Senior Member of Technical Staff - Linux Kernel
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 Outstanding 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 Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) - Systems is a principal engineer role that provides the highest level of technical leadership and expertise. SMTS engineers are recognized technical experts who drive strategic technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions across the organization, and serve as technical mentors and advisors to the entire engineering organization.

In your daily job you will:

Strategic Technical Leadership

Drive technical vision and strategy for major systems initiatives

Define and influence system architecture and design decisions

Lead technical evaluation of new technologies and approaches

Provide technical guidance on complex, cross-cutting problems

Represent engineering in technical discussions with customers and partners

Technical Excellence

Design and architect large-scale, complex systems

Solve the most challenging technical problems

Establish technical standards and best practices organization-wide

Review and approve critical architecture and design decisions

Ensure technical quality and excellence across all deliverables

Mentorship & Development

Mentor senior engineers (MTS) and technical leads

Provide technical guidance to managers and leadership

Conduct technical training and knowledge sharing sessions

Develop technical career paths and growth opportunities





Build technical capability across the organization

Innovation & Research

Lead research and development of new technologies

Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends

Drive proof‑of‑concept and prototype development

Contribute to open source projects and communities

Publish technical papers and present at conferences

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with product management on technical roadmap

Engage with customers on technical requirements and solutions

Work with sales and support on technical pre‑sales and escalations

Interface with executive leadership on technical strategy

Partner with other engineering teams on cross‑cutting initiatives

Technical Areas of Focus
System Architecture

Design overall system architecture and component interactions

Define APIs and interfaces between system components

Ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability

Address security, reliability, and safety requirements

Platform Strategy

Define platform capabilities and technical direction

Evaluate and select technologies and frameworks

Drive standardization and reuse across products

Plan for long‑term technical evolution

Technical Problem Solving

Tackle the most complex and critical technical challenges

Debug and resolve system‑level issues

Optimize performance and resource utilization

Ensure system reliability and fault tolerance

How You Will Contribute
Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

12+ years of software engineering experience

8+ years of experience with embedded Linux or systems programming

5+ years in a senior technical leadership role

Proven track record of technical leadership and innovation

Technical Skills

Expert‑level proficiency in C/C++ and systems programming

Deep, comprehensive understanding of Linux kernel architecture

Extensive experience with embedded systems and real‑time systems

Strong knowledge of system design, architecture, and patterns

Experience with multiple build systems and toolchains

Expertise in debugging complex system‑level issues

Understanding of security, performance, and reliability principles

Domain Expertise

Linux kernel development and architecture

Embedded systems design and development

System software architecture and design





Compiler toolchains and build systems

Device drivers and hardware abstraction layers

Security, safety, and reliability engineering

Leadership & Communication

Exceptional technical communication skills

Ability to influence and drive technical decisions

Strong mentoring and coaching capabilities

Experience presenting to technical and non‑technical audiences

Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Innovation & Impact

Track record of technical innovation and impact

Contributions to open source projects (preferred)

Technical publications or conference presentations (preferred)

Patents or technical achievements (preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

Extensive Yocto Project experience and contributions

Significant open source contributions (Linux kernel, etc.)

Experience in safety‑critical industries (aerospace, automotive, medical)

Knowledge of functional safety standards (ISO 26262, DO‑178C, etc.)

Experience with formal methods and verification

Industry recognition (awards, speaking engagements, etc.)

Key Performance Indicators

Technical strategy and architecture impact

Innovation and new technology adoption

Mentoring and technical development of othersTechnical problem resolution and system improvements

Customer and partner technical engagement

Open source contributions and industry recognition

Security Clearance Requirements
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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Equal Employment Opportunity
Aptiv is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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📌 Senior Member of Technical Staff - Linux Kernel (Quebec City)
🏢 Aptiv
📍 Quebec City