Linux Engineer -Systems

Location: Austin, TX (Remote)

About The Opportunity The Engineer - Systems is an individual contributor role that develops and maintains embedded Linux systems software. Engineers work as part of a team to implement features, fix bugs, and contribute to the overall quality and functionality of Wind River's embedded Linux platforms and tools.

In your daily job you will:

Development & Implementation

• Develop and maintain embedded Linux systems software
• Implement features, bug fixes, and enhancements
• Write clean, maintainable code following team standards
• Debug and resolve technical issues
• Write unit tests and contribute to test coverage

Code Quality & Review

• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Follow coding standards and best practices
• Refactor code to improve quality and maintainability
• Document code and technical designs
• Ensure code meets quality and performance requirements

Team Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with team members
• Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives
• Communicate progress and blockers effectively
• Share knowledge and learn from teammates
• Contribute to team process improvements

How You Will Contribute

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

• Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:
• Eagerness to learn: Willingness to grow in one or more of kernel sustaining, BSP, feature development, user space, systems, or tool chain with mentorship and training
• Foundational technical ability: Ability to read and write C/C , use Git, follow build and test procedures, and debug with guidance
• Collaboration: Ability to work in a distributed team across US, Romania, and India, ask questions, and communicate progress and blockers clearly

Kernel Sustaining

• Assist with applying security patches and CVE-related fixes under guidance
• Help backport patches and run kernel build and test procedures
• Learn kernel subsystems, drivers, and debugging (e.g., kgdb, ftrace) with mentorship
• Validate kernel changes on supported platforms and document results

Board Support Packages

• Maintain and update BSP configurations and device tree snippets with direction
• Support hardware bring-up and validation; run BSP test procedures
• Learn bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), device trees, and hardware documentation
• Document BSP changes and hardware requirements

Feature Development

• Implement well-scoped parts of new features from specifications and design docs
• Write and run tests for new functionality; update user-facing or developer documentation
• Participate in feature design and estimation discussions to learn the process
• Test features on assigned platforms and report issues

User Space Sustaining

• Fix bugs and address issues in user space libraries and applications with guidance
• Learn POSIX APIs, system libraries (e.g., glibc, musl), and build systems
• Run tests and validate fixes on multiple platforms and architectures
• Update documentation for user space components you change

Systems (General)

• Contribute to systems-level fixes and small features across kernel, user space, or integration
• Build familiarity with Wind River platforms, build systems (e.g., Yocto), and release process
• Support stability and quality initiatives as assigned

Tool Chain

• Assist with maintaining compiler toolchain components and build configurations
• Help fix build failures and improve build reliability and performance with guidance
• Learn cross-compilation, GCC/Clang usage, and scripting (e.g., Python, Shell)
• Run and document toolchain tests; support debugging tools (e.g., GDB) as directed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 2 years of software engineering experience

Experience with C/C programming

• Familiarity with Linux or embedded systems
• Understanding of software development lifecycle

Proficiency in C/C programming

• Understanding of Linux systems (kernel or user space)
• Experience with version control (Git)
• Basic debugging and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with build systems and development tools
• Understanding of software testing principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with embedded Linux development
• Knowledge of Yocto Project or similar build systems
• Experience with Linux kernel or device drivers

Open source contributions

• Experience in automotive, industrial, or embedded sectors
• Knowledge of real-time systems
• Experience with hardware or BSP development)