOSE:RealNetworks Inc., based in Seattle, WA, has recently formed a new consumer media platform team whose charter is to deliver “Codling�, a game-changing home entertainment system. Formed as a stealth startup within RealNetworks, the Codling team is being led by one of the founders of RealNetworks, Phil Barrett, and has already attracted executives from Amazon.com, Microsoft, Disney and Intel, and RealNetworks. The Codling team is creating a rich set of consumer media experiences that will make the industry stand up and take notice.From the ground up, we are building a technology platform and content distribution ecosystem that will support a vast array of yet-to-be-announced content distribution models. Hollywood, NYC, Silicon Valley, and consumer electronics manufacturers *will* be knocking on our doors once we announce.Would you like to work with high-tech and media legends? Do you enjoy the rush of working in an agile, hyper-dynamic environment? Are you passionate about digital video and consumer electronic devices? Do you want to touch the daily lives of millions of consumers around the world? If you do, then the RealNetworks recruiting team wants to talk to you!We are actively seeking hardcore embedded software engineers to grow our team. You will be working with an innovate and dynamic class of managers and engineers to create the next generation home entertainment platform. You will design, code, debug, and optimize your software to run on a variety of CPU architectures and graphic subsystems. Your software products will be embedded into large-volume consumer electronic devices, therefore code quality, robustness, and performance are super critical. Also, you will be responsible for code reviews, creating unit tests, and authoring detailed documentation related to your contributions.

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Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities• Experience building small foot-print Linux kernel and root file system from scratch• Able to compile and build custom application libraries for target platforms• Linux device driver development experience• Experience automating builds• C, C++, Python• GNU cross-compiler environment for ARM/MIPS• Working experience with System-on-Chip platforms such as ARM/MIPSPreferred:• Experience developing set-top box or other similar consumer electronics devices• Experience working with Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) or DirectFB• Linux video driver development experience• Experience working with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and JTAG debuggers• RTOS experienceEducation, Certification, and/or Training:Minimum:• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or computing related disciplinePreferred:• Master's degree in Computer Science or related disciplineExperience:Minimum:• 5-10 years commercial experience in embedded systemsPreferred:• 2-5 years using Linux as an embedded development platformPhysical Requirements/Working Conditions: