Senior Engineer - BSP

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 The Senior Engineer - Systems (Board Support Packages) provides technical expertise and leadership for developing and maintaining BSP components and configurations. Senior Engineers work independently on hardware enablement, support new platforms, and mentor junior engineers in BSP development. In your daily job you will:

Development & Implementation Develop and maintain BSP components and configurations

Enable new hardware platforms and processors

Support hardware bring-up and validation

Write high-quality, maintainable code following team standards

Debug and resolve complex BSP-related issues

Optimize BSP performance and compatibility

Technical Leadership Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers

Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

Contribute to architecture and design decisions

Drive technical improvements and best practices

Lead technical initiatives and small projects

Team Collaboration Collaborate effectively with team members and cross-functional partners

Work with distributed teams across US, Romania, and India

Share knowledge through documentation and technical discussions

Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives

Contribute to team process improvements

Board Support Packages Specific Develop and maintain BSP components and configurations

Enable new hardware platforms and processors

Support hardware bring-up and validation

Work with hardware vendors and partners

Configure device trees and hardware abstraction layers

Design solutions for complex BSP problems

Guide technical direction for BSP components

Maintain compatibility across hardware platforms

Required Competencies: Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Electrical Engineering, or related field

5+ years of software engineering experience

3+ years of experience with embedded systems and hardware

Experience with C/C++ programming in production systems

Strong background in software development lifecycle using Linux.

Technical Skills Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming with Linux.

Solid understanding of embedded systems and hardware

Experience with embedded systems development

Knowledge of build systems ( Yocto , Buildroot , or similar)

Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Experience with version control (Git) and code review

Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum)

Domain Knowledge Board support packages (BSP)

Hardware enablement

Device trees and hardware configuration

Bootloaders (U-Boot, etc.)

Hardware abstraction layers

Embedded hardware interfaces

Performance optimization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Yocto Project

• Experience with hardware bring-up and validation

• Understanding of processor architectures (ARM, x86, etc.)

• Experience with device drivers

• Knowledge of bootloaders and boot processes

• Open source contributions

• Experience in automotive, aerospace, or industrial sectors

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