9555 - Senior Field Application Engineer

Wind River Systems; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company in the software industry as a Senior Field Application Engineer, where you will collaborate with talented engineers to create innovative solutions for intelligent systems. This role involves understanding customer needs, designing technical solutions, and delivering compelling presentations. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies such as Cloud Native environments and DevSecOps methodologies, you will play a crucial role in helping customers navigate their digital transformation journeys. If you have a passion for technology and a growth mindset, this opportunity offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software development and solutions architecting.
• Hands-on experience in C/C++ and Linux is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design technical solutions and showcase them through presentations.
• Partner with Account Managers to hunt for new business.

Skills

Software Development

C/C++ Programming

Linux

Python

Rust

Java

DevSecOps

Technical Presentations

Time Management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Gitlab

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

VMware

Job description

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

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 a 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.
• 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.

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.