Senior Product Manager - LinuxLocation: US Remote 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
As a member of the Edge Product Management team, you will aggregate input from external customers, sales, market research, fellow product managers, partners, etc., and define what will transform mission-critical edge computing from an operating system and hardware enablement perspective.
You will take over some existing projects and roadmap elements and collaborate with other product managers on the team who own other parts of our commercial Linux offering.
You will write requirements, justify investments, prioritize the backlog, own your roadmap, do market research, analyze the competition, collaborate with the sales teams on key deals, review defects, engage with extended teams, and evangelize our stacks both internally and externally.
You will work in close partnership with experienced Engineering and Product Management teams.
ABOUT YOU
Requirements & Qualifications
- You are a Product Manager passionate about software and have an affinity for open-source software, Linux, and associated tools and technologies.
- 5+ years managing the entire Linux product lifecycle, from concept to end-of-life
- Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools to ensure efficient and iterative product development
- Demonstrated application of business rationalization against a technical product.
- Experience writing requirements for engineering.
- Good understanding of security, containerization, and orchestration concepts.
- Strong analytical abilities, with excellent written and oral communication skills with a collaborative mindset.
- Ability to move easily between product, services, marketing, strategy, and technical discussions.
- Familiarity with cloud technologies and constructs (containers, universal base images, Kubernetes) is strongly desired.
- Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, MBA a plus. Bachelor’s degree with suitable experience.
- Experience with Yocto is a plus.
While this role is external, minimal travel is required (5%)
Benefits
- Flexible home office! We offer the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule or 100% remote
- Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row
- Wind River’s commitment to DEIB
- 100% Employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance*
- Flexible Time Off policy* + 12 observed Holidays
- 401K with company match *
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) *
- Wellness Benefits through Unmind
*Varies by region and country
Compensation
The annual base salary range for this role’s listed grade level is currently $141,700 to $191,260 plus a bonus for Colorado, New York, and New Jersey residents, and $166,600 to $224,980 plus a bonus for SF Bay Area, Greater Seattle, NYC, and Washington, DC, 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. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flex time off, eligibility to enroll in 401k, and 12 paid holidays.
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