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Linux Support/Consultant Engineer


Location : Santa Clara, CA.
Job Code : LCMT09

Job Description & Responsibilities:

Provide technical consulting and technical support for open source software solutions for the embedded market included in MontaVista Linux and related products.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage customer's reported issue received through web or email from initial customer submission to resolution via the team's process
  • Troubleshoot, reproduce if needed, and resolve technical customer questions and issues about MontaVista Linux kernel, applications, and cross development kit.
  • Work closely with other MontaVista employees and the Open Source community to ensure timely resolution for the customer.
  • Proactively contribute to continuous product and process improvements by working with other functional teams.
  • Create and provide content to a knowledge base to allow customer's the ability to more quickly help themselves.
  • As needed, create solutions to customer defects for both the customer and the product.
  • Verify that supported hardware boots successfully based on product documentation and confirm that I/O is supportable.
  • May require short notice travel
  • May require 24x7 support

Basic Must have Requirements:
  • 3-5 yrs of Linux/UNIX operating system or system administration experience
  • C programming and debugging, and shell script experience is required.
  • Should be innovative in solving analytical problems by using instrumentation, core dump analysis, debugging tools, or whatever is available for the software that is being debugged.
  • Indepth knowledge in at least one of the following: Embedded Systems, Carrier Grade technology, networking, and/or compilers and debuggers.
  • Must be self-motivated, interested in working as part of a team, and able to work in a distributed team
  • Excellent verbal communication and written skills to be able to communicate with customers
  • Prior technical support experience
  • B. S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering from accredited university or equivalent experience.

 

Plus requirements:
  • Experience with Flexnet license management
  • Experience with python or Eclipse/Websphere IDE
  • Experience developing Linux kernel drivers

Please send your resume to usjobs@mvista.com.  Resumes received without the appropriate job code in the subject line of emails will not be considered.

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