Why Choose Wind River?
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 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!
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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.
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!
• 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.
• 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)
• 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.
- 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