Lynx supplies real-time operating systems, hypervisors and embedded Linux tooling for safety-critical aerospace and defense platforms, with a stack spanning VxWorks, Yocto, DO-178C, Vulkan/OpenCL and Xilinx FPGAs. Hiring is accelerating and almost entirely senior and principal engineering, and project work on military aircraft, missile flight software and avionics suggests a services-heavy integration business. MOSA adoption points to modular open-architecture programs.
Lynx, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Campbell, California, builds foundational software for developers of mission-critical systems. Its portfolio covers real-time embedded operating systems, hypervisors, Linux-based development, certifiable graphics and GPU compute, and edge AI. Customers operate in aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, energy, industrial and space markets, where certification standards such as DO-178C and ISO 26262 apply. The privately held company employs 201–500 people and is backed by OceanSound Partners, having grown through acquisitions including Timesys, Thompson Software Solutions and CoreAVI.
Lynx works with C++, Python, Java, VxWorks, Embedded Linux, Yocto, hypervisors, Vulkan, OpenCL, OpenGL, Xilinx/Vivado FPGAs, MIL-STD-1553 and IBM DOORS, plus Jira, GitLab, Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and concentrated in engineering, weighted toward senior and principal roles, all based in the United States.
Current work includes military aircraft software, embedded flight software for a missile platform, next-generation avionics architectures, vehicle HW/SW integration and hypervisor architecture across x86 and Arm.
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