Engineering Intern
Description
Associate Engineer / Intern – P1
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
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 Great 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 Compiler Group works on compiler toolchains and programming languages for Wind River products including VxWorks and WR Linux. We build C/C++ toolchains based on open source LLVM and GCC technologies and proprietary technologies. We also maintain C/C++ libraries and enable modern programming languages like Rust. Your contribution in this role will impact the success of various Wind River products by improving support for new architecture variants, improve code size and performance and improving adherence to language standards and functional safety standards.
Interface & Collaboration
Working in the compiler team, you will collaborate with various engineering teams in the Wind River engineering organization that work directly or indirectly with the toolchains and with the open-source community.
In your daily job you will:
- Development and maintenance of the compiler toolchains used in the Wind River products.
- Working with the open-source community to make improvements the LLVM toolchain.
- Take the initiative to improve features and processes.
- Contribute ideas for product improvements.
- Collaborate effectively with global software engineering teams.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE
Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:
- Good understanding of embedded systems and familiarity in building and developing SW modules
- Good understanding of automation tools and testing principles
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent analytical and debugging skills.
- BE/BTech or ME/MTech degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent
- Experience in scripting languages e.g., Python
- Strong C/C++ programming experience
- Assembly language experience (PowerPC/Arm/Intel/RISC-V)
BENEFITS - Canada
- Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
- Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
- Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind .
- Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.
APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE:
Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here .
“Wind River 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”
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.
Wind River is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.