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Position at Wind River

MTS - Software Engineer - RTOS, Embedded Development

Location: Canada, Remote

Canadian Citizen (Please see the Required Citizenship Clearance Below)

Wind River’s impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as telecommunications, including 5G; industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining), connected healthcare and medical devices, automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles), and aerospace & defense. We were recognized by VDC Research as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms. Wind River regularly wins industry recognitions for excellence in IoT security, cloud and edge computing, as well as 8 consecutive years as a “Top Workplace”. If you’re passionate about amplifying your impact on the world, in a caring, respectful culture with a growth mindset, come join us and help lead the way into the future of the intelligent edge!

Within the Operating Systems team, we innovate on technologies that will modernize the embedded VxWorks operating system and our Hypervisor solution to enable our Edge Device customers. We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Operating Systems Developer Lead to lead and guide our local team in designing, developing and optimizing our VxWorks operating system components. In this role, you will lead technical projects, mentor junior developers, and drive innovation in our OS development initiatives. Your expertise will play a critical role in developing the next generation VxWorks operating system.

The successful candidate will join a global and highly skilled RTOS development teams to develop our next generation VxWorks Operating System. This candidate shall collaborate with remote technical leads to lead and drive innovative ideas and design and develop new capabilities, while ensuring the core values of VxWorks in being a secure, safe, high performing and reliable operating system. This candidate will also engage in leading specific technical areas.

• Lead the design and development of operating system components, ensuring alignment with VxWorks core values.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Develop and deliver high quality design, code, and test following a CI/CD model and Agile methodology.
• Perform in-depth analysis and troubleshooting of issues, driving resolution and improvement.
• Collaborate with product management to define and scope product capabilities.
• Develop and enforce best practices for coding, documentation, and testing within the team.
• Participate in all aspects of the software development process using Agile development.

• BSc / MSc degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree).
• 8+ years of relevant technical experience in software operating system development.
• Proven experience in a leadership or mentoring role within a development team.
• Excellent in C/C++ and assembly language.
• Exceptional analytical and debugging skills.
• Deep understanding of operating system concepts, such as user process management, memory management, and file systems.
• Experience with RTOS software development such as core OS kernel capabilities.
• Low level device driver, BSP board bring up, or architecture level development is a plus.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with virtualization technologies is a plus.
• Strong leadership and team collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with iterative and agile/scrum software development processes.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Knowledge of ASPICE or automotive standard a plus.

• Experience with embedded security, in some of the following areas:
  • Analyzing CVEs impact on embedded designs and integrating custom and open-source code changes to address vulnerabilities.
  • Implementing a secure bootloader
  • Creating encrypted storage devices driver or filesystems
  • Developing encrypted network protocols; securing an embedded design using hardware keystore and asymmetric cryptography

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.
• Matching RRSP.
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind.
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

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SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regard to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries: Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate's legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard. LI-GB1 LI - Hybrid