Overview
Deep Sea Electronics is a global leader in the design and manufacture of generator controllers, automatic transfer switch controllers, battery chargers, and vehicle and off-highway control systems powering critical infrastructure around the world. With over 200 employees across four continents, we deliver innovative solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, supported by our UK head office and a strong international distributor network. We are now looking for an Embedded Software Manager to join our Engineering team at our Mansfield site. This is a hands-on leadership role within a collaborative, matrixed environment, where you will guide and support a team of engineers in delivering market leading controls solutions, while also driving the ongoing improvement and maintenance of our existing portfolio.
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.
Requirements
* Expert in C/C++ for embedded systems
* Understanding of Linux operating systems and application development, including Yocto
* An 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 cyber security principles and technologies for embedded systems
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent ability in work break down 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 trouble-shooting capabilities
* Enthusiastic and optimistic
* 7 years+ experience as a senior engineer or team leader, with direct reports
* 7 years+ working as an embedded software engineer, with a mixture of RTOS and Linux project exposure
* A background in electronics, possibly from degree education
* Relevant Bachelor's Degree
Key Duties & Responsibilities
* Line management of a segment of 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
* Work collaboratively to review the technical content of projects, define and estimate the duration of tasks to form project plans, assist in making sure project plans are technically correct and appropriate timescales are being worked to
* Allocate engineering work tasks to the reporting segment, using JIRA or similar tool for task management and drive the team to delivery of a successful software product
* Provide technical guidance and be a mentor to junior engineers
* Review and be responsible for engineering work to ensure a high standard of output from the reporting segment
* Ensure the engineers have the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to complete the tasks. Work with the engineering management team to address gaps as necessary
* Work at the project inception stage to provide product and project costs estimates, feasibility studies and ensure that high level technically requirements are captured completely prior to wider engineering involvement
* Be 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, issue management systems
* Work with other supervisors and engineering managers to ensure alignment on technology, processes, designs and testing
* Review department KPIs to ensure targets are being hit
* As appropriate to team size, work hands-on as an engineer for the relevant discipline
Benefits
* 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
* New flexible holiday scheme
* Bupa Healthcare package
* Life Insurance
* Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
* 5% Pension contributions
* Companywide performance based annual bonus scheme
For full details of the job please download the job description following the link below. Please Note Embedded Software Manager - Job Description.pdf. For further information or an informal chat contact our Internal Recruitment Team on 01723 890099. If this role isn\'t quite right for you, but you are interested in future vacancies with Deep Sea Electronics please continue to monitor our website for regular updates. DSE is an equal opportunity employer. A copy of our statement is available on request. Please see linked below our Job Applicant Data Privacy Notice which sets out what personal data we, Deep Sea Electronics Ltd (DSE), hold about you and how we collect and use it during and after the recruitment process. Job Applicant Privacy Notice.pdf
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