Principal Architect - Yocto Framework

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The Role Mandate

As Principal Architect-Yocto, you will own the architecture and modernization of the Yocto/OpenEmbedded-based webOS build framework for TV and embedded platforms. You will define a scalable, BSP-independent architecture for multi-SoC adoption, establish reproducible build and CI/CD practices, and lead system image and build-time optimization. The role sets technical direction across platform, BSP, DevOps and product teams, drives Yocto LTS lifecycle and upstream alignment, and provides hands-on leadership in integration, bring-up, graphics, media and low-level build debugging.

Why This Role - What You Gain

End-to-end build architecture ownership

Shape the Yocto/OpenEmbedded build architecture across metadata, BSP abstraction, CI/CD and platform integration.

Measurable engineering impact

Drive image-size, build-time, reproducibility and engineering-productivity improvements through evidence-based optimization.

Cross-functional and global exposure

Guide architecture and integration decisions with platform, BSP, DevOps, QA, product and customer stakeholders.

Long-term technology influence

Shape Yocto LTS adoption, upstream alignment, BSP independence and the long-term maintainability of webOS build systems.

Key Responsibilities - Architecture and Platform Ownership

Build Architecture and Platform Ownership

• Own the Yocto/OpenEmbedded-based platform build architecture for webOS TV and embedded products.
• Design BSP-independent layer architecture and portability patterns for scalable multi-SoC support and faster platform onboarding.
• Define and govern BitBake recipes, metadata layers, dependency workflows, build configurations and reusable platform components.
• Lead architecture reviews, design approvals and the long-term build-framework modernization roadmap with platform, BSP, DevOps and product teams.
• Solve complex system integration, bring-up, and build issues.
• Support technical discussions, solutioning and architecture reviews with customer and global engineering stakeholders when required.

Optimization, Integration and Automation

• Drive system image and rootfs optimization, build-time reduction, bottleneck analysis, sstate-cache strategy and build parallelism improvements.
• Architect automated and reproducible CI/CD pipelines, upstream synchronization workflows for Yocto LTS adoption.
• Lead BSP bring-up, system integration and root-cause analysis across build, graphics, media, rendering, playback and hardware-acceleration issues.
• Apply Embedded Linux internals, C/C++, Python and shell-based debugging and automation to resolve complex platform and build-system issues.

How the Role Works

The Principal Architect works across Yocto and OpenEmbedded metadata, BitBake build systems, webOS platform integration, BSPs, CI/CD, QEMU validation, graphics and media subsystems. The role combines hands-on architecture and debugging depth with technical governance, team guidance and cross-functional roadmap execution.

Mandatory Skills and Experience͏

Experience and architecture leadership

• 11-19 years of software engineering experience in Embedded Linux and system integration, with significant ownership of platform architecture, technical design and large-scale build systems.
• 5+ years of hands-on Yocto/OpenEmbedded experience, including BitBake, recipes, metadata layers, build configuration and dependency management.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Embedded Systems, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Proven experience technically leading architects and engineers while remaining hands-on in critical design, integration, debugging and optimization activities.

Technical and platform depth

• Deep understanding of Embedded Linux product development, system internals, BSP bring-up and low-level debugging.
• Demonstrated ability to define scalable Yocto build architecture, design BSP-independent layers and move from architecture to proof-of-concept and production validation.
• Experience optimizing build time, rootfs/image size, dependencies, sstate-cache usage, parallelism and large-scale build-system performance.
• Hands-on expertise in CI/CD architecture, reproducible builds, automation and scripting using Python, Bash/Shell and Git.
• Strong C/C++ debugging skills and proven troubleshooting capability across system integration, graphics and media stacks.

Preferred / Good to Have͏

• Experience with Yocto Project or Linux open-source contributions, upstream patch workflows and community collaboration.
• Experience with large-scale platform migrations, Jenkins or Git-based pipelines, and build tools such as CMake or Bazel.

Educational Qualification͏

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Embedded Systems, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

What Success Looks Like

• A clear Yocto/OpenEmbedded build architecture and long-term modernization roadmap are established for webOS platforms.
• Reproducible performance baselines and CI guardrails sustain measurable improvements in rootfs size, build time, build reliability and integration quality.
• A BSP-independent layer structure and upstream-aligned lifecycle approach improve multi-SoC scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Technical decisions and architecture governance are aligned effectively across platform, BSP, DevOps, QA, product and customer-facing stakeholders.

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