Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Wind River Next RTOS

Location: Kanata, ON

YOUR ROLE

As an RTOS development engineer, you will contribute to the development of Wind River’s next-generation real-time operating system. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers to design, implement, and validate core OS functionality, while growing your expertise in real-time systems.

This role is ideal for candidates with a strong academic foundation in operating systems—particularly real-time systems—and hands-on experience from demanding courses or projects (e.g., building kernels, schedulers, or synchronization primitives).

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

In your daily work, you will:

• Contribute to the design and implementation of OS components with guidance from senior engineers

• Develop high-quality, maintainable code and tests within a CI/CD and agile environment

• Debug and resolve issues found during testing or reported by internal teams

• Write clear technical documentation for designs and implementations

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, tools, and verification

• Learn and apply best practices in real-time, safety-critical software development

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, System Design or related field

• 4+ years of relevant technical experience in operating systems development, including kernel and device driver development.

• Excellent programming skills in C

• Excellent understanding of OS concepts such as processes, threads, memory management, and file systems.

• Strong understanding of operating system concepts

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

• Familiarity with Linux/Unix development environments

• Experience with Git or similar version control systems

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Eagerness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment

• Experience with:

  • Embedded or real-time systems, robotics, IoT

  • Low-level development (e.g., drivers, interrupts, hardware interaction)

• Exposure to:

  • Assembly, C++, or Python

  • Performance analysis or concurrency debugging

• Familiarity with real-time constraints (latency, determinism, deadlines)

• Understanding of software development practices such as testing, CI/CD, and code reviews

• Demonstrated excellence in a rigorous systems course (e.g., implementing a kernel, scheduler, or concurrency primitives under real-time constraints)

• Curiosity about how systems work at a low level

• Ability to reason about correctness under concurrency

• Strong ownership of projects, even in early-career settings (course, co-op, or personal work)

• Work closely with experienced OS engineers and technical leaders

• Gain hands-on experience in production-grade RTOS development

Grow into ownership of subsystems and features over time

BENEFITS - Canada

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.

• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.

• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.

• Matching RRSP.

• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.

• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through .

• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

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