Senior Member Technical Staff - Linux Kernel
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Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, powering billions of systems requiring high security, safety, and reliability. They assist customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries in solving complex technology challenges. The company's software is integral to systems like NASA's Artemis I mission and the James Webb Space Telescope. The Cloud team focuses on large-scale projects involving Kubernetes, Docker, and OpenStack, contributing to the Open Source StarlingX project for edge computing solutions, particularly in 5G. The role involves managing the technical roadmap for the OS layer of Wind River Cloud Product, contributing to the Debian community, up-versioning the kernel, assisting customers with debugging kernel-related issues, and collaborating on security improvements.
Must have:
- 10+ years of experience in software development in C, C++
- Experience with Linux kernel development and CVEs
- Experience with real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT)
- Debugging and fixing issues in open-source kernel resources
- Benchmarking kernel performance (e.g., cyclictest)
- Strong expertise in configuring, building, tracing, and instrumenting the kernel
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Good to have:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Proficient in Python and Go
- Familiarity with UEFI and u-boot
- Experience with Linux kernel modules and device drivers
- Knowledge of Helm, Istio, and Kubernetes ecosystem tools
- Proficiency in software packaging and package management
14 skills required
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Senior Member of 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 software engineering skills. You are expected to be versale 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 Senior Member of 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
- 10+ years of experience in software development in C, C++ in real time operating system development for highly scalable distributed systems
- 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:
Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here.
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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, 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.
Wind River is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
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