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Position Summary

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The Engineering Manager leads firmware engineering for networked devices and connected systems. The manager develops the team, translates product priorities into clear plans, and maintains enough technical depth to guide decisions, coach engineers, and help resolve difficult issues. The role is a coach-player position, with people leadership as the primary responsibility and hands-on technical support when the team needs it.

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Responsibilities

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Lead, coach, hire, and develop firmware engineers; set clear expectations, provide feedback, and build a strong, accountable team.

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Guide embedded firmware and IoT technical decisions, design reviews, and risk resolution. Stay close enough to the work to troubleshoot and support engineers when they are stuck.

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Turn product and portfolio priorities into plans with clear ownership, milestones, dependencies, staffing needs, and delivery commitments.

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Track progress and communicate status candidly. Raise schedule, resource, quality, or technical risks early and work with stakeholders on practical recovery options.

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Balance scope and schedule with quality, security, reliability, and cost across development and ongoing product support.

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Coordinate priorities with hardware, systems, cloud, mobile, product, program, quality, and manufacturing partners.

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Support effective testing, automation, cybersecurity, compliance, release management, and continuous improvement; contribute to resource and budget planning.

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Required Qualifications

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At least 10 years of relevant embedded firmware or connected-product experience; 15 or more years is preferred.

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A degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

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Substantial hands-on experience with lower-level embedded systems and firmware, including C or C++, real-time operating systems, and hardware/software integration.

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Experience leading engineers. Direct people-management experience is preferred; a strong technical lead who has led a smaller team and is ready to step into management will also be considered.

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Ability to coach technical teams, plan resources, manage project or portfolio execution, and communicate progress and emerging risks clearly.

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Collaborative, solution-oriented leadership style with the judgment to move work forward while protecting product quality.

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Preferred Qualifications

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Experience with IoT devices and wireless connectivity such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or mesh networks.

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Familiarity with connected-product ecosystems spanning device firmware, cloud services, mobile applications, or desktop applications.

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Experience with cybersecurity, automated testing, CI/CD, product compliance, or quality-focused development environments.

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