Software Architect – RTOS Kernel Development
Location: US or Canada, hybrid-onsite preferred
Citizenship Requirements
US or Canadian Citizen (Restricted Citizenship. Security and Citizenship Clearance Required)

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

• 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 development
• 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 automative standard a plus.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regards 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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The successful candidate will join a global and highly skilled RTOS development team to lead and 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 being a secure, safe, high performing and reliability operating system. This candidate will also engage in leading specific technical areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be able to 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.
• Collaborates 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.