Lead Embedded Engineer

Lead Embedded Engineer

As the Lead Embedded Engineer, you will participate in a project team environment, owning the requirements and dependencies amongst the different engineering functions. The project team will be responsible for the development of cutting-edge connected devices. Your expertise in product architecture, design, project management, and new product introduction process will be crucial in ensuring the requirements & dependencies are completed allowing successful delivery of high-quality, reliable, and secure products.

Job Duties:

• Ensure that global engineering functions are highly organized through dependency tracking and have the tools to work seamlessly across time zones.
• Partner with the other engineering functional team leads to deliver high quality products, on time and in scope.
• Partner and coordinate dependencies with external design resources as needed.
• Recommending & drive process improvements to improve team efficiency.
• Support development of product plans and roadmaps for Comfort product lines.
• Ensure that appropriate technologies are identified, researched, and developed for timely introduction into Resideo products and systems.
• Ensure that product architecture, design and development support common platforms, maximize reuse and reduce product development cycle time.

You Must Have:

• 5+ years of experience in embedded product development
• 3+ years of experience in 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:

• Prior engineering management or technical leadership.
• 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.

What's In It For You:

• Opportunity to have a direct impact on high-scale projects and products selling to millions of homes and businesses worldwide.
• Play a key role in driving a world where people are healthy, happy, safe, and secure through innovative connected automation solutions.
• Influence over a dynamic tech stack and the opportunity to work with and explore cutting-edge technologies.
• Collaborate with high-performing, cross-functional teams in an agile and intellectually stimulating environment.