Open-Source Maintainer (Chip Platform)

Project

Work done for a product or program.

• Upstream drivers, device trees and platform support to the Linux kernel.
• Maintain subsystem or project trees as a named maintainer.
• Review community patches affecting the company's silicon.
• Contribute to U-Boot, Zephyr, QEMU, LLVM and Yocto layers.
• Track mainline regressions on the company's platforms.
• Represent the company in foundations and working groups.

Function

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

• Advise product teams on open-source licensing and community practice.

Project

1. Produce and hand over the role's key deliverables
   • Upstream patch series
   • Maintained code trees
   • Mainline support status reports
   • Community working group contributions
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