Firmware Engineering Manager

Firmware Engineering Manager

As the Firmware Engineering Manager, you will lead and guide a talented team of firmware engineers in the development of new products, as well as contribute your talents as a FW developer on various projects. Your expertise in product architecture, design, project management, process, and leadership will be crucial in ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, reliable, and secure products.

Job Duties:

• Develop software ranging from the hardware abstraction layer and upwards.
• Employee development, mentoring, and management.
• Partner with the other functional team members to deliver high quality products.
• Partner with global teams to work seamlessly across time zones.
• Manage external development resources as needed.
• Participate in periodic resource planning ensuring projects are staffed appropriately.
• Recommending & drive process improvements to improve team efficiency.
• Support development of multi-generation product plans and roadmaps.
• Ensure that firmware architecture, design and development support common platforms, maximize reuse, and reduce product development cycle time.

You Must Have:

• 5+ years of engineering management, or technical leadership experience.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded product development.
• 3+ years of experience in embedded product requirement creation.
• 3+ years of experience in product development lifecycle.
• 3+ years of experience with coordinating dependencies between the engineering functions, such as firmware, mechanical, hardware, and software engineering team members.

We Value:

• Experience in HVAC related business.
• Agile development process experience.
• Firmware engineering design experience with connected products, based on Linux or FreeRTOS operating systems.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Ability to forge solid relationships and manage across a global business environment.
• Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to identify issues, requirements, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive change.
• Product development expertise from concept to product launch; familiarity with a phased NPI (new product introduction) process.
• Ability to consistently make timely decisions and balancing systematic analysis with decisiveness, even in the face of complexity.
• Strategic thinking, analytical problem solving, and effective management on complex projects.
• Demonstrated cross-functional interaction with Sales, Product Management, Quality, and Operations.
• Familiarity with hardware design, firmware platforming and app & cloud integration.