Second Order Effects-posted about 14 hours ago
$156,840 - $193,820/Yr
Full-time • Manager
Onsite • Redmond, WA
51-100 employees

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead and support the software engineering team across both offices in Redmond, WA and Los Angeles, CA in delivering high-quality solutions that meet customer and project needs. You’ll balance day-to-day team management with hands-on technical guidance, ensuring your team has the tools, processes, and clarity needed to succeed. In this role, you’ll mentor engineers, foster professional growth, and create an environment that encourages collaboration and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with cross-functional partners and leadership to align team efforts with project goals, while also helping shape processes and capabilities that mature the software engineering discipline at SOE.

  • Shape the Software Engineering (SW) team across both offices by being accountable for their engineering decisions, output, and outcomes
  • Ensure the success of projects in multiple industries by partnering with Business Development to define technical scope, execution expectations and success criteria
  • Manage, mentor, and resource the SW team, helping them develop personal goals that align with the business strategy, build their skills, and advance professionally
  • Set clear performance expectations for the team and effectively resource members to multiple concurrent projects and efforts
  • Leverage technical expertise in mentoring and supporting ongoing software development efforts while balancing personnel management priorities
  • Establish standards, processes, and best practices that promote and measure consistency, efficiency, and excellence in software and embedded design and execution
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to define opportunities for growth within the Software engineering team, both in skills and capabilities
  • Bachelor’s degree (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Science, Physics, Systems Engineering, or related field)
  • 7+ years in an software engineering and hardware development role for aerospace, industrial automation, and/or robotics, especially for tightly coupled systems
  • 5+ years of progressively impactful software engineering leadership roles
  • Previous experience in both a people management and engineering design leadership role
  • Aptitude for cross functional community building and collaboration with mechanical, electrical, systems and test engineers to improve the output of the software engineering team
  • Expertise in successfully executing end-to-end embedded system design from requirements generation through software bring-up
  • Proven hands-on experience designing and implementing software development processes (SDLC, SecDevOps, CI/CD) including evaluating, selecting, and configuring supporting toolchains and infrastructure to establish scalable development workflows
  • Strong communication skills; ability to synthesize and communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to evaluate and manage project risk, including scope creep, remediating missing critical requirements, and ensuring that technical challenges are sufficiently addressed
  • Applicant must be willing to work 40 hours a week on-site at either our Redmond, Washington facility or our El Segundo, California facility
  • Applicant must be eligible to work on export controlled projects
  • Applicant must be willing to travel monthly to the other office
  • To conform with U.S. Government export control regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
  • Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship at this time.
  • Master’s degree (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Science, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Physics, or related field)
  • Experience in startup, tech, or consulting environments, managing multiple responsibilities simultaneously
  • Experience with client interaction for a complex technical product or service
  • Demonstrated experience leading software lifecycle development, including utilizing tools such as jira to manage sprints
  • Demonstrated experience in navigating ambiguous situations and delivery of difficult information to senior leadership, employees and clients
  • If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply!
  • Compensation range of $156,840-$193,820 + equity incentive plan
  • Flexible work hours and work from home policy
  • 100% employer-paid health insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision) for employees + 50% dependent coverage
  • Unlimited paid time off policy, 11x paid company holidays, 12x paid sick days
  • 401(k) retirement account and employer matching (Safe Harbor 4%)
  • Generous paid parental leave
  • Relocation assistance available if 50+ miles away from the office
  • Daily catered lunches, snacks, and accessible kitchen
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