Overview
The Embedded Software Manager will work within the Engineering department based at our site in Hunmanby or Mansfield. They will be required to perform a hands-on role within the matrixed engineering team to line manage a subset of the engineering team in the delivery of new product developments and the maintenance of existing.
Responsibilities
* Line management of a segment of the DSE engineering team. Engineers are located at both the North Yorkshire and Sutton in Ashfield sites with some remote and hybrid working in place
* Line management includes day to day task management, 1:1 appraisal, goal setting, creating, and guiding personal development plans, holiday approval and sickness review
* Collaborate with Project Managers to review the technical content of projects, define and estimate the duration of tasks to form project plans, and ensure plans are technically correct with appropriate timescales
* Work with Projects to allocate engineering work tasks to the reporting segment, using JIRA or similar tools for task management
* Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
* Review and take responsibility for engineering work to ensure a high standard of output from the reporting segment
* Ensure engineers have the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to complete tasks. Work with the engineering management team to address gaps as necessary
* Contribute at project inception stage with product and project cost estimates, feasibility studies, and ensure high level technical requirements are captured before wider engineering involvement
* Act as a technical decision maker and contribute to platforms and architecture strategy
* Assist in the development of in-house tools and processes
* Support the wider company by answering technical questions
* Administration and maintenance of engineering systems, revision and variant control systems, and issue management systems
* Work with other supervisors and engineering managers to align on technology, processes, designs and testing
* Review department KPIs to ensure targets are being hit
* Depending on team size, work hands-on as an engineer for the relevant discipline
* Apply risk identification and mitigation techniques related to functional safety levels
* Communicate effectively with technical engineers
Qualifications
* Expert in C/C++ for embedded systems
* Understanding of Linux operating systems and application development, including Yocto
* Appreciation of the power generation industry and/or control and automation solutions
* Understanding of product development and managing multi-discipline teams
* Software development life cycles, tools and processes
* A functional safety standard such as ISO 26262, 61508 or IEC 60730
* Good understanding of cybersecurity principles and technologies for embedded systems
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent ability in work breakdown and task estimation with a willingness to commit and drive projects to completion
* Familiar with combined stage-gated (waterfall) / agile development approaches
* Risk identification and mitigation techniques
* Comfortable communicating with both technical engineers and management
* Problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
* Enthusiastic and optimistic
* 7+ years of experience as a senior engineer or team leader with direct reports
* 7+ years working as an embedded software engineer with exposure to RTOS and Linux projects
* Background in electronics, possibly from degree education
* Relevant Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
* 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
* New flexible holiday scheme
* Bupa Healthcare package
* Life Insurance
* Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
* 5% Pension contributions
* Company-wide performance-based annual bonus scheme
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