Senior Engineer - Board Support Packages

Senior Engineer – Board Support Packages 

Location: Ottawa, Canada, Office based work - 3 days required

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 Senior Engineer - Systems (Board Support Packages) provides technical expertise and leadership for developing and maintaining BSP components and configurations. Senior Engineers work independently on hardware enablement, support new platforms, and mentor junior engineers in BSP development.  

In your daily job you will:  

Development & Implementation 

• Develop and maintain BSP components and configurations 

• Enable new hardware platforms and processors 

• Support hardware bring-up and validation 

• Write high-quality, maintainable code following team standards 

• Debug and resolve complex BSP-related issues 

• Optimize BSP performance and compatibility 

Technical Leadership 

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers 

• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions 

• Contribute to architecture and design decisions 

• Drive technical improvements and best practices 

• Lead technical initiatives and small projects 

Team Collaboration 

• Collaborate effectively with team members and cross-functional partners 

• Work with distributed teams across US, Romania, and India 

• Share knowledge through documentation and technical discussions 

• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives 

• Contribute to team process improvements 

Board Support Packages Specific 

• Develop and maintain BSP components and configurations 

• Enable new hardware platforms and processors 

• Support hardware bring-up and validation 

• Work with hardware vendors and partners 

• Configure device trees and hardware abstraction layers 

• Design solutions for complex BSP problems 

• Guide technical direction for BSP components 

• Maintain compatibility across hardware platforms 

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 

• 5+ years of software engineering experience 

• 3+ years of experience with embedded systems and hardware 

• Experience with C/C++ programming in production systems 

• Strong background in software development lifecycle 

Technical Skills 

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming 

• Solid understanding of embedded systems and hardware 

• Experience with embedded systems development 

• Knowledge of build systems (Yocto, Buildroot, or similar) 

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills 

• Experience with version control (Git) and code review 

• Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum) 

Domain Knowledge 

• Board support packages (BSP) 

• Hardware enablement 

• Device trees and hardware configuration 

• Bootloaders (U-Boot, etc.) 

• Hardware abstraction layers 

• Embedded hardware interfaces 

• Performance optimization 

Soft Skills 

• Strong communication and collaboration skills 

• Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers 

• Technical writing and documentation skills 

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking 

• Self-directed and proactive 

• Attention to detail and quality 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with Yocto Project 

• Experience with hardware bring-up and validation 

• Understanding of processor architectures (ARM, x86, etc.) 

• Experience with device drivers 

• Knowledge of bootloaders and boot processes 

• Open source contributions 

• Experience in automotive, aerospace, or industrial sectors 

Key Performance Indicators 

• BSP quality and compatibility 

• Hardware enablement completion 

• Code quality and technical contributions 

• Project delivery and BSP improvements 

• Code review participation and quality 

• Mentoring and knowledge sharing 

• Technical problem resolution 

• Team collaboration and communication 

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.

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.