JOB DESCRIPTION – Senior Member of Technical Staff – BSP / Device Driver Development
In a world increasingly driven by software innovation, Wind River is pioneering the technologies to accelerate the digital transformations of our customers with a new generation of Mission Critical AI Systems, with the most exacting standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability. Success will be determined by our ability to innovate with velocity and deliver at the solutions level.
Wind River’s impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as telecommunications, including 5G; industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining), connected healthcare and medical devices, automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles), and aerospace & defense. We were recognized by VDC Research in July 2020 as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms, overtaking Microsoft as the overall commercial leader. 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!
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ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Wind River is seeking an experienced developer to join the Helix Virtualization Platform (HVP) & VxWorks development teams. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, implementation, and certification of safety-critical features and functionality used by our Aerospace, Industrial and Automotive customers. As a team lead, you will lead a highly skilled development team charged with all aspects of the safety-critical software development life cycle, from requirements development to implementation to verification. You will work closely with the product management team and system architects to understand and implement customer-requested features and fixes.
The BSP team is responsible for developing and improving BSPs and drivers for VxWorks/HVP on platforms such as Arm, IA etc. The contribution will help to drive business of Wind River embedded software on new SoCs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop Board Support Package (BSP) to adopt a single common architecture and BSP for OS and Hypervisor.
- Helping to develop, optimize and deliver the software needed to support HVP & VxWorks, as well as helping Wind River to grow in its role in new embedded and enterprise market segments.
- Take initiative to improve features and processes.
- Contribute ideas for product improvements and iterations.
- Collaborate effectively with global software engineering teams.
ABOUT YOU
Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success
- Experience in embedded software development
- Self-motivated with a customer-focused mindset
- Able to develop product features in accordance with customer requirements.
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Able to work and collaborate in a team environment
Qualifications
- BTech / MTech degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree).
- Solid understanding of software development methodology.
- Minimum 8-15 years' experience in developing low level embedded OS capabilities, such as device driver development, board support packages, and board bring up.
- Experience in developing software stacks written preferably in C, C++ and experience working with BSP, Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and Bootloader development.
- Good understanding and experience of Embedded systems and related HW, SW components (Processor, Memory, Peripherals, OS, Device Drivers etc.).
- Working knowledge of software and drivers for peripherals and controllers and services for complex SOC Systems) for ARM/Intel/PowerPC based.
- Strong working experience in HW interface for ARM 64-bit OR Intel Architecture processors with assembly programming and with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong understanding on the underlying Architecture: CPU, MMU, Cache, Interrupts, DMA, ADC/DAC, EEPROM, PWM, Watchdog Timers, and other embedded peripherals.
- Experience in programming PIC, GIC, UART, Timer, Nexus Bus, Simple Bus, Memory Controller, RTC etc.
- Proficient in Hypervisors and Embedded Virtualization mechanism
- Knowledge and experience of any RTOS (QNX, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, Linux, etc.) is a plus.