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We are seeking an experienced AIX Graphics Device Driver Developer to design, implement, and maintain 2D and 3D graphic device drivers for the IBM AIX operating system. This role requires deep knowledge of AIX/Linux device driver architecture, graphics hardware interaction, and kernel programming on AIX. Key Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and maintain graphics device drivers for AIX on IBM Power Systems.
* Port and adapt open-source or proprietary graphics stacks (e.g., X11, GLX, OpenGL components) to AIX.
* Integrate and debug graphics drivers across kernel and user-space interfaces.
* Work with low-level graphics subsystems, including framebuffer, DRM (Direct Rendering Manager), and X Server extensions.
* Enable and optimize support for GPU hardware
* Analyze and resolve system-level issues, kernel crashes, or graphics anomalies reported by QA or customer support.
* Participate in system bring-up, debugging graphics acceleration and mode setting issues.
* Contribute to documentation and tooling to improve diagnostics and driver deployment on AIX.
* 5+years of experience in C programming and kernel-mode driver development.
* Deep knowledge of AIX and Linux kernel internals, device driver framework, and ODM (Object Data Manager).
* Experience with X Window System, X11 device driver model, Xorg, GLX, and OpenGL/Mesa stack.
* Experience working with graphics hardware (e.g., Radeon, NVIDIA, or IBM graphics).
* Familiarity with framebuffer, KMS (Kernel Mode Setting), and DRM subsystem concepts.
* Strong debugging and profiling skills using kdb, truss, snap, crash, and errpt.
* Comfortable with hardware programming concepts such as MMIO, PCIe, interrupt handling, and DMA.
* Ability to read and interpret datasheets and hardware specs