Helix Virtualization Platform and Vxworks Manager - Kanata, Canada - Wind River

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION - Helix Virtualization Platform Manager

In a world increasingly driven by software innovation, Wind River is pioneering the technologies to accelerate the digital transformations of our customers with a new generation of Mission Critical AI Systems, in a world with the most exacting standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability.

Success will be determined by our ability to innovate with velocity and deliver at the solutions level.

Wind River's impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as Telecommunications, including 5G; Industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining); Connected Healthcare and Medical Devices; Automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles); and Aerospace & Defense.

We were recognized by VDC Research in July 2020 as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms, overtaking Microsoft as the overall commercial leader.

Wind River regularly wins industry recognitions for excellence in IoT security, cloud and edge computing, as well as 8 consecutive years as a "Top Workplace.

" If you're passionate about amplifying your impact on the world in a caring, respectful culture that is based on growth mindset, diversity, inclusion, and customer focused, come join us and help lead the way into the future of the intelligent edge


ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Report directly to Director of Engineering, VxWorks/Platforms.

You will be an integral part of the highly skilled "Helix Virtualization Platform" team developing and sustaining technologies and features for Wind River's flagship Real Time Operating System VxWorks.

You will manage and work with a skilled team to plan and drive execution of projects and feature development while following well-defined Agile processes.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with architects, technologists, product managers, remote development teams, and customer-facing teams to deliver capabilities across Wind River's Helix Virtualization Platform products, ensure high performance, usability, and product quality.

Responsibilities:

• Manages team priorities and assignments.
• Collaborates with architects/senior developers and product manages to define, estimate, and plan feature development.
• Collaborates with Certification Office to ensure safety standards are met and development artifacts are generated per plan.
• 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.
• Strive 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, etc.
• Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
• Communicates and engages with product, field and customers on product and technology information.
• Collaborates with other team leaders and departments.

ABOUT YOU

Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success

• Have good knowledge of safety certification workflows and artifact life cycle management (i.e., DO178C)
• Good knowledge of safety standards (e.g., DO178C, ISO26262) and aerospace specifications (e.g., ARINC653, FACE)
• Have a good knowledge of embedded development.
• 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 problemsolving skills
• History of high performing teams and disciplined execution
• Strong in data analytics, performance monitoring, and selection of key performance indicators (KPIs)
• 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 nontechnical 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical/Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of managing teams doing software development
• 5+ years working in a safety certified environment (ideally DO178C)
• 7+ years working in software development field

It will be great if you also have:

• Knowledge and experience with software development tools such as Git, BitBucket, Jenkins, JIRA, Coverity
• Knowledge and experience with life cycle management tools such as Polarion, Code Beamer, JAMA, DOORS/Test coverage tools such as LDRA
• Familiarity with Agile and continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) or DevSecOps concepts.
• Software engineering experience with