Member of Technical Staff – OS Kernel

Description

The company builds the VxWorks real-time operating system and needs a Member of Technical Staff to help develop its core kernel components. The role is based in Kanata, Ontario, and covers low-level operating system technology used in mission-critical intelligent systems.

You will work alongside experienced engineers and cross-functional teams on the design, implementation, testing, debugging and integration of core OS functionality, with a focus on quality, reliability, security and ongoing improvement.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain core OS technologies and kernel components for the VxWorks embedded RTOS.
• Design, implement, test and validate high-quality software using Agile methods and a CI/CD model.
• Find, debug and fix complex software defects, whether they come from product verification or customer reports.
• Write and keep up technical design documents for new and existing OS features.
• Take part in code reviews and help raise software quality and engineering practice.
• Work with cross-functional teams on hardware and software integration.
• Take technical projects from requirements and design through implementation, delivery and release.

Requirements

• A solid grasp of operating system concepts and core OS and kernel functions.
• Hands-on experience with RTOS and embedded software development.
• Strong skill in C and embedded systems development.
• Experience diagnosing complex low-level software problems.
• Preferred: experience with low-level device drivers, BSP board bring-up or architecture-specific work.
• Bonus: experience with Assembly, C++, Python or other development languages.
• Bonus: experience building software that meets industry certification standards such as DO-178C, ISO 26262, ASPICE or MIL standards.
• Ability to take technical work from requirements and design through to delivery on your own.
• Clear written and verbal communication, and good results in collaborative engineering teams.
• Self-motivated, and quick to learn and adopt new technologies.

Conditions

The compensation range is $110,000 to $140,000 CAD, plus an annual incentive plan bonus. Pay is set by education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, abilities and internal equity.

Hybrid work model.

The company is an equal-opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Company-sponsored health, dental and life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Matching RRSP.
• Vacation and various time-off policies that support work-life balance.
• Employee assistance and mental well-being programs.
• Learning benefits, including LinkedIn Learning and seminars.