Product Architect

Product Architect – Open Source/Open RAN

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. 

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Wind River is a leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge. This role requires the understanding and delivery of the technical requirements of major networking and telecom operators. You will leverage Wind River’s Cloud Platform to deliver geographically distributed, high-performance, production grade Kubernetes-based solutions for managing edge cloud infrastructure. Optimized for the network edge, the solutions you will support address service provider’s complex challenges of deploying and managing a physically distributed, cloud native infrastructure. 
•    Requires experience in software engineering with a strong focus on Telecom and data networking. You will need to apply your technical expertise and passion for open source to understand the customer’s problems and develop solutions using our product offerings and services. 
•    A qualified candidate is expected to be hands-on in the deployment of Wind River’s Cloud platform, extending product features, working with hardware, and testing code. Experience in open-source projects such as Ansible, Python, OpenStack, StarlingX, Git and Markdown is a benefit. 

Responsibilities & Accountabilities 
•    Provide expert technical guidance and delivery of projects based on Wind River’s Cloud Platform to Communication Service Provider (CSP) customers. 
•    Work with Professional Services Project Managers to prepare project descriptions, identify task lists, set schedules, determine engineering hours, estimate project risk and deliver on successful bids. 
•    This is a direct customer-facing position and requires comfort with customers and issue resolution. 
•    Some travel required; local, regional and international. 

ABOUT YOU 
•    Master and/or Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent technical education 
•    Cloud based certification (AWS/Azure/GCP), or Kubernetes certs - CKA/CKSS/CKAD 
•    6 years of relevant technical work experience. 
•    This is a direct customer-facing position and requires comfort with customers and issue resolution. 
•    You are authoritative in your decision making and drive solutions, based upon service management essentials. 
•    Enjoy working on leading edge technologies and projects. 
•    Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Elastic, Kafka, & cloud-native technologies (Type-1 and Type-2). 
•    Storage configuration expertise such as RAID/Ceph/NFSv3+v4 (on NetApp a plus). 
•    Strong knowledge of Compute Cluster concepts. 
•    Working/functional knowledge of network stacks, switching, routing, etc. 
•    An understanding of how to integrate into Assurance systems. 
•    Be comfortable with building, reconfiguring and provisioning lab equipment such as servers physical and virtual routers and networks (including IPv4/6) in both Wind River and customers’ lab environments. BMC configurations (iDRAC/ILO/IPM/Redfish). 
•    Experience in network system-level solution design. 
•    Exposure to SDN concepts, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and ETSI-MANO. 
•    Linux (Debian, Ubuntu) background covering deployment, image build, application, and administration. 
•    Adept at Python and automation languages like Ansible. 
•    The ability to work on a team & independently on multiple high priority projects. 
•    Verbal communications via articulation of past project details desired outcomes and written communication skills. 
•    Strong Problem-solving skills based upon a myriad of differing scenarios (Network/performance/hardware) 
•    Ability to replicate customer issues in a Wind River lab 
•    Ability to think laterally. 
•    Preference will be given to those candidates with the above noted requirements and familiarity with platform software and the Open-Source Community
•    Must reside in Greater Austin, TX area
•    United States Citizenship or Permanent Residency required 

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 
•    Employee assistance program for mental well-being 
•    Learning benefits, including a LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars 

Join us at Wind River, where we're not just shaping technology; we're shaping the future of a safer, more connected world. Your journey to make a meaningful impact begins here. 

Wind 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

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 COMPENSATION
 The annual base salary range for this role’s listed grade level is currently $116,000 to 162,00 plus bonus, or $140,000 to $182,200 plus a bonus for MA, NYC, CO, WA and CA residents. Salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. 

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