Sr. Engineering Manager – VxWorks CoreOS Team

at  Wind River

Sr. Engineering Manager – VxWorks CoreOS Team
Location: US, Remote
US Citizen - Please see the Required Citizenship Clearance Below

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc or higher degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical/Software Engineering) or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of managing teams doing software development
• 10+ years working in software development area

Core Competencies and Demonstrated Success

• Good personnel and project management skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of embedded software technology and processes
• Strategic thinker
• Strong leadership, team building, and mentoring skills
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Flexible thinking, including the ability to pivot and try new approaches when faced with challenges
• Organizational, planning, and documentation skills
• Proficiency using presentation software to explain complex information to non-technical management personnel and other stakeholders
• Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously
• Past use of Agile/Scrum or similar collaborative tools a plus
• Experience in managing a team of 8 or more
• Good understanding of Real Time Operating System concepts

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regards 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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Within the VxWorks Operating Systems team, we innovate technologies that will modernize the embedded VxWorks operating system and our Hypervisor solution to enable our Edge Device customers. We are seeking an engineering manager to oversee a highly skilled team developing the next generation kernel technologies for VxWorks.
The successful candidate will manage and work with a skilled team to plan and drive execution of projects and feature development, while following well defined Agile processes. The candidate will collaborate cross-functionally with architects, technologists, product managers, remote development teams, and customer-facing teams to deliver capabilities on our flagship VxWorks RTOS. The candidate will manage the team to develop high performing, good usability, and high-quality capabilities for the product.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages team priorities and assignments.
• Engage with engineering program managers to create development project plans
• Collaborates with architects/senior developers and product managers to define, estimate, and plan feature development.
• Work with Agile Scrum Teams and lead the team to design, implement, and refine feature development, testing, and processes.
• Oversees project logistics and resource allocation.
• Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs
• Secures the resources needed for teams to excel, including helping to identify hardware needs, tools needs, staffing needs, etc.
• Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
• Communicates and engages with the field and customers on product and technology information.
• Collaborates with other team leaders and departments.