Manager, Embedded Engineering, BSP, Level 6

Snap Inc. • San Diego, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking a technically strong Software Engineering Manager to lead their BSP and Platform Bring Up team, responsible for delivering robust, scalable, and high-performance embedded software for Spectacles. This role is ideal for a manager who remains deeply technical, understands low-level system challenges, and coaches engineers through complex platform bring-up while driving execution, quality, and cross-functional alignment. The BSP and Platform Bring Up 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.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success (equity in the form of RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees