Senior Member of Technical Staff

• Simulation

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.

YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Member of Technical Staff on our team, you’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and the product team to define requirements and deliver high-quality simulation technologies.

In your daily job you will:

• Provide technical leadership in the design, development, and deployment of advanced simulation systems.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

• Tackle complex technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and propose innovative solutions to improve system performance and reliability.

• Develop Simics device models

• Integrate device models into virtual systems

• Bring up virtual systems

• Script Simics to test specified scenarios

• Involved in debugging and troubleshooting

• Resolve problems reported from both internal and external customers

This role is ideal for a seasoned technical professional with a strong background in software engineering, simulation technologies, and a proven track record of technical leadership. This position is an opportunity for anyone who wants to expand their experiences into simulation and embedded systems.

A simulator supports the definition, development and deployment of digital systems. It is fast, accurate, scalable and extensible. Simics and QEMU are used for simulation and modeling of processor architectures, System on Chips, devices, boards and etc.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

Essential for this role:

• BS or MS in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent experience

• A minimum of 8+ years of embedded software development experience

• Proven experience in leading technical teams and delivering complex software projects.

• Experience in driving technical decision-making and resolving conflicts.

• Experience with low level embedded software (e.g. BSPs and device driver) development, debugging/trouble shooting

• Strong C and Python programming skills. Be able to produce high quality code fast.

• A good grasp of computer architecture and familiarity with the major embedded hardware architecture (e.g. ARM/PPC/x86)

• Familiar with GIT and SVN.

• Good spoken and written English

• Honest and reliable

• Needs to be a quick learner, exhibit a high level of self-motivation and require minimal supervision

• Should be a hands-on type of person with the initiative to dive in and do whatever is necessary to get the task completed

Desirable for this role (nice to have):

• Experience with simulation technologies is a bonus. Simics or QEMU is preferred, but other technologies such as SystemC is also a plus.

• Experience with Vx Works, Linux, U-Boot, UEFI, BIOS is a plus.

• Familiar with Agile methodology and processes a plus.

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