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9743 - Safety Expert, Certified SW


Company : Wind River Systems


Location : Ottawa, Ontario


Created : 2025-08-19


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

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 companys 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. Weve achieved recent 5G milestones including the worlds 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 As a Safety Expert on our team, youll join our certification office team to create /update and maintain plans & processes to support the execution of the safety lifecycle activities for Wind Rivers safety critical products. The safety expert will also train, mentor and work with the teams for the execution of the planned safety lifecycle activities. As part of continuous improvement , the safety engineer will also participate indefiningrequirements or suggesting improvements to Wind Rivers development lifecycleprocess and tools. The plans& processes you develop will accelerate WindRivers and its customers development of cloud and embedded connected intelligent systems. Your contribution will help develop safety critical products for avionics systems, autonomous cars, warehouse robots, medical devices, and rail. HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are: Solid experience with safety-critical software development and automotive software design,followingplans & procedures to complywith functional safety standards (e.g. ISO 26262, IEC 61508, Automotive SPICE),completed or greatly contributed to release of an ASIL C or higher project. Responsible for leading development, implementation, maintenance of functional safety processes. Perform reviews and identified non-compliance / gaps, from a review checklist and from sheer knowledge of a topic. Develop and document safety requirements collaborated with other teams to ensure safety requirements are met. Troubleshoot and resolve safety-related issues. Analyze safety-critical software development, automotive system design, and functional safety assessments. Train, Mentor &Coordinate safety lifecycle activities, for ASIL C or higher projects, with other disciplines (e.g. Product, System, HW, SW, V&V, CM, QA, Security...), providing technical support and guidance to team members This important role requires a thorough understanding of functional safety standards(e.g. ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and Automotive SPICE)and their application to automotive products and systems, as well as the ability to develop and implement safety-critical design processes. 8+ years total experience in safety critical systems, with 2+ years in safety engineering for planning, coordinating and supporting or performing safety lifecycle activities Ability to lead other disciplines in the completion of safety lifecycle activities Advanced knowledge of the conceptsand importanceofbaselines, traceability, reproducibility Advanced knowledge of safety analysis methodologies (e.g. FTA, FMEA, STPA), especially in a SW context Ability to planand estimateactivities and deliverablesof the safety lifecycle Must be legally able to work in Canada without requirement for any type of visa sponsorship or transfernow AND any time in the future. Assets Within a safety-critical environment youve created/updatedplans & procedures to comply tofunctional safety standards(e.g. ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and Automotive SPICE) Collaborated with software tools and process development teamsand with stakeholders in the wider engineering organization. Createdproceduresfor software tools and infrastructureconfiguration and use Experience using Process,Safety lifecycle and analysis tools (e.g.Stages,Excel, Medini Analyze, Fault Tree+, PLATO) ALMand requirements tools such as Polarion, CodeBeamer, Jama, Doors, Jira/Confluence,git Experience with Software tools and code libraries qualification CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLabCI, Azure Pipelines, CircleCI, TeamCity ...) - Knowledge of VxWorks or other embedded RTOS BENEFITS - Workplace Flexibility 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. APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE: Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us.At Wind River, westrictlyadhere toallapplicable 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. #LI-JP1 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. Diversity is foundational for Wind Rivers business success. We want to be a workplace of choice for all people and we value the unique perspectives offered by a diverse workforce. Wind River does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, age, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status. This principle applies to all areas of employment: recruitment and hiring, training, performance evaluations, promotions and transfers, compensation and benefits, and social and recreational programs. Wind River desires to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all individuals. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, Wind River provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees. Requests for reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees are examined on a case-by-case basis. Please let us know if you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interviewing, hiring or at any other time during the employment process. You can email us at: [emailprotected] . Please do not include personal medical information in the email. #J-18808-Ljbffr