Place: INRIA Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique (France)
Websites: http://www.irisa.fr/  / http://www.inria.fr

Team: PARIS project team (http://www.irisa.fr/paris)

Duration: Initial contract for 12 months + contract renewal till May 2010

Starting date: as soon as possible

Context
This position is proposed in the framework of the XtreemOS European Integrated Project (http://www.xtreemos.eu). XtreemOS project aims at building and promoting a Linux-based Operating System to Support Virtual Organizations for Next Generation Grids. INRIA is the scientific coordinator of XtreemOS project. The consortium is composed of 19 industrial and academic partners from 8 different countries (7 European countries and China).
     
The technical manager will be a member of XtreemOS project office and will work under the responsibility of XtreemOS project leader. His/her main task will be the technical management the XtreemOS Consortium, which mainly implies the management of the software production as release manager. She/he will also participate in the testing and validation activities of the XtreemOS Grid operating system for which a first version is available in open source (http://www.xtreemos.eu/software).


Work description
-    Organization of the consortium work to ensure that milestones are met and that software releases are produced in time
-    Monitoring software development against the planned schedule
-    Implementation of quality management procedures for software development
-    Risk management: maintain a list of risks and monitor them in collaboration with project leader
-    Participation in the update of the project work plan
-    Implementation, under the supervision of the project leader, of the decisions of the executive committee
-    Administration of the tools for the external and internal web site
-    Administration of the XtreemOS project within INRIA Gforge cooperative development platform (software engineering tools)
-    Supervising support to XtreemOS user community
-    Maintenance of the software development section of XtreemOS public website
-    Preparation and presentation of XtreemOS software demonstrations
-    Contribution to the management of XtreemOS permanent testbed
-    Participation in project bodies and review meetings

Profile
    Engineering or master degree in computer science + experience or PhD degree in computer science

Required expertise
-    Fluent English (read, spoken, written) demanded. Notice that interviews for this job will be carried out in English. The knowledge of a third language (other than French and English) would be appreciated.
-    Ability and liking for team work and relationships
-    Rigor, autonomy, organizational skills
-    Good writing ability
-    Experience in software development in a large project
-    Experience with Linux and open source software projects
-    Good knowledge in operating systems and distributed systems       

Appreciated skills or experiences
-    Previous experience in project management

Contact
Christine Morin
XtreemOS project leader
PARIS project team
INRIA - Bretagne Atlantique
Campus universitaire de Beaulieu
35042 Rennes cedex (France)
Email: christine.morin(at)irisa.fr
Phone: +33 2 99 84 72 90

Application
Applicants should send their application file including a motivation letter, a full resume, a list of publications and up to five reference letters to Sandrine L’Hermitte, XtreemOS assistant.
Email: sandrine.L_Hermitte(at)irisa.fr 

Application deadline: until filled