Hypervisor and Virtualisation Software Engineer

Project

Work done for a product or program.

• Develop and tune Type-1 hypervisors for the SoC's virtualisation extensions.
• Implement virtual interrupt, memory and device passthrough including SMMU and IOMMU support.
• Build virtio and shared-device backends for GPU, network and storage.
• Meet freedom-from-interference requirements for safety-critical partitions.
• Support Android, Linux and RTOS guests on the same hypervisor.
• Measure and reduce virtualisation overhead and latency.
• Feed hardware virtualisation requirements back to SoC architects.

Function

Work that keeps the discipline running: methods, tools, suppliers and people.

• Maintain the policies, processes and tools of the function.General
• Keep the function compliant with legal, financial and regulatory requirements.General
• Report the function's performance and improve it over time.General

Project

1. Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
   • Hypervisor releases
   • Virtual device backends
   • Safety evidence for partitioning
   • Performance and latency reports
2. Support programsGeneral
   • Agree what each program needs
   • Deliver in time for milestones
3. Manage issuesGeneral
   • Track requests to closure
   • Escalate risks

Function

1. Run the functionGeneral
   • Maintain policies and processes
   • Keep records and controls
2. ImproveGeneral
   • Report performance
   • Lead improvement work