Team Leader Core Engineering

Garmin International, Inc.•Olathe, KS

12d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a full-time Team Leader Core Engineering at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for leading engineering team efforts to support relevant engineering functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in related Engineering or technical discipline AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 3 years experience in an electronics design or engineering environment
Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
Demonstrated experience leading a technical team as a first-line manager, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and team development
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders, customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams at all organizational levels
Demonstrated ability to document processes, develop training materials, educate users, and promote adoption of new technologies and best practices
Experience gathering requirements and working directly with engineering teams and stakeholders to deliver effective solutions
Ability to prioritize multiple competing initiatives and lead work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Demonstrated ability to independently lead initiatives, solve complex problems, and drive results with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Nice To Haves

Experience leading enterprise application administration and support platforms
Experience with user access management, governance, and security administration
Experience designing self-service solutions and workflow automation
Experience administering engineering tools and platforms (e.g., GitHub, Gerrit, Artifactory, XWiki, Azure DevOps)
Experience improving operational processes through automation and standardization
Experience supporting applications and tools in Windows and Linux environments
Experience with incident management, service delivery, and SLA-driven support operations
Experience with analytics, monitoring, reporting, and cloud technologies (e.g., ELK, Kibana, Grafana, OpenStack, or similar platforms)

Responsibilities

Directly supervise and lead the Engineering Applications Administration (EAA) team responsible for administering and maintaining development support tools
Recruit, hire, onboard, and develop team members through coaching, mentoring, training, performance management, and career development
Lead the modernization and consolidation of engineering tools and platforms to improve developer productivity
Collaborate with other Garmin teams to improve cross-functional communication and productivity as well as track and distribute information
Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure the operational excellence of the supported tools
Establish operational standards, governance, and best practices that promote consistency, efficiency, service quality, and long-term maintainability
Align team priorities, resources, and budgets with business objectives
Lead platform upgrades, automation, modernization, and continuous improvement initiatives