System Architect - BSP

In a world increasingly driven by software innovation, Wind River is pioneering the technologies to accelerate the digital transformations of our customers with a new generation of Mission Critical AI Systems, with the most exacting standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability. Success will be determined by our ability to innovate with velocity and deliver at the solutions level.

Architectural Leadership

• Define the architecture, design patterns, and standards for BSPs, HAL, bootloaders, and low‑level drivers for VxWorks and HVP.

• Create scalable, reusable BSP frameworks supporting heterogeneous SoCs and multi-core architectures.

• Guide the integration of virtualization technologies, partitioning, and safety‑critical design into BSP components.

Technical Excellence

• Lead system-level bring-up on Arm/Intel/PowerPC SoCs including MMU, cache, virtualization extensions, interrupt controllers, timers, security engines, and SoC interconnects.

• Architect and review drivers for high-speed peripherals: PCIe, Ethernet, USB, GPIO, DMA, UART, storage (eMMC/SD), and other SoC IPs.

• Ensure BSP designs meet performance, determinism, and safety (DO‑178C, IEC 61508, ISO 26262) requirements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with product management and system architects to define roadmaps and translate customer needs into deliverable architectures.

• Guide global engineering teams in implementation, reviews, optimization, and debugging.

• Support customer engagements as a technical authority for complex architectural decisions.

Quality, Process & Innovation

• Drive improvements in BSP development processes, coding guidelines (MISRA/CERT), certification readiness, and CI/CD pipeline adoption.

• Identify architectural risks and define mitigation strategies early in the development cycle.

• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to technical leadership across the organization.

• Deep expertise in embedded systems architecture.

• Strong ability to convert requirements into scalable low-level designs.

• Self-driven, analytical mindset with exceptional problem-solving skills.

• Ability to influence technical decision-making across teams.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• BTech/MTech in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent.

• 14+ years experience in embedded software development, including BSP, HAL, bootloader, and device driver architecture.

• Strong knowledge of:

• Armv7/Armv8-A, Intel x86/64, or PowerPC architecture

• MMU, cache, interrupt handling, SMP/AMP, timers, DMA, secure boot

• Hardware virtualization mechanisms (Arm VE, VT-x, IOMMU, SMMU)

• Proven experience with RTOS or hypervisor-based systems (VxWorks, QNX, HVP, Linux, FreeRTOS).

• Strong proficiency in C and low-level debugging using JTAG, Lauterbach, and hardware probes.

Preferred:

• Experience with safety-certified platforms (DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508).

• Experience leading architecture for complex multi-core or heterogeneous SoCs.

• Working knowledge of modern CI/CD workflows for embedded systems.

• Experience with secure boot, Trusted Firmware (TF‑A), OP‑TEE, and platform security architecture.

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