Sr. Software Manager- Embedded/ Firmware , Ring, Alarm & Accessories

Amazon • North Reading, MA

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About The Position

The team is looking for a Sr. Software Manager responsible for leading a team of engineers working on the development and production of products, focusing on safety and security based connected products, including sensors, networking back-up systems, connected accessories for security cameras, doorbells, and outdoor floodlight cameras. This team's work directly impacts millions of Ring customers worldwide. A successful candidate will have strong technical skills, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, people management skills, and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with our device engineering team globally, as well as cloud and mobile teams. You must be responsive and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment. This position can be based in Los Angeles or Boston. As a Sr. Software Development Manager, you will develop software in ambiguous or complex spaces. You will drive the development of solutions to improve customer experience. You will be a key contributor to team strategy. The successful candidate will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on products used every day by customers around the world. Your work is very hands-on and multi-disciplinary. You will be working closely with vendors, engineers, and product teams. You will write documents, lead reviews and discussions, mentor and develop your team while driving cross-functional collaboration, make critical technical decisions and help build up your team’s capabilities. You will join a team that builds the device software and technology that powers our devices to help our customers protect their homes. Our goal is to deliver the most reliable and performant security devices that makes our customers feel “Always Home”.

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience
• 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams
• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems, or experience in computer architecture
• Strong knowledge in one or more of the following areas: (i) Camera and Computer Vision technologies; (ii) Video and audio streaming; (iii) Low power or battery power systems design; (iv) Embedded system design; (v) System architecture design for consumer devices with connectivity (WiFi, BLE); and (vi) motion sensor technologies.
• Experience in working with overseas CM/OEM/ODM vendors in product development

Responsibilities

• Work closely with engineers to architect and develop strong technical designs, firmware architectures, to be used in embedded systems.
• Execute against project plans and provide timely delivery of committed results.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Manage department resources, staffing and mentoring.
• Build, enhance, and maintain engineering team.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations and system performance to management.
• Maintain and enhance software framework.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees