Senior Engineer - User Space (Austin, TX)

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. The Senior Engineer - User Space provides technical expertise and leadership for maintaining and enhancing user space libraries and applications, while also mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical decisions within the team.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance user space libraries and applications
• Fix bugs and address customer issues in production code
• Integrate new features while maintaining backward compatibility
• Optimize application performance and resource usage
• Write high-quality, maintainable code following team standards
• Debug and resolve complex technical issues
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions
• Drive technical improvements and best practices
• Lead technical initiatives and small projects
• Collaborate effectively with team members and cross-functional partners
• Work with distributed teams across US, Romania, and India
• Share knowledge through documentation and technical discussions
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
• Contribute to team process improvements
• Maintain and enhance user space libraries (glibc, musl, etc.)
• Support application frameworks and middleware
• Address compatibility issues across different Linux distributions
• Optimize application performance and resource usage
• Design solutions for complex user space problems
• Work with customers on critical issues and escalations
• Guide technical direction for user space components

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience with embedded Linux or systems programming
• Experience with C/C++ programming in production systems
• Strong background in software development lifecycle
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis - without requirement for any type of visa sponsorship/transfer, now, or at any time in future. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire
• Must be a local resident of Greater Austin, TX, with ability to work on campus
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming
• Solid understanding of Linux user space architecture
• Experience with embedded systems development
• Knowledge of build systems (Yocto, Buildroot, or similar)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Experience with version control (Git) and code review
• Understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum)
• Linux user space application development
• System libraries (glibc, musl, etc.)
• Application frameworks and middleware
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Performance optimization
• Experience with Yocto Project
• Experience with user space debugging tools (gdb, valgrind, etc.)
• Understanding of application security
• Open source contributions
• Experience in automotive, aerospace, or industrial sectors
• Knowledge of real-time system debugging and troubleshooting