OT: Out of Town: Re: Linux Chief Architect/Embedded Software SystemsEngineer (fwd)

[Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>]

I know at least one person on this list has interests in the Texas area.  
It does sound like an interesting position... I was sent this through LPI. 
Email me if you want more information.

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> >
> >      1.      Primary Responsibilities
> >
> > Drive all technical aspects of product development towards release of
> > networked, handheld device by target date.  This includes:
> >
> >    * Insure that the networked, hand held device architecture and
> >      design (and subsequent coding and testing) are complete,
> >      thorough, and that the system works together as a system.
> >    * Work with the software architects and designers to create the
> >      system level design.  Lead peer review of the work.  Work with
> >      the test manager in determination of development completeness and
> >      support activities during product test phase.
> >    * Orchestrate the responsibilities, productivity, and progress of
> >      networked, handheld device technical staff towards target scope
> >      and date.
> >    * Serve as Embedded Linux and networked, handheld device and
> >      application technical expert for interaction, review and
> >      decision-making with Technical Leads, Product Line Strategy,
> >      System Architecture, other System Engineers, Test Manager,
> >      Program Manager, Project Manager, and 3rd party development
> >      organizations.
> >
> >      2.      Secondary Responsibilities
> >
> > Develop technical staff and support implementation of product
> > development best practices.  This includes:
> >
> >    * Call and conduct purposefully designed technical sessions on a
> >      regular frequency and as needed basis.
> >    * As team member &/or leader define and implement product
> >      development process improvement initiatives.
> >    * Develop, mentor and grow technical staff.  Help foster an
> >      enjoyable working environment that promotes valuable, meaningful
> >      technical results.
> >    * Through technical staff, support, propose, and innovate
> >      patent-able results.
> >    * Maintain currency with technology, standards, and competitive
> >      products and factor in the impact to development.
> >
> >      3.      Management/Organizational Skills
> >
> >    * Reports to Product Development Manager.  Leads 3-5 Technical
> >      Leads with total Software Developers reporting into Technical
> >      Leads 10-35.  We are a matrix organization with Program Managers
> >      and Technical Managers (this includes Embedded Software System
> >      Engineer) reporting into Product Development Manager.
> >    * Perform with abilities expected at such level  time management,
> >      multi-tasking, organization, follow-through, facilitation, and
> >      maintain commitments.
> >    * Comfortably and expediently resolve design conflicts and
> >      individual views, not always through consensus.
> >
> >      4.      Opportunities for Improvements
> >
> >    * The development organization is in the process of moving from
> >      creating standalone handheld device products to networked,
> >      handheld devices and applications requiring a variety of new
> >      process and tool methodologies, integration of work-products
> >      across teams, system architectural underpinnings, methods that
> >      support larger scaled development than previously supported
> >      within organization (project team sizes from 75-150), etc.
> >    * Add momentum to inculcating a development discipline, standard
> >      processes, and common practices.
> >    * Facilitate and render decisions swiftly to advance development
> >      towards product launch.
> >    * Bring an integrated systems perspective to the projects on the
> >      networked, handheld device and applications.
> >    * Overcome situations of slow decision-making.
> >
> >      5.      Complex Tasks
> >
> >    * Tide through unclear direction or unanswered questions critical
> >      to progress.
> >    * Managing situations of large complexity or multi-dimensional
> >      dependencies that span development groups.
> >    * Sustaining legacy base and providing cross product line
> >      inter-operability.
> >
> >      6.      Technical Abilities
> >
> >    * Use proven skills in Embedded Linux or related system to
> >      accelerate networked, handheld and application development.
> >    * Execute on full life-cycle development.
> >    * Build prototypes to validate or refute a direction adopted.
> >    * Ability to sustain the pace to produce logical slices of tangible
> >      artifacts / builds towards cumulative product.
> >    * Lead design and coding efforts at both infrastructural and
> >      applications levels in networked, handheld environment.
> >    * Representative skills set: Embedded Linux, C, C++, Java, OOAD,
> >      GUI/Application Frameworks (QT/Embedded, AWT, Swing, GTK, etc),
> >      XML, SOAP, HTML, XHTML, HTTP, TCP/IP, Messaging, Middleware,
> >      802.11/Wireless, Firmware, Linux kernel customization, device
> >      driver development, W3C/IETF and industry standards and
> >      technologies.
> >    * Ace programmer.
> >    * Excellent ability to analyze issues, decompose problems, and
> >      organize thoughts.
> >    * Execute on a common set development methods prevalent in the
> >      industry.
> >    * Educate and drive the organization on development techniques and
> >      methods unique to embedded systems.
> >    * Experience developing high quality consumer products with high
> >      reliability and performance requirements.
> >    * Ability to translate technology choices into product cost and
> >      performance implications.
> >
> >      7.      Team & People Skills
> >
> >      Effective at working with other teams: OS development, TI/SC OMAP
> >      development and technology centers, all groups in PLC, some
> >      interaction with Marketing and Customer Support.
> >      Ability to communicate complex technical information both to
> >      management and to the development
> >      teams.  Ability to set goals and milestones and communicate those
> >      as well as the status towards  those goals and milestones.
> >      Facilitate complicated development issues to actionable closure.
> >      Maintains sensitivity to legacy of success of people, products,
> >      and groups yet find ways to get the job  done.
> >      Recognizes flexibility and lifestyle balances.
> >      Rallies people to meeting vision and deadlines.
> >      Is excited about the work and exudes enthusiasm.
> >
> >      8.      Projects & Deliverables
> >
> >    * Input to project planning estimates and tracking actuals.
> >    * Assist with architecture artifacts.
> >    * Detailed design models, object and interface diagrams
> >      (infrastructure and application levels)
> >    * Prototype code
> >    * Production code
> >    * Broadly, all deliverables associated with full life-cycle
> >      development.
> >    * Is excited about the work and exudes enthusiasm.


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