Senior Engineering Manager - Embedded Systems and BSP Architecture

Senior Engineering Manager - BSP Architecture

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. 

YOUR ROLE

As a senior engineering manager, you’ll oversee a highly skilled team developing operating system technologies for the Wind River’s next generation real-time embedded operating system.

In your daily job you will:

• Lead and guide a development team in design, implementation, and validation of embedded architecture and Board Support Package (BSP) development for an RTOS.
• Take initiative to improve features and processes.
• Contribute ideas for product improvements and iterations.
• Collaborate effectively with global software engineering teams.
• Manage team priorities and assignments.
• Collaborate 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.
• Oversee project logistics and resource allocation.
• Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs
• Secure resources are needed for teams to excel, including help to identify hardware needs, tools needs, etc.
• Help create and oversee project budgets and engage in cost management strategies.
• Communicate and engage with the field and customers on product and technology information.
• Collaborate with other team leaders and departments.
• Potentially lead project initiatives within engineering.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE 

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

• BTech / MTech degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree).
• Minimum 12+ years' experience in developing low level embedded OS capabilities, such as device driver development, board support packages, and board bring up.
• Experience in developing software stacks written preferably in C, C++ and experience working with BSP, Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and Bootloader development.
• Good understanding and experience of Embedded systems and related HW, SW components (Processor, Memory, Peripherals, OS, Device Drivers, etc.).
• Working knowledge of software and drivers for peripherals and controllers and services for complex SOC Systems) for ARM/Intel/PowerPC based.
• Strong working experience in HW interface for ARM 64-bit OR Intel Architecture processors with assembly programming and with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong understanding of the underlying Architecture: CPU, MMU, Cache, Interrupts, DMA, ADC/DAC, EEPROM, PWM, Watchdog Timers, and other embedded peripherals.
• Experience in programming PIC, GIC, UART, Timer, Simple Bus, Memory Controller,  etc.
• Knowledge and experience of any RTOS (QNX, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, Linux, etc.) is a plus.
• Strong technical leadership, team building, and mentoring skills
• Good personnel and project management skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of embedded software technology and processes
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strategic thinker, with attention to detail
• Flexible, 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 10 or more
• Experience in leading technical projects

APPLY TODAY, AND TOGETHER LET’S CHANGE TOMORROW!

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Experience Level

Senior Level