Manager, Embedded Engineering, BSP, Level 6

Snap•San Diego, CA

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Snap Inc. is a technology company focused on improving how people live and communicate through its camera and augmented reality products. The Spectacles team is developing advanced AR glasses powered by Snap OS. This role is for a Software Engineering Manager to lead the BSP and Platform Bring Up team, responsible for delivering robust, scalable, and high-performance embedded software for Spectacles. The ideal candidate is technically strong, understands low-level system challenges, and can coach engineers through complex platform bring-up while driving execution, quality, and cross-functional alignment. The team operates at the intersection of silicon, hardware, firmware, and operating system software, supporting early hardware programs through production.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or electrical engineering or equivalent years of experience.
5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams delivering complex, production quality systems.
10+ years of experience in embedded software engineering roles, with hands on background in BSP, platform, or system bring up.
Proficiency in programming C and C++ on Linux.
Experience with Linux kernel internals, device drivers, BSP.
Experience with high speed and low level interfaces such as PCIe, USB, I2C, SPI.
Experience supporting manufacturing, hardware validation, and end of line processes.
Technical depth: Hardware architecture, MCU/firmware, bootloaders, kernel drivers, HAL, and power/thermal optimization specific to consumer devices.
Consumer Product Lifecycle: experience with hardware bringup, factory manufacturing flow and external vendor management.
Strong understanding of operating systems principles, Inter-process communication, computer system architecture, microprocessor /microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, etc.).
Proven experience with full software Development process skills including: source control, bug tracking, and design documentation.
Strong technical foundation in embedded Linux, kernel and driver development, bootloaders, read schematics and low level system integration.
Ability to balance technical depth with people leadership, execution ownership, and cross team coordination.
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and grow a team responsible for BSP development, platform bring up, and low level system integration.
Provide technical guidance and strategic direction for Linux kernel, device drivers, bootloaders, and board bring up activities, while partnering closely with technical leads.
Own execution for early hardware bring up milestones, including boot, peripheral enablement, camera and display pipelines, networking, and diagnostics readiness.
Work with cross functional partners including hardware, silicon vendors, manufacturing, systems, and program management to align roadmaps and deliverables.
Anticipate scaling, integration, and quality challenges across multiple hardware variants and software branches, and drive solutions proactively.
Drive software engineering best practices for reliability, performance, diagnostics, and maintainability in safety and performance critical embedded systems.
Coach and mentor engineers, conduct performance reviews, identify top talent, and support growth into senior technical or leadership roles.
Foster a collaborative, high ownership culture while shielding the team from distractions and enabling focus on critical bring up work.