Technical Community Architect

Company Description

The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history.

Today, the Linux Foundation has over 2,000 corporate members from over 41 countries, including every single one the Fortune 100. The Linux Foundation has proudly created over $54B in shared technology value since inception.

This role is dedicated to RISC-V International, a stand alone open standards collaboration organization.

RISC-V is an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) standard enabling a new era of processor innovation through open collaboration. RISC-V International enables the community to share technical investment, contribute to the strategic future, create more rapidly, enjoy unprecedented design freedom, and substantially reduce the cost of innovation.

RISC-V International, a non-profit organization controlled by its members, directs the future development and drives the adoption of the RISC-V ISA. Members of RISC-V International have access to and participate in the development of the RISC-V ISA specifications and related ecosystem.

To learn more about RISC-V, please visit: www.riscv.org

Job Description

In this role you will work as a part of the Technical Program team. You will prioritize operational and technical team needs and guide technical teams as they deliver on clear, concise, and measurable deliverables.

• Coach and assist RISC-V Foundation members through various organization lifecycles, specifically specification creation and group formation
• Leverage and customize internal apps like Jira, Google Drive, Groups.io, GitHub, etc. to support RISC-V workflows
• Work with RISC-V International member organizations to collect and document gaps, gather project statuses, and identify roadblocks
• Maintain RISC-V policy documents and supporting guides
• Develop tooling automation using REST APIs or official libraries for Jira, Google, Groups.IO, GitHub in Python to increase team efficiency, focusing on usability, readability, and maintainability
• Identify efficiency and automation opportunities and drive initiatives to improve performance and success rates
• Work with and support other RISC-V teams (Marketing and Education) as the technical experts 
• Attend technical leadership meetings, take minutes, and document and track action items
• Support onsite or virtual events including RISC-V conferences

Qualifications

• 3+ years project management experience
• BS/BA or equivalent years of experience in technology
• Understanding of computer architecture, processor privilege levels, virtual memory, firmware, I/O, operating systems and virtualization technologies.
• Knowledge of processor Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and computer architecture.
• Experience using workflow management tools
• History of successful completion and maintenance of projects
• Experience developing hardware or software products
• Experience working in a community where decisions are made collectively
• The ability to respond and adapt to a highly interrupt driven environment
• Effectively manages time, sets goals, and effectively communicates status
• Adept at guiding technical leaders to communicate goals, track status, and resolve roadblocks
• Must have a service oriented outlook: makes all RISC-V members feel they are valued
• Ability to understand and operate within complex, multi-stakeholder environment
• Knows how to follow up and drive projects to closure in a timely manner
• High level of written and verbal skills, must be concise, articulate and understandable
• High level of attention to detail, content, and form

Preferred Skills

• BS CS / ECE / EE or equivalent
• Experience customizing or automating workflow management tools
• Open Source software and hardware community experience
• Proficient with GitHub, Google and Microsoft Suites, and Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira)
• Experience releasing hardware or software products to customers through multiple releases
• Experience with certification test suites at the server or chip levels

Additional Information

Salary range: $140,000 - $185,000 USD

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.