Director of Offboard Software Architecture
THE PURPOSE:
The Director of Software Architecture at Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) will lead the architecture development, having technical oversight of the offboard software team and suppliers / partners. The role is pivotal in delivering a ground-breaking operational control system that will give Hyperloop passengers the fast, safe, direct-to-destination service they aspire to, while dealing with real-world events that would otherwise disrupt the service.
He or she will architect the system and lead its development. They will play a full role in the Software leadership team, contributing to the wider design of VHO's operational software, embedding best practices and developing the capabilities of our software teams.
THE ROLE:
- Further develop the architecture for VHO's offboard operational control system, refining and decomposing it to ensure it meets our functional and non-functional requirements
- Justify architecture choices through reviews, demonstrating how they produce an optimal system solution
- Work with other engineering teams to:
- Define functional architectures and produce detailed design specifications
- Define physical and logical deployment constraints and criteria
- Define interface specifications, both between systems and between components
- Define discrete development platforms and appropriate patterns, practices, and tooling
- Test and validate design choices through rapid prototyping
- Champion engineering process development across the organization
- Lead a team of software engineers, driving progress and developing the team’s capabilities
THE CANDIDATE:
- Expert-level skills in software development and software architecture
- Proven experience designing re-usable software platforms, frameworks, and libraries
- Strong communication skills, including ability to present complex ideas in user-friendly ways
- Self starter with strong interpersonal skills
- Highly self-motivated with keen attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks effectively in a fast-paced start-up company environment
MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Proven experience building or architecting high-reliability software systems
- Proven experience building or architecting soft- or near-realtime software systems
- Significant experience in one or more object-oriented programming languages
- Strong understanding of distributed system design
- Strong understanding of security principles
- Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English
- Proficiency with agile methodologies
- Proficiency with modern coding principles, software life-cycles and deployment practices
- Understanding of Linux fundamentals
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- BS, MS, or PhD Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Significant experience as line manager of software engineers (strongly preferred)
- Understanding of performance tools, metrics and benchmarks
- Experience building or architecting safety-related systems
- Experience building or architecting software systems for use in critical infrastructure
- Experience using or creating low-latency communication protocols
- Experience with a variety of programming languages and ability to learn new as needed
- Expertise with automated testing practices - unit, integration, and end-to-end V&V
- Experience with relational databases, streaming, pub/sub and queue architectures
- Experience developing using containerization technology
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