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Member of Technical Staff – Wind River Gen RTOS

Job in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Listing for: Aptiv
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-19
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, Python, C++ Developer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Member of Technical Staff – Wind River Next Gen RTOS

Member of Technical Staff – Wind River Next Gen 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 such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers.

We’ve achieved recent including with Verizon and building in the world with Vodafone.

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 OS engineer, you will develop components for WR next generation real-time operating system. Leveraging your operating systems expertise, you will help design and implement new capabilities while upholding VxWorks’ core principles of security, safety, high performance, and real-time reliability.

In your daily job you will:

  • Design and develop OS technologies for WR next generation RTOS
  • Develop and deliver high quality design, code, and tests following a CI/CD model and agile methodology
  • Investigate and resolve issues reported during product verification and from customers
  • Create design documents for new technologies and conduct code reviews
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate hardware and software solutions
  • Participate in all aspects of the software development process
  • HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

    Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

  • 8+ years of relevant technical experience in operating systems development, including kernel and device driver development.
  • Excellent understanding of OS concepts such as processes, threads, memory management, and file systems.
  • Excellent programming skills using C
  • Proficiency in assembly, C++, Python, and other development languages is a plus.
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills.
  • Strong understanding of operating system concepts
  • Experience with RTOS software development such as core OS kernel capabilities.
  • Experience with low-level drivers, board bring-up, or architecture-level development
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Exceptional team player who works well in collaborative environments.
  • Ability to be a technical lead in a project or technical area
  • Self-managed, fast learner with the desire and ability to master new technologies.
  • Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. git) and the iterative and agile/scrum software development processes.
  • Experience in developing software compliant with industry certification standards, including DO-178C, ISO 26262, ASPICE, MIL is a plus.
  • Ability to drive a project end-to-end, from concept and requirements through implementation, delivery, and release
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