HPE
Principal Linux Driver Engineer
$157K–$361K
Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America +4 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States of America
San Jose, California, United States of America
Spring, Texas, United States of America
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States of America - Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience; extensive production Linux kernel driver development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
About the job
Leads architecture and development of Linux kernel drivers and low-level networking software for HPE Slingshot systems used in HPC and AI clusters.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize drivers and networking software, including performance, reliability, diagnostics, telemetry, and recovery capabilities.
- Drive products from architecture and pre-silicon work through bring-up, validation, integration, and production deployment; resolve complex hardware/software issues.
- Set technical direction and collaborate across hardware, ASIC, firmware, validation, and system software teams; mentor engineers and lead design reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive Linux kernel driver development in production environments.
- Expert proficiency in C and low-level systems software; extensive experience with high-performance network drivers or Linux kernel networking subsystems.
- Deep knowledge of Linux kernel internals and networking, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, RDMA, Layer 1 and Layer 2 technologies; experience with hardware/software debugging, silicon bring-up, validation, and production deployment.
Nice to have
- Experience with HPC interconnects, supercomputing, AI infrastructure, Slingshot, InfiniBand, RoCE, or other high-performance networking technologies.
- Experience with network adapters, SmartNICs, DPUs, or switch platforms; fabric architectures, telemetry, diagnostics, switch ASICs, or Linux kernel upstream contributions.
Pay
USD 165,000 - 313,500 (Colorado; annual base salary); USD 178,000 - 361,000 (California; annual base salary); USD 157,000 - 361,000 (Texas & Wisconsin; annual base salary)
Tools
Linux kernel, C, Ethernet, TCP/IP, RDMA, InfiniBand, RoCE, Slingshot
AI focus
Develops and optimizes networking software for next-generation HPC and AI systems and large-scale AI clusters.
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