Linux Kernel Architect Lead

5 days ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wind River Systems Full time
About Us
Wind River Systems is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. Our company has been an innovator and pioneer for over four decades, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

We help customers across various industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. Our industry recognition includes awards for technology innovation and leadership, as well as our workplace culture, which has earned us global Great Place to Work certification and recognition as a Top Workplace for ten consecutive years.

About the Opportunity
Wind River Systems is seeking a seasoned senior experienced Linux kernel architect for a position as the Open-Sourced Operating System Linux's Principal Technologist. As a member of the Linux team, you will join a group of dynamic, dedicated, and highly experienced OS engineers responsible for the constant evolution of the Linux Platform product of Wind River. You will participate in high-level architecture design of features; and development of Wind River Linux product.

As a Principal Technologist, you will demonstrate superior understanding of the operating system, as well as having the interpersonal skills to work with diverse groups of product managers, architects, and external functional teams. You will utilize your extensive experience around Linux and the open-source community to architect Linux products with a focus on enabling customer features in the community and product.

About You
You will work closely with:
- Engineering Manager, and Engineering Program Managers and other architects and technologists to plan ongoing future development.
- Product Line Managers, Sales and customer support architects to determine software requirements.
- Wind River Customers
- This position will report to the Director of Engineering

Your Key Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for technical leadership of Linux Kernels
  • Research, design new product features in the area of kernel based on software requirements.
  • Based on the research results, writes high-level design document and methodologies in cooperation with other architects
  • Works closely with Engineering Managers to turn feature designs into product development projects
  • Works with other architects to define technical roadmap for Linux Products
  • Works with engineering teams, partition the projects into tasks and delegates to senior and junior engineers.
  • Investigate complex technical issues, present options and solutions.
  • Not afraid of relying on your own years of technical experience, to be hands-on in resolving complex technical issues.
  • Works with Product Line Management, Sales, and customer architects to determine software requirements
  • Works closely with customers and open-source community to enable customer-requested features in the community and product
  • Generates technical documentation and contributes to product requirements
  • Generates outward-facing white papers, blogs, presentations, and talks
  • Investigates new technologies and techniques and research ongoing industry developments
  • Mentors junior developers in resolving technical issues, sharing new technology, industry best practices, procedures, and concepts


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