Platform Engineering Apprentice – Linux

Join Origin’s platform engineering team to help maintain the Linux-based systems powering autonomous construction robots. Work alongside senior engineers on robot boot-up sequences, Linux networking, Docker deployments, Python and Bash automation, system diagnostics, and debugging software integration issues on real hardware. The role offers hands-on experience with embedded Linux, networking, robotics middleware, and cloud-connected services, with a potential path to a full-time Platform Engineer position based on performance.

Required Skills

The posting states that all candidates must demonstrate hands-on competency in every listed requirement, and these skills may be tested during the interview.

Experience: 0–1 years, with at least one internship or approximately six months of hands-on software or systems engineering experience. Full-time work, internships, and research-lab work count.

Linux systems programming in C

File I/O: read, write, seek, mmap

Multithreading: pthreads, mutexes, condition variables

Socket programming: TCP/UDP, select, poll, epoll

C++14/17: OOP, STL containers and algorithms, RAII, smart pointers.

Networking: TCP vs. UDP, ARP, DHCP, DNS, IP addressing, subnetting, and connectivity troubleshooting.

Networking tools: ip, ping, ss, tcpdump, iptables.

Docker: Dockerfiles, Docker Compose, images, volumes, and container troubleshooting.

Data structures and algorithms: Stacks, queues, heaps, linked lists, hash maps, time and space complexity.

Python and Bash: Automation and diagnostics.

Git command line: Branching, merging, rebasing, and conflict resolution.

Linux command line: Processes, systemd services, permissions, and logs.

Independent learning: Ability to work with man pages, documentation, datasheets, and RFCs.