Software Engineer, Operating Systems Virtualization

Wind River; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Ottawa is seeking a Software Engineer specialized in Guest Operating Systems Virtualization. The role involves designing hypervisor features and developing automation infrastructure. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of software development experience, with proficiency in C and familiarity with virtualization technologies. A collaborative attitude and strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5 – 7 years of software design and development experience.
• Familiarity with ARMv8 architectures.
• Proficiency in debugging and diagnosing issues across layers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement hypervisor features.
• Draft and maintain design documents.
• Develop and maintain automation infrastructure.

Skills

C programming

Assembly programming

Embedded Linux

Virtualization technologies

Python scripting

Device driver development

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Yocto

VxWorks

FreeRTOS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Overview

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone. The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

Role

Software Engineer, Guest Operating Systems Virtualization

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement hypervisor features supporting guest OS environments (Linux, VxWorks, RTOS)
• Draft and maintain design documents; participate in architecture reviews
• Debug and diagnose issues across hypervisor and guest OS layers
• Develop and maintain automation infrastructure for guest image builds
• Participate in code and design reviews, contributing to best practices
• Communicate progress, challenges, and technical decisions with the team

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• 5 – 7 years of professional software design and development experience
• Proficiency in C and assembly programming on x86 and ARMv8 architectures
• Familiarity with Embedded Linux distributions (Yocto, Wind River Linux, etc.)
• Working knowledge of virtualization technologies (virtio, hardware acceleration, KVM)
• Experience with embedded programming on an RTOS (VxWorks, FreeRTOS, etc.)
• Device driver and BSP development experience
• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation, tooling, and build infrastructure
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior contributions to open-source virtualization or hypervisor projects
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems
• Exposure to performance and memory optimization in constrained environments

We’re seeking a proactive engineer who enjoys low-level systems work, thrives in a collaborative team, and is passionate about delivering high-quality virtualization support. If this sounds like you, we’d love to connect.

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