Beschreibung
Join us in Duisburg as a Platform Specialist and play a key role in shaping our Ubuntu Linux–based Kontron COMe platform by configuring, automating, testing, and maintaining system configurations, BIOS, high-speed host interfaces, and SPMI-related components.
**For this position, we are looking for applications of candidates who alre already living in Germany, area of Duisburg or are willing to relocate to Germany.**
# Platform Specialist for Kontron COMe-based Linux System (m/f/x) 1536
## Your responsibilities:
- Configure **Ubuntu Linux systems** for various hardware versions of the Kontron COMe platform using scripting (Shell, Bash, Python, etc.)
- Test, validate and deploy system configurations, ensuring compatibility, stability, and performance
- Perform regular maintenance tasks, system updates, and troubleshooting of platform issues
- Program or update **BIOS/firmware** where needed
- Contribute to various tasks related to the **SPMI** interface
- Automate testing of **high-speed** **interfaces** (PCIe Gen 4/5/6, USB-C, and other I/O) to guarantee correct functioning across hardware revisions
- Monitor system behavior, analyze logs, and identify improvements to strengthen reliability
- Work closely with firmware developers, system architects, and test engineers to ensure smooth platform integration
- Document configuration processes, test procedures, and results in a clear and structured way
## Your profile:
- Degree in **Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems**, or similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Basic knowledge of electrical engineering with the ability to read and understand circuit diagrams and block diagrams
- Solid experience in **Linux system administration**, especially Ubuntu, with strong skills in **scripting and automation**
- Familiarity with **BIOS/firmware programming** or updating
- Hands-on experience with **hardware interface testing** (e.g. PCIe, USB-C), and automation tests
- Skilled at troubleshooting, debugging, analyzing system logs, and diagnosing platform-level issues
- Comfortable working in lab environments, deploying to multiple hardware versions, maintaining consistency across variants
- Programming skills (e.g. Shell, Python) for scripting, automating routines, parsing logs, etc.
- Good communication skills in English; German is a plus
- Methodical, detail-oriented, with a mindset for continuous improvement
## What we offer:
- A 12 months full-time position in a growing team, with the option to extend
- Hybrid working model (3 days on-site work in Duisburg, flexibility as needed)
- Opportunity to specialize deeply in platform work, influence system architecture and reliability
- Professional growth, with training opportunities and exposure to firmware, system integration, interface testing
- Flat hierarchy and collaborative R&D environment
- Attractive salary, a subsidy for the Deutschland job-ticket and employee benefits for EGYM Wellpass
- Invitations to our regular and varying team- and company events
If you’re passionate about diving deep into Linux systems, solving platform-level challenges, and working at the intersection of hardware and software, we’d love to hear from you! Please send us your **motivation letter, resume**, and **copies of your degrees**. Kindly also include your **salary** **expectations** and your **earliest possible start date**.
Further information about Nash Technologies please refer to [www.nashtech.com](http://www.nashtech.com)