Facebook Looking For Device Driver Software Engineer at San Jose, CA Full Time

Overview:

Facebook is looking for a Device Driver Software Engineer to join their team in Menlo Park, CA. This individual will work within the AR/VR organization which brings people around the world through next generation Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality. Come work alongside expert software engineers and research scientists to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world.

We are currently seeking a software engineer with a deep C++ skill, passion for low-level systems software and device driver programming, and experience with shipping hardware/software products. You are the kind of engineer who has expertise writing device drivers closely with the hardware team. You are fluent in threading/scheduling and IO primitives on at least one platform, and you have built large scale. You are skilled with kernel-mode drivers and are skilled using OS and bus level debugging tools (e.g. USB/Firewire/Ethernet protocol analyzers, kernel debuggers, OS event tracing, infrastructure, etc.)

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement systems software and device drivers that control low-latency high-bandwidth devices, and that move large volumes of data between the device and application software stack efficiently
• Debug complex threading and timing bugs that span the device, operating system, and software stack
• Profile performance problems and drive optimizations that span the device, operating system, and software stack
• Bring up new devices and lead debugging and performance tuning exercises that span multiple hardware/firmware/software teams
• Understand software components from multiple partner teams, lead the integration of those components into the unified product code base, and drive their continued development

Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience working on systems software in a large scale C++ code base
• Demonstrated knowledge with systems programming on at least one platform
• Demonstrated knowledge writing device drivers on at least one platform
• Experience developing, debugging, and shipping software products on large code bases that span platforms and tools
• Experience with Software Development processes including: source control, bug tracking, and design documentation
• Demonstrated ability working collaboratively in cross-functional teams

Additional Qualifications (Not Required):

• 5 or more years of C++ experience
• Experience writing linux drivers and linux kernel patches
• Experience with low-latency, high bandwidth, streaming hardware devices (e.g. video cameras, graphics cards, etc.)
• Experience with new device bring-up
• Experience with Linux as well as real-time operating systems
• Experience with ARM platforms
• Experience with hardware and software technology transfer work involving research science, especially in fields such as computer vision, graphics, robotics, and machine learning

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $85.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19