Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About The Role

We're seeking an experienced Manager who can lead and drive our embedded software solutions of consumer electronic products to the next level of performance excellence and evolve the software technology along the products roadmap. This is a position requiring both strong leadership across regions and hands-on technical experience driving towards the best system performance and experience to accommodate foreseeable many years of product roadmap.  It requires one to embrace ‘can-do’ attitude and possess business acumen of understanding priorities, cost effectiveness, and significance of on-time deliveries with fast turnaround and well-planned software activities.  Hybrid working environment with 3-days/week on-site presence is required for this leadership position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a system performance and triaging team and drive day-to-day activities of cross-functional engineering teams.
• Manage the resources of your team including hiring, mentoring and driving continuous improvement.
• Utilize deep embedded software experience to drive best-in-class end-to-end software releases and deliverables on-time, driving maintainable, scalable and reusable software design across one or more teams.
• Work with staff and peers to develop short- and long-term plans, managing resourcing, prioritization and schedules.
• Develop deep understanding of underlying SW/HW architecture, analyze and optimize system performance to the best-in-class quality and ensure engineering/test approaches fit in the overall strategy.
• Work collaboratively with software architects, product management, external software teams and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure all teams are in sync and delivering products/features to market on time.

About You

• 15+ years of demonstrated experience in embedded software development through the full lifecycle (requirements, design, development, test, deployment, operation).
• 10+ years in an end-to-end cross-functional technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated success leading high performing teams.
• Experience driving a test-driven development process on engineering teams.
• Experience in analyzing and optimizing system performance end-to-end in a structural manner.
• Experience in leading system triaging effort and driving to resolution across functions in a structural manner.
• Ability to lead teams and delegate appropriately.
• Works collaboratively with other managers and teams to identify and solve problems.
• Experience with C or C++ in an embedded system, including Linux and Android natives.
• Experience with complex embedded software in a resource limited RTOS based system.
• Experience with Bluetooth or other wireless communication protocols is a plus.
• Experience with Audio processing a plus.
• Experience with embedded security a plus.
• Strong systems level thinker across hardware, software, user experience, etc.
• Has led a team delivering firmware for at least one product successfully launched into mass production.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• BSEE/BSCS/BSCE (MS preferred) with at least 10 years related work experience.