Software Engineer, Operating Systems Virtualization

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Software Engineer - Operating Systems Virtualization

Join our Guest Operating Systems team to build and enhance virtualization features for Linux and RTOS environments. You'll collaborate with architects and developers on our hypervisor and ensure our virtualization stack delivers robust performance and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement hypervisor features supporting guest OS environments (Linux, VxWorks, RTOS)

• Draft and maintain design documents; participate in architecture reviews

• Debug and diagnose issues across hypervisor and guest OS layers

• Develop and maintain automation infrastructure for guest image builds

• Participate in code and design reviews, contributing to best practices

• Communicate progress, challenges, and technical decisions with the team

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

• Contribute to the certification of the product to DO-178C DAL A

• 5-7 years of professional software design and development experience

• Proficiency in C and assembly programming on x86 and ARMv8 architectures

• Familiarity with Embedded Linux distributions (Yocto, Wind River Linux, etc.)

• Working knowledge of virtualization technologies (virtio, hardware acceleration, KVM)

• Experience with embedded programming on an RTOS (VxWorks, FreeRTOS, etc.)

• Device driver and board support package (BSP) development experience

• Proficiency in Python scripting for automation, tooling, and build infrastructure

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior contributions to open-source virtualization or hypervisor projects

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems

• Exposure to performance and memory optimization in constrained environments

We're seeking a proactive engineer who enjoys low-level systems work, thrives in a collaborative team, and is passionate about delivering high-quality virtualization support. If this sounds like you, we'd love to connect.

BENEFITS - Canada

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.

• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.

• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.

• Matching RRSP.

• 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.

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