Senior Engineering Manager – Simulation Team

Senior Engineering Manager – Simulation Team

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 designing, innovating, and developing Simics simulation technologies.

In your daily job you will:

• Manage team priorities and assignments.

• Collaborate with senior developers and product managers to define, estimate, and plan feature development.

• Work with an Agile Scrum Team 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 needed for teams to excel, including help to identify hardware needs, tools needs, dependencies, hiring needs, etc.

• Help to 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.

• Lead project initiatives within engineering.

• Interfaces with customers for requirements and escalations.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

• BSc or higher degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical/Software Engineering or equivalent work experience

• 7+ years of managing teams doing software development

• 7+ years working in software development arena

• 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

• Strong in 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 multiple teams or a team of 10 or more

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