Senior Field Application Engineer

Title:  Senior Field Application Engineer

Location: Canada or Northern U.S.A. Home Offices

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 — and in recent 5G milestones — including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and in 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

Interface & Collaboration

Working with the leading provider of integrated software solutions from cloud to edge, you will work with some of the most talented engineers in the industry to draft technical solutions to challenging problems.

As our customers look to gain a competitive advantage in this digital first world, they are looking to companies like Wind River to partner with in their journey. Wind River is answering this call through our delivery of the world’s first Cloud Native Environment that enables developers of intelligent edge devices to transform and optimize their device life cycle from Development to Deployment, to Operations, and Servicing.

Your opportunity is to join as a key member of highly talented and motivated, customer facing field engineering team. You will be responsible for understanding our customers' business and technical needs and to work with them in the capacity of technical evangelist and trusted advisor in crafting the next generation Intelligent systems.

Responsibilities

• Understand your customer’s technical requirements, design technical solutions, and showcase them through product presentations, discovery workshops, proof of concepts, and evaluations, to secure the technical sale.
• Be the customer facing evangelist by guiding your customers and sharing your expertise.
• Partner closely with your Account Manager and be focused on hunting for new logos and new business. 
• Manage all aspects of the technical needs of the assigned territory utilizing all available resources. 
• Increase Wind River market share with each customer. 
• Manage Trade Shows and Seminars.

ABOUT YOU

Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of software development and solutions architecting, with experience in the following areas:

• Hands on experience in Linux
• Hands on software development experience in the C or C++ language is essential, and experience or interest in the following are desirable: Python, Rust, Java, etc.
• Demo development and delivery experience (internal and/or external).
• Experience with DevSecOps development methodologies including an understanding of tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc. is desired.

• Experience with Cloud Native technologies including Kubernetes, containers, microservices, VMs, etc.
• VMware experience is a plus.
• Understanding of writing code for microprocessors including real-time operating systems (RTOS) is a plus.
• Familiarity with software development for safety regulated industries such as Financial, Medical, Industrial, or Auto will be a plus.

Qualifications

• BSCS or BSEE is required.
• Excellent communication skills exhibited through white boarding, technical presentations, white papers, and demonstrations.
• Experience interfacing with internal and/or external customers.
• Experience responding to customer RFPs is desirable.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated self-starter and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel to customers and trade shows, when required, within the US and Canada.
• Positive Attitude.
• Strong growth mindset, continuous learner, and adaptive to the Wind River culture.
• Residence in Canada, or northern U.S. states
• Ability to work in U.S. or Canada without any requirement of visa sponsorship/transfer now or at any time in the future.