GPU Driver Development Senior Engineer - RTOS

Location: Kanata, ON, Canada

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. 

Job Description

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 low-level programming, and embedded systems that are certified for stringent aerospace standards, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement graphics features based on product requirements.
• Adapt and integrate open-source libraries to support Vulkan SC APIs on a RTOS.
• Basic knowledge of GPU architecture.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of C/C++ and Vulcan applications.
• expertise in Khronos Group Vulkan APIs.
• 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.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred (Nice to have) Skills:

• 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.

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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 Unmind.
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

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Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regard to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries: Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate's legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard.

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