Senior Graphics Engineer - RTOS
Job Summary
Job Description
Wind River is seeking a skilled and experienced Graphics Software Engineer to develop a Vulkan Safety-Certified Graphics Stack for RTOS. This role involves designing, implementing, and adapting Vulkan APIs for various GPU and display controllers on RTOS. You will collaborate with architects and development teams, providing detailed designs, implementing solutions, conducting code reviews, and ensuring the robustness of the graphics stack. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge graphics technology in a safety-critical environment, focusing on real-time graphics, low-level programming, and embedded systems certified for aerospace standards. The successful candidate will join the "Helix Virtualization Platform" development team.
Must have:
- 10+ years of GPU/display driver development
- Strong Vulkan APIs expertise
- Experience with display APIs (drm-kms, fbdev, VK_KHR_display)
- Low-level graphics driver development
- Familiarity with various GPUs
- Graphics driver issue debugging
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Leadership skills
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Good to have:
- Experience writing graphics API applications
- DO-178C Safety Certification experience
- VxWorks or other RTOS experience
- Embedded software on ARM/Intel
- Knowledge of MISRA C or CERT C rules
Perks:
- Flexible hybrid work schedule
- Named Top Workplace for 8 consecutive years
- Commitment to DEIB
- 100% employee covered Medical, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Time Off + 12 holidays
- 401K with company match
- HSA and FSA
- Wellness benefits via Unmind
7 skills required
Job Details
Description
Location: Ottawa, CN
Citizenship Clearance Required
Why Choose Wind River?
Wind River’s impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as telecommunications, including 5G; industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining), connected devices, healthcare and medical , automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles), and aerospace & defense. We were recognized by VDC Research as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms. Wind River regularly wins industry recognitions for excellence in IoT security, cloud and edge computing, as well as 8 consecutive years as a “Top Work Place”. If you’re passionate about amplifying your impact on the world, in a caring, respectful culture with a growth mindset, come join us and help lead the way into the future of the intelligent edge!
Within the Wind River Operating System team, we work on projects that deliver mission critical, robust, and deterministic Real Time Operation Systems suitable for a wide variety of mission critical applications including the aerospace and automotive industry. We are looking for experienced and high-performing individuals that can learn and contribute to these technologies.
Who You Will Work With:
The successful candidate will join a highly skilled "Helix Virtualization Platform" development team delivering mission critical Real-Time Operating System for avionics and automotive applications.
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Graphics Software Engineer to contribute to the development of a Vulkan Safety-Certified Graphics Stack for RTOS. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and adapting Vulkan APIs to support various GPU and display controllers on RTOS. You will work closely with architects and development teams, providing detailed designs, implementing solutions, conducting code reviews, and ensuring the robustness of the overall graphics stack.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge graphics technology within a safety-critical environment. If you have a passion for real-time graphics, low-level programming, and embedded systems that are certified for stringent aerospace standards, we’d love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
• Serve as the primary technical focal point for graphics stack, GPU, and display driver development.
• Design and implement graphics features based on product requirements.
• Adapt and integrate open-source libraries to support Vulkan SC APIs on a RTOS.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team.
• Conduct detailed design and code reviews, ensuring compliance with industry best practices.
• Knowledge of GPU architecture.
• Serve as the primary technical focal point for graphics stack, GPU, and display driver development.
• Design and implement graphics features based on product requirements.
• Adapt and integrate open-source libraries to support Vulkan SC APIs on a RTOS.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team.
• Conduct detailed design and code reviews, ensuring compliance with industry best practices.
• Knowledge of GPU architecture.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience developing GPU and display controller drivers.
• Strong expertise in Khronos Group Vulkan APIs.
• Experience with display APIs such as drm-kms, fbdev, Android Hardware Composer or VK_KHR_display.
• Experience in low-level graphics driver development.
• Familiarity with various GPUs (e.g., AMD, Arm, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, etc.).
• Experience debugging Graphics driver issues found by application usage of Graphics APIs
• Proficiency in C and/or C++ programming.
• Demonstrated leadership skills (influence, coaching, mentoring, identification of innovation needs/opportunities, direction setting)
• Strong expertise in Khronos Group Vulkan APIs.
• Experience with display APIs such as drm-kms, fbdev, Android Hardware Composer or VK_KHR_display.
• Experience in low-level graphics driver development.
• Familiarity with various GPUs (e.g., AMD, Arm, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, etc.).
• Experience debugging Graphics driver issues found by application usage of Graphics APIs
• Proficiency in C and/or C++ programming.
• Demonstrated leadership skills (influence, coaching, mentoring, identification of innovation needs/opportunities, direction setting)
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred (Nice to have) Skills:
• Experience writing applications using Graphics APIs.
• Experience with DO-178C Safety Certification.
• Hands-on experience with VxWorks or other Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Embedded software development experience on ARM and Intel platforms.
• Knowledge of MISRA C or CERT C rules.
• Experience writing applications using Graphics APIs.
• Experience with DO-178C Safety Certification.
• Hands-on experience with VxWorks or other Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Embedded software development experience on ARM and Intel platforms.
• Knowledge of MISRA C or CERT C rules.
BENEFITS
- Flexible home office! We offer the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule
- Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row
- Wind River’s commitment to DEIB
- 100% Employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance*
- Flexible Time Off policy* + 12 observed Holidays
- 401K with company match
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Wellness Benefits through Unmind
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics.
To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.
Security Clearance Requirements
Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regards 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.
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