Engineering Manager - Helix Virtualization Platform
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 2026.
Engineering Manager - Helix Virtualization Platform Team
Wind River
In a world increasingly driven by software innovation, Wind River is pioneering the technologies to accelerate the digital transformations of our customers with a new generation of Mission Critical AI Systems, with the most exacting standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability. Success will be determined by our ability to innovate with velocity and deliver at the solutions level.
Wind River’s impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as telecommunications, including 5G; industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining), connected healthcare and medical devices, automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles), and aerospace & defense. We were recognized by VDC Research in July 2020 as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms, overtaking Microsoft as the overall commercial leader. Wind River regularly wins industry recognitions for excellence in IoT security, cloud and edge computing, as well as 8 consecutive years as a “Top Work Place”. If you’re passionate about amplifying your impact on the world, in a caring, respectful culture with a growth mindset, come join us and help lead the way into the future of the intelligent edge!
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Wind River Systems is seeking an engineering manager to oversee a highly skilled "Helix Virtualization Platform" development team delivering mission critical Real-Time Operating System for avionics and automotive applications.
The successful candidate will manage and work with a skilled team to plan and drive execution of projects and feature development, while following well defined Agile processes. The candidate will collaborate cross-functionally with architects, technologists, product managers, remote development teams, and customer-facing teams to deliver capabilities across Wind River’s VxWorks and Studio products, and ensure teams develop high performance, good usability, and high quality capabilities for the products.
Responsibilities
- Manages team priorities and assignments.
- Collaborates with architects/senior developers and product managers to define, estimate, and plan feature development.
- Work with Agile Scrum Teams and lead the team to design, implement, and refine feature development, testing, and processes.
- Oversees project logistics and resource allocation.
- Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs
- Secures the resources needed for teams to excel, including helping to identify hardware needs, tools needs, etc.
- Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
- Communicates and engages with the field and customers on product and technology information.
- Collaborates with other team leaders and departments.
Qualifications
- BSc or higher degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical/Software Engineering) or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years of managing teams doing software development
- 7+ years working in software development arena
- In-depth knowledge of Software certification
Core Competencies and Demonstrated Success
- Good personnel and project management skills
- Good knowledge and understanding of embedded software technology and processes
- Strategic thinker
- Strong leadership, team building, and mentoring skills
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Flexible thinking, including the ability to pivot and try new approaches when faced with challenges
- Organizational, planning, and documentation skills
- Proficiency using presentation software to explain complex information to non-technical management personnel and other stakeholders
- Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously
- Past use of Agile/Scrum or similar collaborative tools a plus
- Experience in managing a team of several years
It will be great if you also have:
- Knowledge of DO-178C certification standard
- Knowledge and experience with software development tools such as Git, GitLab, Jenkins, JIRA
- Familiarity with Agile and continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) or DevSecOps concepts.
- Software engineering experience with the full development lifecycle and processes, Agile and scrum project management tools (e.g. Jira); Scrum certifications (CSM, PSM, CSPO) are a plus
- Familiarity with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), RTOS development tools and Hypervisor
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