Test Engineering Manager – Cloud Platform

Job title:

Test Engineering Manager – Cloud Platform

Company

Wind River

Job description

DescriptionPosition at Wind RiverABOUT WIND RIVERWind 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 such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent including with Verizon and building in the world with Vodafone.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 OPPORTUNITYWind River Systems is seeking an experienced high-performing software test manager for a position leading a cloud-based platform test team for its Cloud Platform product. Based out of the Kanata R&D facility, the successful candidate will join a highly skilled test team delivering the world’s first telecom grade cloud platform, pioneering many new industry leading capabilities. Cloud Platform is currently deployed with major service providers globally and is undergoing expansion to provide a cloud native platform for containerized applications in addition to supporting virtual machines and bare metal nodes.The successful candidate must be a highly adaptable team player who can quickly ramp up on new technologies and accomplish goals in a fast-paced agile environment. Familiarity with cloud storage solutions and an understanding of networking and networking security are highly desired.Who You Will Work With

• The successful candidate will work and collaborate with development and customer facing teams to ensure high levels of product quality.
• Collaborate with Customer Support, Product Management and Development teams to bring a leading edge solution to market on time.
• This position will report to the Test Engineering Director for Cloud Platform.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a team of test engineers contributing to ongoing releases of Wind River Cloud Platform Software including career planning, goal setting, performance assessment, coaching, performance improvement, compensation, conflict resolution, and other people management tasks
• Defining the scope of testing for each release/delivery and estimating and managing the test effort of each delivery
• Defining and applying test methodologies, test measurements and metrics for the product and within test team
• Leading/contributing to automation test activities in an open source project
• Support and encourage solid engineering processes (e.g. Agile, Lean, TDD, kanban, scrum, etc.)
• Sprint planning and coordination across scrum teams
• Working with a team of other development and program managers to coordinate work and assure delivery of projects and products
• Support and enablement of unit and feature testing within the product development teams
• 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 Services, Support, Engineering Operations, and Product Management

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7-9+ years of relevant software test or development experience. Experience in Cloud technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes and/or StarlingX operating system an asset.
• 5+ years people/project management as part of a larger team with interdependent responsibilities in an engineering environment.
• Engineering management skills as demonstrated by experience in planning and managing test activities for multiple engineering projects using modern project management techniques; building and motivating a test team to accomplish progressively aggressive goals; and superior skills in diagnosing gaps and solving typical issues in test.
• 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.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects and leading test activities in the open.
• Ability to be an effective member of a team of managers 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.
• Relevant technical BS, Engineering or computer science degree.
• Business/management degree or coursework desirable. (Experience can substitute)

BENEFITS

• Hybrid work model for workplace flexibility
• Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• RRSP matching for financial security
• Flexible time-off policies for work-life balance
• Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars

#LI-AL1Wind 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.Diversity is foundational for Wind River’s business success. We want to be a workplace of choice for all people and we value the unique perspectives offered by a diverse workforce. Wind River does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, age, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status. This principle applies to all areas of employment: recruitment and hiring, training, performance evaluations, promotions and transfers, compensation and benefits, and social and recreational programs.Wind River desires to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all individuals. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, Wind River provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees. Requests for reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees are examined on a case-by-case basis. Please let us know if you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interviewing, hiring or at any other time during the employment process. You can email us at: . Please do not include personal medical information in the email.

Expected salary

Location

Kanata, ON

Job date

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:00:46 GMT

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