Member Technical Staff - Linux Kernel

Wind River

5-7 Years | Galați, Județul Galați, Romania (On Site) | Full Time | 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Wind River is seeking a Member Technical Staff - Linux Kernel to join their Cloud team. This role involves managing the technical roadmap for the OS layer of Wind River Cloud Product, contributing improvements to the Debian community, and up-versioning the kernel. You will also assist customers with debugging kernel-related issues, collaborate on security enhancements, and contribute to code review processes. The position requires a strong background in Debian/Linux systems, experience with package management, and a commitment to open-source contributions. You will be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle to deliver a high-quality product and work with a collaborative team focused on Linux and open-source software.

Must Have

5-7 years of experience in software development in C, C++
Proficient in Python and Go
Experience with Linux kernel development and CVEs
Must have experience with real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT)
Debugging and fixing issues in open-source kernel resources
Benchmarking kernel performance
Familiarity with UEFI and u-boot
Kernel configuration, building, tracing, and instrumentation
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Good to Have

Experience with Linux kernel modules and device drivers
Knowledge of Helm, Istio, and Kubernetes ecosystem tools
Proficiency in software packaging and package management

Job Description

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Position at Wind River

Member Technical Staff - Linux Kernel

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 TEAM

Within the Wind River Cloud team, we work with large-scale projects including Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack and fast-paced Open-Source technologies that are in high demand from our customers. Wind River Cloud has adopted these technologies into the core of our product, which is driving us to find experienced and high-performing individuals that can learn and contribute to these full software stack solutions to fulfill the strict requirements of edge computing use cases from security to high availability. The team delivers in the areas of configuration management, fault management and host management. In addition, Wind River Cloud team is a leading contributor to the Open Source StarlingX cloud native project, to manage and maintain the critical infrastructure for highly distributed Edge solutions, primarily 5G.

The right candidate will possess proven so􀅌ftware engineering skills. You are expected to be versa􀆟le and able tothrive in a dynamic environment developing critical OS/Kernel features. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and can bring order to ambiguous scenarios. Maturity, impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead are essential to success in this role.

JOB SUMMARY

As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the direction of the WRCP Linux solution and delivering a product that meets the needs of our users. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Debian/Linux systems, experience with package management, and a commitment to open-source contribution.

As a seasoned Debian Linux developer, you will make strategic decisions and participate in all the stages of the software development lifecycle to ensure delivery of a high-quality product. You will have the opportunity to work with a collaborative and innovative team of engineers who are passionate about Linux and open-source software. Our team values transparency, open communication, and continuous learning and has a track record of delivering high-quality products that make a real impact.

YOUR ROLE

As a Member Technical Staff - Linux Kernel on our team, you’ll:

Manage technical roadmap for the OS layer of Wind River Cloud Product
Contribute improvements back to the Debian community
Work across the engineering team to up-version the kernel when needed, ensuring other affected domains in the product also track the changes
Help customers who encounter defects in their labs or the field that require help in triage and debug, especially around drivers or kernel crashes or issues
Collaborate on security improvements and vulnerability management
Contribute to the review of code changes to ensure best practices are being followed by individual contributors and reviewers, ensuring the efficiency of the review process
Identify and mitigate technical risks and help develop contingency plans as needed

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
5-7 years of experience in software development in C, C++
Proficient in Python and Go
Experience with Linux kernel development and kernel CVE’s
Must have experience with real time Linux (PREEMPT_RT)
Proven record of debugging and identifying fixes for issues in opensource kernel resources (e.g. kernel.org, git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto, etc)
Experience in benchmarking kernel performance (e.g., cyclictest) to evaluate the latest set of kernel changes
Familiarity with technologies such as UEFI and u-boot
Strong expertise in configuring, building, tracing, and instrumenting the kernel to optimize performance and problem solve complex issues
Desirable to have experience with Linux kernel modules and device drivers
Knowledge of Helm, Istio, and other tools in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
Proficiency in software packaging and package management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE:

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“Wind River is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law”

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.