Senior Manager, Embedded Software Development
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Embedded Software Development is accountable for staffing the team within the annual operating plan and onboarding team members to become effective contributors. This role provides technical leadership and vision for active launch programs and future development, fosters innovation and a positive culture focused on belonging, and advocates for process transformation toward world-class development with AI-enabled workflows. The role collaborates globally to develop an embedded software repository used across the product portfolio to reduce time to market, share technical debt, and provide a common user experience. It ensures products launch in alignment with the business vision, planned timing, scope, and quality. Work follows the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), with continuous improvement of processes and execution. The position provides technical leadership in motor control, embedded software development, embedded platforming, and toolkit development, and influences the business roadmap through technical expertise. It partners with Product and Project Management, global engineering peers, and Release Train Engineers to foster ownership, transparency, innovation, and engagement, and to ensure embedded platform teams deliver incremental value throughout program increments. The role reports to the Director, Embedded Systems and is based at the Mequon, Wisconsin office, under the company’s hybrid policy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future for this opening.
- Experience leading highly technical teams with increasing responsibility over time.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
- Ability to build partnerships and work collaboratively toward shared objectives.
- Ability to create a climate that motivates people to contribute toward organizational objectives.
- Ability to communicate clearly while addressing the distinct needs of different audiences.
- Ability to recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
- Willingness to travel domestically and globally up to 10% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Typically, a minimum of 8 years of management experience.
- Proficiency in developing embedded platform or toolkit solutions.
- Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
- Familiarity with Variable Frequency Drives and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
- Background developing products according to IEC 61508 and IEC 62443.
- Proficiency developing embedded software solutions using Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
- Knowledge of motor control algorithms.
- Process-oriented approach to establishing bidirectional traceability between requirements, implementation, and test.
- Experience with generative artificial intelligence methods.
- Ability to take a broad, global perspective when approaching issues.
Responsibilities
- Staff the team within the annual operating plan and onboard team members to be effective contributors.
- Provide technical leadership and vision for active launch programs and contribute to developing a future vision.
- Foster a culture of innovation, belonging, ownership, transparency, and engagement.
- Advocate for process transformation toward world-class development using AI-enabled workflows.
- Collaborate globally to develop an embedded software repository for use across the product portfolio, reducing time to market, sharing technical debt, and enabling a common user experience.
- Ensure products launch to realize the business vision at the expected time, scope, and quality.
- Apply and continuously improve processes based on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
- Provide technical leadership for motor control, embedded software development, embedded platforming, and toolkit development.
- Influence the business roadmap through technical expertise.
- Partner with Product and Project Management and global engineering peers to support the realization of the organization’s vision.
- Collaborate with Release Train Engineers to ensure embedded platform teams develop incremental value throughout program increments.
Benefits
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Parental and caregiver leave
- Flexible work schedule
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
