# Principal Linux Driver Engineer **Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: Annual Salary USD 165,000 - 313,500 in Colorado // 178,000 - 361,000 in California // 157,000 - 361,000 in Texas & Wisconsin **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://hpe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobsathpe/job/Bloomington-Minnesota-United-States-of-America/Principal-Linux-Driver-Engineer_1215080-2?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_250f7963-cd5 ## Description We are seeking a Principal Linux Driver Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and development of Linux kernel drivers and low-level networking software for the Slingshot high-performance interconnect. This role is responsible for software that enables and optimizes communication across next-generation HPC and AI systems, including network interface controllers (NICs) and fabric switching technologies. As a senior technical leader, you will work closely with ASIC, hardware, firmware, and system software teams to bring new products from architecture through deployment. You will drive software that delivers the performance, scalability, reliability, and observability required by some of the world's largest supercomputing and AI clusters. This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring deep expertise in Linux kernel development, network driver architecture, high-performance networking, and complex hardware/software integration. **Responsibilities** - Lead the architecture, design, and development of Linux kernel drivers and low-level networking software for Slingshot networking products. - Define software interfaces and influence hardware and firmware architecture for future generations of networking technology. - Develop and optimize networking software for performance, scalability, reliability, serviceability, and observability. - Drive products through all phases of development, including architecture, pre-silicon development, bring-up, validation, integration, and production deployment. - Lead investigation and resolution of complex issues spanning hardware, firmware, Linux kernel software, and large-scale system deployments. - Develop telemetry, diagnostics, fault detection, and recovery capabilities to improve product quality and operational efficiency. - Collaborate across ASIC, hardware, firmware, validation, and system software teams to deliver high-quality networking solutions. - Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and engineering best practices. **Required Qualifications** - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline. - 12+ years of software engineering experience with extensive Linux kernel driver development experience in production environments. - Expert-level proficiency in C and low-level systems software development. - Extensive experience developing high-performance network drivers or Linux kernel networking subsystems. - Deep understanding of Linux kernel internals, including networking, synchronization, scheduling, memory management, interrupts, and performance optimization. - Expert knowledge of networking technologies and protocols, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, RDMA, congestion control, network performance analysis, and packet processing. - Strong understanding of Layer 1 and Layer 2 networking, including PHYs, SerDes, link training, FEC, flow control, and error detection and recovery mechanisms. - Experience debugging complex hardware/software interactions and driving root-cause analysis across multiple engineering disciplines. - Experience with silicon bring-up, hardware validation, and production deployment of networking products. - Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of large, complex software projects. **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience developing software for HPC interconnects, supercomputing systems, or large-scale AI infrastructure. - Experience with Slingshot, InfiniBand, RoCE, RDMA, or other high-performance networking technologies. - Experience developing software for network adapters, SmartNICs, DPUs, or switch platforms. - Understanding of large-scale fabric architectures such as Dragonfly, Clos, and Fat Tree networks. - Experience with congestion management, adaptive routing, fabric telemetry, observability, and fleet-scale diagnostics. - Knowledge of switch ASIC architecture, forwarding technologies, and high-speed networking infrastructure. - Linux kernel networking subsystem or upstream open-source contribution experience. **What We Can Offer You:** - Health & Wellbeing: comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. - Personal & Professional Development: investment in your career with programs to help you reach your career goals. - Unconditional Inclusion: inclusive and diverse workplace that values individual uniqueness. ## Skills ### Required - Linux kernel driver development - C programming - low-level systems software development - high-performance network drivers - Linux kernel networking subsystems - networking technologies and protocols - Ethernet - TCP/IP - RDMA - congestion control - network performance analysis - packet processing ### Nice to have - HPC interconnects - supercomputing systems - large-scale AI infrastructure - Slingshot - InfiniBand - RoCE - network adapters - SmartNICs - DPUs - switch platforms - large-scale fabric architectures - congestion management - adaptive routing - fabric telemetry - observability - fleet-scale diagnostics - switch ASIC architecture - forwarding technologies - high-speed networking infrastructure - Linux kernel networking subsystem - upstream open-source contribution --- Source: [Apply at hpe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://hpe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobsathpe/job/Bloomington-Minnesota-United-States-of-America/Principal-Linux-Driver-Engineer_1215080-2?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)