9765 - Senior Project Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Primary customer interface and responsible for maintaining customer focus and managing the customer interaction during discovery and evaluation of requirements
• Manages execution on the opportunity and maintains Wind River inter-group relationships throughout pre-sales life cycle
• Responsible for delivery of proposal packages including Statements of Work (SOW), project plan, detailed schedule, resources planning, risk assessment and management, cost and profit analysis
• Conducts technical and business presentations to customers, using your strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ensuring deliverables are world-class standard
• Projects high levels of confidence and strong technical ability to our customers and has a track record of successful closure on opportunities
• Embedding a culture of continuously improving & optimizing processes
• Measuring, analyzing & taking action to continuously improve customer satisfaction including effective escalation management
• In due course, responsible for the management of Software Engineers and other Project Managers

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Requires previous experience with embedded systems and/or real-time operating systems such as VxWorks, Lynx, QNX, RTLinux
• Formal software certification standards such as DO-178C, IEC61508, IEC62304 or equivalent required
• US Citizenship or a US Permanent Residency is required
• Must reside in either Walnut Creek, CA or San Diego, CA locations with willingness to work on site at least 3 days weekly
• 3+ years engineering experience expertise with embedded systems (software and/or hardware)
• 3+ years of experience within a Project Management role
• Strong desire for candidate to have hands-on experience doing Project Management with one or more software safety certification standards such as DO-178C, FACE, IEC61508, IEC62504, ISO26262, etc.
• Expect up to 10% domestic and international travel

Nice to Have

• Additional course work in business management or a Project Management Institute certificate
• Experience working with and guiding international teams

Qualifications

• 3+ years engineering experience expertise with embedded systems (software and/or hardware)
• 3+ years of experience within a Project Management role
• Formal software certification standards such as DO-178C, IEC61508, IEC62304 or equivalent

Benefits & Perks

• Workplace Flexibility
• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage
• Matching RRSP
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars