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Senior Intellectual Property Analyst

ABOUT WIND RIVER

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. Our software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world-from NASA's Artemis I and the James Webb Space Telescope to the world's largest Open RAN networks.

We've earned global recognition for our technology innovation and workplace culture, including Great Place to Work certification and being named a "Top Workplace" for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture built on growth mindset, customer focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software-defined world.

YOUR ROLE

Wind River is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Intellectual Property Analyst to support the company's governance, compliance, intellectual property, and strategic initiatives related to artificial intelligence and open source software.

This role combines technical understanding, risk management, policy implementation, and stakeholder engagement to help ensure that Wind River's engineering practices and product offerings align with internal governance standards, customer commitments, and applicable licensing requirements.

The ideal candidate is curious, analytical, highly organized, and interested in helping engineering teams navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of open source software, and artificial intelligence technologies.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

In your daily work, you will:

• Review open source software components and dependencies for license compliance and alignment with Wind River's Open Source Policy.
• Evaluate AI technologies, tools, models, datasets, and related workflows for compliance with Wind River's AI Governance policies and risk management requirements.
• Review and approve requests involving open source software usage, distribution, and contribution activities.
• Review and approve employee contributions to open source communities and projects.
• Support intellectual property review processes and help identify potential licensing, attribution, ownership, and compliance risks.
• Educate engineering teams, contractors, and other stakeholders on open source licensing, AI governance, intellectual property considerations, and company policies.
• Implement, monitor, and continuously improve governance processes, workflows, and compliance controls.
• Partner with Legal, Engineering, Product Management, Security, Sales, and Marketing to address open source and AI governance questions.
• Assist with customer, partner, and supplier discussions involving open source software, licensing obligations, and AI-related governance requirements.
• Track regulatory, industry, and technology developments related to AI governance, open source software, and intellectual property.
• Support audits, reporting activities, and internal compliance assessments related to AI and open source programs.

Required Qualifications

While experience in AI governance or open source compliance is beneficial, candidates are not expected to be experts in all areas. Wind River will provide training and mentorship to help develop the knowledge needed for success in this role.

We are looking for candidates who possess the following core qualifications:

• U.S. or Canadian citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to assess risk.
• High integrity, sound judgment, and a strong sense of accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to learn complex technical and policy concepts quickly.
• Ability to work independently in a highly collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills.
• Customer-focused mindset with a service-oriented approach.

PREFRERRED QUALIFICATIONS (Bonus Points)

The following qualifications are considered advantageous:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Legal Studies, or a related field.
• Experience with software development, software architecture, DevOps, or software engineering practices.
• Familiarity with open source licensing concepts, including permissive and copyleft licenses.
• Familiarity with AI governance, AI risk management, model governance, or responsible AI principles.
• Experience working with software composition analysis (SCA), dependency management, or open source compliance tools.
• Understanding of intellectual property concepts, including software licensing, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams involving engineering, legal, security, or compliance functions.
• Project coordination or program management experience.

Compensation

This role is compensation range is between $111,000 to $138,700 plus annual incentive plan bonus. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flex time off, eligibility to enroll in 401k, and 12 paid holidays.

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