Senior Engineer, User Space – Embedded Linux (Hybrid)

Aptiv; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health insurance

Disability coverage

RRSP matching

Flexible time-off

Learning benefits

Job summary

Wind River is seeking a Senior Engineer to sustain and enhance user space libraries and applications on embedded Linux. You will mentor juniors, lead technical decisions, and collaborate with distributed teams across the US, Romania, and India.

You will maintain glibc/musl, optimize performance, ensure backward compatibility, participate in code reviews, and drive best practices in design and debugging.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of embedded Linux or systems programming
• Experience with C/C++ in production systems
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Development & Implementation
• Maintain and enhance user space libraries and applications
• Fix bugs and address customer issues in production code
• Integrate new features while maintaining backward compatibility
• Optimize application performance and resource usage
• Write high-quality, maintainable code following team standards
• Debug and resolve complex technical issues
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions
• Drive technical improvements and best practices
• Lead technical initiatives and small projects
• Collaborate effectively with team members and cross-functional partners
• Work with distributed teams across US, Romania, and India
• Share knowledge through documentation and technical discussions
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
• Contribute to team process improvements
• Maintain and enhance user space libraries (glibc, musl, etc.)
• Support application frameworks and middleware
• Address compatibility issues across different Linux distributions
• Optimize application performance and resource usage
• Design solutions for complex user space problems
• Work with customers on critical issues and escalations
• Guide technical direction for user space components
• Experience with Yocto Project
• Experience with user space debugging tools (gdb, valgrind, etc.)
• Understanding of application security
• Open source contributions
• Experience in automotive, aerospace, or industrial sectors
• Knowledge of real-time system debugging and troubleshooting

Skills

C/C++ programming

Embedded Linux

Systems programming

Performance optimization

Debugging

Git version control

Agile/Scrum

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Yocto Project

Buildroot

GDB

Valgrind

Git

Job description

Wind River is seeking a Senior Engineer to sustain and enhance user space libraries and applications on embedded Linux. You will mentor juniors, lead technical decisions, and collaborate with distributed teams across the US, Romania, and India.

You will maintain glibc/musl, optimize performance, ensure backward compatibility, participate in code reviews, and drive best practices in design and debugging.