director, infrastructure & systems r&d.

job summary:
Lead a team of highly skilled and talented software development and test engineers responsible for the architecture and development of major components of a patented and highly scalable distributed all-IP based network solution for wireless communications in the land mobile radio industry. In addition, you will manage the field support organization to ensure all critical customer infrastructure software issues are resolved in a timely manner and that the field support organization continually improves their technical acumen of the system. This position will be responsible and accountable for achieving the established team objectives including creating and managing the R&D budget. In addition, the leader will follow the development life-cycle processes and procedures for this group and deliver large-scale projects on time with a high degree of quality. You will work directly with Product Management, Marketing and Sales on the roadmaps, strategic plans and budgets to plan subsequent products and technologies and forecast product availability. You will actively communicate and coordinate with all other engineering teams, providing constructive inputs and timely feedback for the subscriber engineering, system design, implementation and all other stakeholders. This role is on-site in our Irving, TX office.

 
 
location: IRVING, Texas
job type: Permanent
salary: $185,000 - 225,000 per year
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
· Establish and execute on the development life-cycle processes and procedures for this group, managing complex multi-component release planning and delivering high quality systems releases to the customer base.

· Manage a tightly integrated development process comprising of developers, testers and technicians with a focus on maximizing quality and minimizing time to market.

· Manage the field support organization to ensure all critical customer infrastructure software issues are resolved in a timely manner and that the field support organization improves their technical acumen of the system.

· Drive low-level hands-on development tasks and drive broad longer-term architecture while innovating at a rapid pace.

· Drive an ownership culture across the entire team and management.

· Be the technical resource for the individual functional leaders and managers, providing guidance, direction, and resources to support the achievement of organizational objectives.

· Establish the guidelines and roadmap for the evolution of the current distributed architecture into a software defined network and provide the direction, leadership, and strategy to the development teams for delivering this strategy.

· Interface with multiple groups within the implementation, operations, systems, bids & proposals organization as well as various program teams that consume the solution provided by the infrastructure team.

· Create a culture of collaboration, teamwork, and support both within the infrastructure development organization as well as cross-organizational teaming with operations, field support and program management teams.

· Provide management level work direction and coaching to subordinate staff, acting as the senior technical advisor in relevant design and technology issues relating to product evaluation and tests.

· Prepare and present applicable management reports and evaluations.

· Demonstrate collaboration and team-based approach while holding oneself and other groups accountable to achieving common objectives. The ability to work with other leaders and resolve priorities and issues collaboratively cannot be over-emphasized.

· Provide leadership guidance on the process and guidelines around which the engineering team will perform their day-to-day development activities.

· Establish metrics with which the efficiency of the development team can be measured with the intent of constant improvement.

· Attract, retain and motivate a group of highly talented developers and serve as a stimulant for intellectual growth within the team.

 
qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related discipline. Master's Degree or Ph.D., desired.

- 15+ years of applicable wireless industry software development experience with a good history of complex system design and implementation.

- Proficiency in managing teams programming in Linux based systems, C/C++, Python and web-based NMS and Perl scripting.

- 10+ years of senior management experience managing large teams of developers, plus experience in leading a field support team, preferred.

- Ability to manage R&D budgets and prioritize financial and human resources.

- Expertise in understanding and debugging complex systems to resolve performance, redundancy and scalability issues in a mission critical communication context, preferred.

- Direct LMRS product development experience

- 3+ years as a director level manager.

- Strong technical knowledge and vision with a proven record of leading teams to develop and deliver new software products on time and within budget.

- Demonstrated success in mentoring and building high performance teams, shaping engineering culture, and driving accountability.

- Proven ability to define technology strategies and manage multi disciplinary engineering processes to meet market and schedule demands.

- Deep expertise in advanced networking and system design, with hands on experience driving innovation and adapting to evolving technologies.

- Extensive experience working with complex software and hardware based systems in mission critical or carrier grade environments.


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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.