Senior Engineer - BSP
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About the role
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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