Linux Kernel Engineer

Job description / Role

Charterhouse are partnered with a young tech company who are designing and developing customised server hardware solutions optimised for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications.

Our client is in the middle of a significant growth phase within the AI hardware innovation space, and they are looking to hire for a Linux Kernel Engineer to deliver a kernel foundation that integrates with modern datacentre and AI workloads.

The Linux Kernel Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing PCIe kernel drivers for AI accelerator enumeration, configuration and management, while developing DMA engines and memory management systems that allow high speed data movement. The role will also build interrupt handling and mailbox communication protocols that create seamless coordination between kernel space and firmware stack.

Additionally, the role will develop power management and thermal control integration with Linux PM frameworks that optimise performance while maintaining reliability. Responsibilities include performance optimisation and runtime partnership. This would involve optimising kernel-space performance for AI workloads, focusing on latency, throughput, and scalability that directly impact model training and inference speed

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience developing Linux Kernel drivers and subsystems in C, for complex SoCs or accelerators. The candidate should have proven PCIe device driver development experience (enumeration, DMA), and strong knowledge of Linux memory management.

The successful candidate must have kernel synchronisation primitives, work queues and interrupt handling, and a solid understanding with kernel debugging tools such as ftrace, perf, crash etc. Experience with AI or Machine Learning accelerator drivers, or GPU compute drivers, would be highly beneficial.

Salary:
AED 30,000 to 40,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

About the Company

The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.