Engineer - Feature Development

Engineer - Feature Development

ABOUT WIND RIVER

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.

YOUR ROLE

The Engineer - Feature development is an individual contributor role that develops and maintains embedded Linux systems software. Engineers work as part of a team to implement features, fix bugs, and contribute to the overall quality and functionality of Wind River's embedded Linux platforms and tools.

In your daily job you will:

Development & Implementation

• Develop and maintain embedded Linux systems software

• Implement features, bug fixes, and enhancements

• Write clean, maintainable code following team standards

• Debug and resolve technical issues

• Write unit tests and contribute to test coverage

Code Quality & Review

• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback

• Follow coding standards and best practices

• Refactor code to improve quality and maintainability

• Document code and technical designs

• Ensure code meets quality and performance requirements

Team Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with team members

• Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives

• Communicate progress and blockers effectively

• Share knowledge and learn from teammates

• Contribute to team process improvements

Technical Areas (varies by team assignment)

User Space Sustaining

• Maintain user space libraries and applications

• Fix bugs and address customer-reported issues

• Implement small to medium features

• Write and update documentation

Kernel Sustaining

• Maintain Linux kernel components and drivers

• Apply security patches and address CVEs

• Backport patches from upstream

• Test and validate kernel changes

Feature Development

• Implement new features under guidance of senior engineers

• Write tests for new features

• Update documentation for new capabilities

• Participate in feature design discussions

Tool Chain

• Maintain compiler toolchain components

• Fix build system issues

• Support development tools

• Improve build reliability and performance

Infrastructure & Engineering Support

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Develop automation scripts and tools

• Support development infrastructure

• Improve developer productivity tools

Board Support Packages

• Maintain BSP configurations and components

• Support hardware enablement

• Test and validate BSP changes

• Work with hardware documentation

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

Education & Experience

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

• 2+ years of software engineering experience

• Experience with C/C++ programming

• Familiarity with Linux or embedded systems

• Understanding of software development lifecycle

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in C/C++ programming

• Understanding of Linux systems (kernel or user space)

• Experience with version control (Git)

• Basic debugging and problem-solving skills

• Familiarity with build systems and development tools

• Understanding of software testing principles

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Willingness to learn and adapt

• Attention to detail

• Problem-solving mindset

• Time management and organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with embedded Linux development

• Knowledge of Yocto Project or similar build systems

• Experience with Linux kernel or device drivers

• Open source contributions

• Experience in automotive, industrial, or embedded sectors

• Knowledge of real-time systems

• Experience with hardware or BSP development

Key Performance Indicators

• Code quality and contributions

• Feature and bug fix completion

• Code review participation

• Learning and skill development

• Team collaboration

• On-time delivery

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.

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