Senior Cloud SDET Engineer

Location: Kanata, ON 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. Our software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world—from NASA’s Artemis I and the James Webb Space Telescope to the world’s largest Open RAN networks. We’ve earned global recognition for our technology innovation and workplace culture, including 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 built on growth mindset, customer focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software-defined world. YOUR ROLE Within the Wind River Cloud team, this role focuses on ensuring the quality and reliability of the Wind River Conductor platform, a key orchestration engine in the Wind River Cloud Platform (WRCP). The position blends software development and advanced test automation to validate large-scale distributed systems built on Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native technologies. How You Will Contribute In your daily work, you will: Develop and test software for a complete cloud infrastructure software stackDesign and build scalable test automation for Wind River Conductor Design and implement high-quality code based on Kubernetes, containerized applications and distributed cloud systemsDevelop end-to-end, integration, and system-level tests for distributed cloud systemsApply Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automation-first practicesValidate Kubernetes-based deployments across distributed environmentsOwn regression testing strategy, prioritization, and executionInvestigate and debug issues during product verification and customer integrationContribute to CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructureWork with open-source technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, Helm, Ansible, and DockerSupport platform upgrades, automation, and lifecycle validationContribute and collaborate across development, QA/PV, and platform engineering teams Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field5–7+ years of software engineering or SDET experienceStrong Python programming skillsExperience with Linux and shell scriptingExperience testing and deploying software with Kubernetes, Docker, and HelmExperience working in Agile/SCRUM teamsExperience building or testing distributed systemsStrong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skillsExperience working with globally distributed teams Preferred Qualifications Experience with Cloudify or Wind River Cloud PlatformUnderstanding of OpenStack architecture (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone)Experience with RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, YAML, and TOSCAExperience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworksBackground in high-availability or carrier-grade systemsContributions to open-source projectsExperience with performance, scale, or chaos testing What's The Impact Of The Role Ensure production-grade quality and reliability of the Conductor platformDrive automation-first validation strategy across Wind River CloudImprove release quality and reduce regressions across distributed cloud deployments Growth Opportunities Work closely with experienced cloud architects, platform engineers, and Kubernetes expertsGain hands-on experience building and validating production-grade cloud-native infrastructure platformsGrow into technical ownership of automation frameworks, quality strategy, and platform features over timeDevelop technical leadership within a fast-paced cloud software organization 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. Compensation This role is compensation range is between $90,000 to $120,000 CAD plus annual incentive plan bonus. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. 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. Privacy Notice - Active Candidates: https://www.aptiv.com/privacy-notice-active-candidates Aptiv 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.