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OS Kernel Engineer

at Intel

📍 2 Locations Hybrid 💰 $149K – $284K USD / year Posted March 17, 2026
Salary $149K – $284K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 7+ years
Education Not specified
Category System Administration

This role involves working on Windows OS internals, kernel development, and performance optimization for Intel's platform hardware, including silicon bring-up and driver development.

  • enabling platform capabilities
  • performance analysis
  • silicon bring-up
  • driver and firmware development
  • system optimization

The position requires expertise in Windows kernel, graphics stack, system software, silicon platform architecture, and performance analysis, with experience in driver and firmware development.

The ideal candidate is a senior system software engineer with at least 7 years of experience in kernel and graphics stack development, specializing in Windows OS internals and performance optimization, with strong collaboration skills.

expertise in graphics stackkernel developmentWindows OSperformance analysissystem software
silicon bring-updriver developmentfirmwareperformance optimizationplatform strategy
WindowsMicrosoft products
Windows OSkernelgraphics stackperformance analysissystem softwaresilicon bring-updriversfirmwareCPUmemoryIOpowerscheduling
Windows OSkernelgraphics stackperformance analysissystem softwareWindowsOS internalsplatform architectureperformance optimizationsilicon bring-updriversfirmwareCPUmemoryIOpowerscheduling
collaborativeproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingcommunicationteamworktechnical directionarchitecture design
Industry Technology / Semiconductors
Job Function System software engineering for Windows kernel and platform performance
Role Subtype System Administrator
Tech Domains Windows Server, Microsoft 365
Windows OSkernelgraphics stackperformance analysissystem softwareWindowsOS internalsplatform architectureperformance optimizationsilicon bring-updriversfirmwareCPUmemoryIOpowerschedulingdriver development

Lack of experience with Windows kernel or graphics stack, No experience in performance analysis, Inability to work in a hybrid environment

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