About the role
Principal Technologist Location: Austin, TX 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. ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
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the Role Wind River is seeking an accomplished Principal Technologist to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for eLxr, a commercial Debian‑based operating system designed for safety‑critical products across Telecom, Aerospace, Industrial, and Automotive markets. In this role, you will define and drive the long‑term technical vision for the platform. You will contribute across the entire OS lifecycle including architecture,
requirements, design, implementation, integration, and verification, while ensuring technical alignment across engineering teams and business stakeholders. You will work closely with product management, system architects, and Enterprise customers to translate strategic needs into actionable technical direction and scalable solutions. Key
