Software Engineering Manager (Machine Operations)

Protolabs • Maple Plain, MN

9d • $114,000 - $170,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Software Engineering Manager
– Machine Operations leads a team of software engineers, quality analytics and technical product managers who provide software development that drives our manufacturing processes of execution and machine management.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Experience demonstrating leadership on a software development team comprised of a multiple roles including engineers, quality engineers, and technical product managers
• Experience providing technical work direction and coaching for team members
• Experience leading groups of developers using agile development practices like Scrum
• Experience leading software projects that include both technical and business customers
• Proficiency or understanding of CI & CD practices like automated tests, builds, and deployments
• Proven experience working at a high technical level of all phases of programming activities

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading software development focused on Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• Strong communication skills and work ethic
• Demonstrated history of staying current on best practices in technology.

Responsibilities

• Work with senior management to set overall project priorities, manage software related aspects of projects, assign development team members, and provide day-to-day technical work direction for a team of highly capable developers
• Assist team members and internal application users with problem analysis, estimating, software design, development, and testing of custom .Net, Java applications that support our global operations
• Recommend process improvements to achieve higher levels of software quality and to meet overall business objectives
• Hire, manage, and develop a skilled staff and work environment to meet objectives
• Ongoing management and development of team members including mentoring on advances and new practices in software development, software engineering, and quality automation
• Monitor process quality and continuous improvement efforts for functional area; recommend process improvement programs including new methods and/or processes to improve productivity, efficiency, customer satisfaction and cost

Benefits

• Salary, Bonus, Long Term Incentives
• Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
• Dental & Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Paid caregiver leave
• PTO + Holiday Pay + Wellness Hours + Volunteer Hours
• 401k with company match & immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
• Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
• And More!

What This Job Offers

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