Engineering Manager – Debian Linux Team
Description
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
This role requires strong skills on managing a team of sustaining engineers and QA developers who will be focus on debugging and testing of kernel, user space features on the x86_64, ARM architecture platforms. You will validate various server platforms and Linux features on Wind River Debian Linux platform for edge server systems. You will focus on tracking customer escalations, resolving issues, and also helping the QA developers to develop and maintain the automation test framework for better test efficiency.
ABOUT YOU
Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success
· Development engineering management skills as demonstrated by experience in planning and leading multiple engineering projects using modern project management techniques; building and motivating a development team to accomplish progressively aggressive goals; and superior skills in diagnosing and solving typical development issues.
· Personal skills such as: time planning and organization; nimbleness; verbal and written communications; effectiveness as a team member; enthusiastic leadership; personal drive, energy, resourcefulness, and perseverance; integrity; adaptability to new and uncertain environments; a desire to improve practices and processes; and enthusiastic leadership.
· Ability to be an effective manage of a team including: a drive to accomplish the collective goals of the team; the ability to fairly and effectively negotiate; and an attitude that puts the good of the team ahead of one's individual needs when required.
· Experience in people management including career planning; performance assessments; performance improvement; setting and evaluating goals; compensation; and general care of development engineers.
· Experience delivering product in an agile and CI/CD environment
Qualifications
· 7-9+ years of relevant software development experience. Experience in Linux as a device software operating system an asset.
· 5+ years people/project management as part of a larger team with interdependent responsibilities in an engineering environment.
· Relevant technical BS degree.
· Business/management degree or coursework desirable. (Experience can substitute)
Interface & Collaboration
A team of like-minded development and program managers to coordinate the work, ensuring on-time delivery of projects and products.
Regular interfacing with other teams such as QA, Test, Engineering Operations, and Product Marketing.
This position will report to the Senior Director, Linux Engineering
Responsibilities
· Managing a team of Debian Linux developers contributing to both ongoing releases of Wind River Debian based commercial release, as well as Software including career planning, goal setting, performance assessment, coaching, performance improvement, compensation, conflict resolution, and other people management tasks
· Working with a team of other development and program managers to coordinate work and assure delivery of projects and products
· Process development and implementation for the direct team and department.
· Contributing to budget allocation and monitoring
· Interfacing to various other parts of the company such as QA, Test, Engineering Operations, and Product Marketing
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.