Engineer - Systems
Location: Austin, TX
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.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
The Engineer - Systems 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
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE
Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:
Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:
Eagerness to learn: Willingness to grow in one or more of kernel sustaining, BSP, feature development, user space, systems, or tool chain with mentorship and training
Foundational technical ability: Ability to read and write C/C++, use Git, follow build and test procedures, and debug with guidance
Collaboration: Ability to work in a distributed team across US, Romania, and India, ask questions, and communicate progress and blockers clearly
Kernel Sustaining
Assist with applying security patches and CVE-related fixes under guidance
Help backport patches and run kernel build and test procedures
Learn kernel subsystems, drivers, and debugging (e.g., kgdb, ftrace) with mentorship
Validate kernel changes on supported platforms and document results
Board Support Packages
Maintain and update BSP configurations and device tree snippets with direction
Support hardware bring-up and validation; run BSP test procedures
Learn bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), device trees, and hardware documentation
Document BSP changes and hardware requirements
Feature Development
Implement well-scoped parts of new features from specifications and design docs
Write and run tests for new functionality; update user-facing or developer documentation
Participate in feature design and estimation discussions to learn the process
Test features on assigned platforms and report issues
User Space Sustaining
Fix bugs and address issues in user space libraries and applications with guidance
Learn POSIX APIs, system libraries (e.g., glibc, musl), and build systems
Run tests and validate fixes on multiple platforms and architectures
Update documentation for user space components you change
Systems (General)
Contribute to systems-level fixes and small features across kernel, user space, or integration
Build familiarity with Wind River platforms, build systems (e.g., Yocto), and release process
Support stability and quality initiatives as assigned
Tool Chain
Assist with maintaining compiler toolchain components and build configurations
Help fix build failures and improve build reliability and performance with guidance
Learn cross-compilation, GCC/Clang usage, and scripting (e.g., Python, Shell)
Run and document toolchain tests; support debugging tools (e.g., GDB) as directed
QUALIFICATIONS
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
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
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