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Palo Alto, California, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
Yocto Embedded Linux Jobs
The Yocto Project is the industry-standard build framework for creating custom embedded Linux distributions. It is used to build BSPs (Board Support Packages), firmware images, and custom OS distributions for industrial, automotive, medical, and consumer electronics devices. Yocto expertise is a core requirement for embedded Linux platform engineers and BSP developers worldwide.
San Francisco, California, United States 5d ago $105k – $170k
Boulder, Colorado, United States 6d ago Not disclosed
Austin, Texas, United States 6d ago $105k – $145k
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 6d ago $219k – $290k
San Francisco, California, United States May 27 Not disclosed
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Paris, France May 21 Not disclosed
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Paris, France May 21 Not disclosed
Remote, Worldwide May 21 Not disclosed
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Remote, Taiwan May 21 Not disclosed
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Burlingame, California, United States May 21 Not disclosed
Chantilly, Virginia, United States May 21 Not disclosed
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India May 21 Not disclosed
Remote May 21 Not disclosed
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London, United Kingdom May 21 £80k – £100k
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Yocto Project is a Linux Foundation collaborative project that provides tools and metadata to create custom Linux-based systems for embedded products regardless of hardware architecture. At its core is BitBake (a build tool similar to make) and OpenEmbedded-Core (the base layer of recipes). Companies use Yocto to build tailored Linux distributions for their specific hardware, including only the packages and configuration their product needs.
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Yocto is used in automotive (infotainment, ADAS, instrument clusters), industrial automation (PLCs, HMIs, robotics), medical devices, consumer electronics, networking equipment, and aerospace. Roles requiring Yocto include Embedded Linux Engineer, BSP Developer, Platform Software Engineer, Firmware Engineer, and Linux Build System Engineer.
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Yocto jobs typically require: BitBake recipe writing and layer creation, understanding of OpenEmbedded metadata, cross-compilation toolchain setup, bootloader configuration (U-Boot), kernel configuration and driver integration, BSP development for specific hardware, and often C/C++ for driver and application development. Python is used for BitBake and build system scripting.
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Both are embedded Linux build systems but with different philosophies. Yocto is more complex and powerful: it produces full package feeds, supports binary package management on the target (IPK, RPM, DEB), and scales well for large projects with shared layers across product lines. Buildroot is simpler, produces smaller images faster, and is better suited for constrained devices or teams new to embedded Linux.