Job Description
Job Title:  Principal Architect - Yocto Framework
City:  Bengaluru
State/Province:  Karnataka
Posting Start Date:  9/22/26
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Job Description: 

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.

 

The Larger Impact

  • Modernize the webOS build framework into a scalable, reproducible and BSP-independent platform.
  • Deliver measurable reductions in system image size and build time without compromising stability or maintainability.
  • Accelerate Yocto LTS adoption, upstream synchronization and new SoC onboarding.
  • Strengthen technical alignment across platform, BSP, DevOps, QA, product and customer-facing teams.

Key Responsibilities

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

  • 12-15 years of software engineering experience across browser-engine and embedded technologies, with significant ownership of system architecture, technical design and optimization of complex software platforms.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Chromium WebEngine internals and strong understanding of browser architecture, renderer processes, IPC mechanisms and rendering pipelines.
  • Deep understanding of Chromium Browser, Renderer, GPU/Viz, Network Service and Utility processes, including hands-on knowledge of Mojo IPC and cross-process communication.
  • Ability to move from architecture definition to proof-of-concept development, code-level investigation, technical validation and root-cause analysis.
  • Demonstrated system-level memory and performance optimization in large-scale codebases, including rendering, compositing, media and graphics subsystems.
  • Experience technically leading architects and engineers while remaining hands-on in critical design, debugging and optimization activities.

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 Like͏

  • 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.

 

Mandatory Skills: Embedded Linux .

 

Experience: >10 YEARS .

 

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