Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Wind River Next RTOS
Location: Kanata, ON
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
As an RTOS development engineer, you will contribute to the development of Wind River’s next-generation real-time operating system. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers to design, implement, and validate core OS functionality, while growing your expertise in real-time systems.
This role is ideal for candidates with a strong academic foundation in operating systems—particularly real-time systems—and hands-on experience from demanding courses or projects (e.g., building kernels, schedulers, or synchronization primitives).
In your daily work, you will:
Contribute to the design and implementation of OS components with guidance from senior engineers
Develop high-quality, maintainable code and tests within a CI/CD and agile environment
Debug and resolve issues found during testing or reported by internal teams
Write clear technical documentation for designs and implementations
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, tools, and verification
Learn and apply best practices in real-time, safety-critical software development
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, System Design or related field
4+ years of relevant technical experience in operating systems development, including kernel and device driver development.
Excellent programming skills in C
Excellent understanding of OS concepts such as processes, threads, memory management, and file systems.
Strong understanding of operating system concepts
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
Familiarity with Linux/Unix development environments
Experience with Git or similar version control systems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Eagerness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment
Experience with:
Embedded or real-time systems, robotics, IoT
Low-level development (e.g., drivers, interrupts, hardware interaction)
Exposure to:
Assembly, C++, or Python
Performance analysis or concurrency debugging
Familiarity with real-time constraints (latency, determinism, deadlines)
Understanding of software development practices such as testing, CI/CD, and code reviews
Demonstrated excellence in a rigorous systems course (e.g., implementing a kernel, scheduler, or concurrency primitives under real-time constraints)
Curiosity about how systems work at a low level
Ability to reason about correctness under concurrency
Strong ownership of projects, even in early-career settings (course, co-op, or personal work)
Work closely with experienced OS engineers and technical leaders
Gain hands-on experience in production-grade RTOS development
Grow into ownership of subsystems and features over time
BENEFITS - Canada
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.
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