Senior Software Release Manager

Tau•Redwood City, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Tau is a venture-backed advanced technology company based in the Bay Area (Redwood City, CA) that designs and develops next-generation products for electrification. The company was founded on the belief that modern power conversion systems are key to a more sustainable future and increased energy security. Tau has pioneered technologies leveraging software-enabled hardware, including innovations across electric machines, inverters, controllers, thermal management, simulation, and charging systems. The team, composed of engineers, scientists, technologists, operators, and industry leaders, advances the internal technology roadmap and collaborates with commercial partners. Tau seeks individuals passionate about energy and electrification, who enjoy discovering and defining problems, delivering innovative solutions, and contributing across disciplines. The Senior Software Release Manager will own the technical embedded software architecture and the infrastructure used to build, validate, and release it. This role combines deep embedded software design with release engineering, focusing on defining software structure (modularity, interfaces, timing, safety boundaries) and ensuring reliable build, test, versioning, and deployment across evolving hardware platforms. The manager is responsible for ensuring Tau’s software stack is architecturally sound (modular, testable, deterministic), operationally scalable (CI/CD, HIL-integrated, reproducible), and release-ready at all times (traceable, validated, aligned with hardware).

Requirements

BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
8+ years of experience in embedded software development, with significant technical ownership
Strong background in real-time systems (RTOS, bare-metal scheduling, interrupt-driven design)
Deep experience with embedded C/C++ and system-level debugging
Proven experience designing scalable software architectures for hardware-integrated systems
Experience with ISO 26262, ASPICE, or similar safety-critical standards
Strong experience with build systems and toolchains (CMake, Bazel, Make, cross-compilers, linkers)
Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems in embedded environments
Experience with version control and configuration management at scale (Git, branching strategies, monorepos)
Ability to operate across abstraction layers—from control algorithms to low-level hardware interfaces

Nice To Haves

Experience with motor control, power electronics, or inverter systems
Familiarity with AUTOSAR or similar embedded frameworks
Experience with model-based design (MATLAB/Simulink)
Scripting experience (Python, Bash) for tooling and automation

Responsibilities

Define software architecture for an embedded software platform that includes motor control and power conversion systems
Establish clear module boundaries, interfaces, and ownership across firmware, controls, and system layers
Design for real-time performance (task scheduling, interrupt handling, latency constraints, determinism)
Ensure testability at all levels (unit, integration, SIL, HIL, on-target) through architecture decisions
Guide design patterns for safety-critical and high-reliability systems (fault handling, state machines, redundancy)
Review and approve critical changes to software architecture and control system integration
Own branching strategy, versioning, and configuration management across firmware and system software
Define software baselines aligned to hardware revisions and system configurations
Ensure deterministic, reproducible builds (toolchains, dependencies, environment control)
Implement artifact management and traceability from requirements through release
Architect CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems (cross-compilation, flashing, hardware validation loops)
Integrate SIL and HIL environments into automated release gating
Enable continuous validation on real hardware (test benches, dynos, HIL rigs)
Drive improvements in build performance, test parallelization, and infrastructure reliability

Benefits

Competitive compensation that is fair and equitable
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Other incentive compensation plans
Top-tier benefits
Become part of an emerging company during a rapid growth phase
Work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
Growth potential
Competitive compensation based upon experience level, including stock options
Flexible time off
Paid holidays
Excellent medical, dental, vision & life insurance
Comprehensive benefits including 401(k), HSA and FSA benefits, commuter benefits and more