Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Magna International•Lowell, MA

19h

About The Position

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are. Group Summary: Magna New Mobility is a business unit inside Magna International leveraging Magna’s technology building blocks, developing new capabilities, and entering new markets and use cases. Our products include advanced solutions for urban markets, industrial intralogistics, commercial and autonomous vehicles. Magna New Mobility is also creating advanced software solutions that integrate with next-generation hardware. Our software is a core driver - turning our hardware into smart, integrated platforms for partners eager to advance the mobility sector. Magna's New Mobility group is not just about building individual technologies; we aim to create integrated solutions that address the complex challenges of moving people efficiently and cost effectively in the 21st century. Join us in advancing and shaping the future of mobility. Magna New Mobility is building the Unified Factory Platform, a scalable, cloud-native software ecosystem powering manufacturing applications across 120+ global plants. We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development to lead the Core Platform organization responsible for foundational services, infrastructure, data architecture, APIs, and platform scalability across all Unified Factory applications. This is a senior technical leadership role accountable for long-term platform architecture, engineering excellence, organizational development, and operational performance at enterprise scale. What you will be doing in this role: Technical Vision & Architecture Define and own the long-term technical strategy. Ensure scalability, reliability, and security across multi-plant global deployments. Drive architecture decisions across distributed systems, IoT integration, event-driven services, and data pipelines. Establish platform standards for APIs, observability, and infrastructure automation. Partner with Product and Hardware teams to enable rapid application development on shared services. Organizational Leadership Build and lead multiple engineering teams (managers and individual contributors). Hire, develop, and coach engineering leaders. Create mechanisms for high-quality execution, strong design reviews, and operational rigor. Set a high bar for engineering talent and performance management. Operational Excellence Own uptime, performance SLAs, security posture, and deployment velocity. Drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions. Implement measurable KPIs around reliability, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency. Lead through metrics and establish data-driven decision making. Cross-Functional Influence Partner with Product, Deployment, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership to align platform roadmap with business priorities. Communicate technical strategy to VP-level stakeholders. Influence hardware integration standards (AMR, forklift IoT, PLC systems). Ensure GDPR and global compliance requirements are met across regions. Long-Term Platform Strategy Drive multi-year technical roadmap aligned to business plan growth trajectory. Reduce duplication across application(s) through shared services. Design for external commercialization and SaaS scalability.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field required, Masters Degree preferred
12+ years of experience in software engineering required
2+ years leading managers of engineers preferred
Experience owning large-scale distributed systems or platform organizations required
Demonstrated ability to define and execute multi-year technical strategy required
Experience operating cloud-native systems (AWS preferred) required
Strong experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and DevOps best practices required
Experience leading IoT-connected systems or industrial automation platforms
Background in high-availability systems with real-time constraints
Strong understanding of data architecture and analytics platforms
Experience influencing executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

Technical Vision & Architecture Define and own the long-term technical strategy.
Ensure scalability, reliability, and security across multi-plant global deployments.
Drive architecture decisions across distributed systems, IoT integration, event-driven services, and data pipelines.
Establish platform standards for APIs, observability, and infrastructure automation.
Partner with Product and Hardware teams to enable rapid application development on shared services.
Organizational Leadership Build and lead multiple engineering teams (managers and individual contributors).
Hire, develop, and coach engineering leaders.
Create mechanisms for high-quality execution, strong design reviews, and operational rigor.
Set a high bar for engineering talent and performance management.
Operational Excellence Own uptime, performance SLAs, security posture, and deployment velocity.
Drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
Implement measurable KPIs around reliability, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Lead through metrics and establish data-driven decision making.
Cross-Functional Influence Partner with Product, Deployment, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership to align platform roadmap with business priorities.
Communicate technical strategy to VP-level stakeholders.
Influence hardware integration standards (AMR, forklift IoT, PLC systems).
Ensure GDPR and global compliance requirements are met across regions.
Long-Term Platform Strategy Drive multi-year technical roadmap aligned to business plan growth trajectory.
Reduce duplication across application(s) through shared services.
Design for external commercialization and SaaS scalability.