About the position
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 Work Place'. 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 developing the next generation VxWorks operating system.
Responsibilities
- 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 team to define and scope out 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.
Requirements
- BSc / MSc degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree).
- 15+ years of relevant technical experience in software operation 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.
Nice-to-haves
- 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 an encrypted storage devices driver or filesystems.
- Developing encrypted network protocols.
- Securing an embedded design using hardware keystore and asymmetric cryptography.
Benefits
- 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.
