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92,000+ live jobsSenior Embedded Linux Engineer
On-site in Barcelona·Added yesterday (last checked 29 Oct)
Our summary
- Work mode
- On-site, Barcelona
- Experience
- Senior level
Visa options
The ad doesn’t mention sponsorship
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Skills
This job advert was originally written in Spanish.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
🚀 What do we offer?
- Innovative and high-impact projects: You will work with cutting-edge technologies, with impact both nationally and internationally.
- A career plan tailored to you: Designed to boost your growth and professional development.
- Autonomy and Flexibility: You will have the freedom to organize your work, with real work-life balance adapted to your rhythm. (Adapt to the position's work model; in a factory environment with shifts, there can be no flexibility)
- Stability and future: Long-term projects in a leading company with more than 60,000 professionals, with financial security.
- Close and transparent environment: You will enjoy direct and fluid communication with managers and colleagues, in a collaborative and open environment.
- Continuous training: through Open University and Udemy for Business (over 6,000 courses to specialize!)
- Employee discounts and benefits: Enjoy advantages in gyms, restaurants, shops, leisure, and much more as an Indra Group employee.
- Bus service with different routes directed to workplaces outside the city of Madrid.
The role
At Indra Group, we protect what matters most.
From our Defense unit, we develop advanced technological solutions that reinforce national and international security.
💻 Join our European projects team!
We want to recruit a Tactical Communications Systems Engineer, with previous experience in systems engineering, to join radio communications projects.
What you'll do
💡 What will you do?
- Design the BSP for the radios' SDR platform, integrating manufacturer and project Yocto layers.
- Migrate and develop BitBake recipes (.bb/.bbappend), distributions, and images, managing dependencies.
- Adapt the Linux kernel: configuration, drivers, patches, and troubleshooting of compilation and execution failures.
- Adapt the Device Tree: peripherals, interfaces, interrupts, memories, and platform resources.
- Integrate bootloader, firmware, and low-level manufacturer components, as appropriate.
- Define integration criteria, validation, and reproducible build procedures.
- Coordinate technical migration with hardware, FPGA, and applications specialists.
What are we looking for in you?
🎯 What are we looking for?
Don't worry if you don't meet 100% of the requirements. We encourage you to apply and tell us what you can contribute! 🚀
- Professional experience in embedded Linux and Yocto Project.
- Mastery of BitBake: layers, recipes, classes, machine and distribution configurations, dependencies, and images.
- BSP adaptation and migration between hardware platforms.
- Linux Kernel: configuration, compilation, patches, drivers, and Device Tree.
- Git and maintenance of branches, patches, and repositories.
- Autonomy and ability to debug integration issues on real hardware.
Hiring process
2 steps2 interviews1–2 weeks in all
Profile review
First contact
With recruitment team · Phone call · 5–10 min
A short call to get to know you and answer your questions.
Technical interview
With the team
A meeting with the team, who explain the project and day-to-day tasks and explore your technical knowledge; it may include short aptitude and English tests.
Offer and welcome
- The technical interview may include short psychological aptitude and English tests if needed.
- The first call may come from an unknown number.
Hiring process
🕓 What is our selection process like?
- Review of your profile: We evaluate your experience and skills to determine if you fit what we are looking for.
- First contact (5-10 min): If you receive a call from an unknown number, it's our team! It will be a quick conversation to get to know you and answer any questions.
- Interview with the talent acquisition team: We want you to get to know us better as a company: values, career model, skills... so that both you and the team can assess if there is a match.
- Technical interview: You will meet with the team, who will explain the project and daily tasks. We will also explore your technical knowledge. Additionally, we will conduct brief psychological and English competency assessments (if required).
- Offer and welcome: If everything goes well, you will join our team and start this new stage together!
Estimated process time: 2 - 3 weeks.
About Indra
Indra is a global technology and consulting company headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and a leader in IT and defense systems. It provides advanced solutions in air traffic management, defense electronics, cybersecurity, and digital transformation for clients worldwide. With a workforce of over 50,000 employees, Indra operates in more than 140 countries, making it one of Europe's largest defense and technology firms.
In Spain, Indra has a strong presence with major offices in Madrid, Alcobendas, and other cities, and it is a key player in the national defense and aerospace sectors. The company offers a wide range of roles for international professionals, from engineering and cybersecurity to project management and software development. Indra's work culture emphasizes innovation and technical excellence, and it actively recruits international talent, providing opportunities to work on cutting-edge projects in defense, space, and digital transformation.
- Industry
- IT and Defense
- Founded
- 1993
- Employees
- 50,000+
- Headquarters
- Madrid, Spain
- In Spain
- Madrid, Barcelona, Alcobendas
Good to know if you are moving
- Indra is a major defense contractor, offering opportunities to work on advanced defense systems like SCAPA and NGWS.
- The company has a strong focus on innovation, with significant investment in R&D and technology development.
- Indra provides hybrid and remote work options for many roles, offering flexibility for international hires.
- With offices in Madrid and Barcelona, Indra offers a chance to live in Spain's two largest cities.
- Indra is a global leader in air traffic management, with its systems used in over 100 countries.
In their own words
Additional information
As a company, we understand equality as a cross-cutting principle and a driver of social change. Based on this conviction, we reaffirm our commitment to equal treatment and opportunities between women and men, non-discrimination, equal pay, and work-life balance in professional and personal life.
This commitment is realized through the promotion of respectful and inclusive work environments, where all people are treated with dignity, can develop professionally, and have equal opportunities in selection, training, and promotion processes, offering a work environment free from any discrimination based on sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity, marital status, or any other personal or social circumstance.
¡INDRA is a Top Employer 2026 company! Join a company certified as one of the best employers in Spain, thanks to the conditions offered to our professionals and our comprehensive HR management.
Location
Indra · Barcelona
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