Engineering Manager (Embedded Systems Engineering)

About This Role

This Engineering Manager role leads a high-performing team focused on edge compute and communication, delivering complex, high-impact software systems using Rust and C++. The manager will shape architectures for resource-constrained environments, ensuring seamless communication and compute across distributed networks, while also building team culture and driving execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 10–15 engineers, fostering a high-performance, high-integrity culture focused on mission-critical delivery and rapid iteration
• Drive the adoption of best-in-class systems programming practices, emphasizing performance, memory safety, and concurrent design patterns
• Collaborate closely with product, mission systems, and technical leadership to define team objectives, prioritize work streams, and align with broader Connected Warfare initiatives
• Ensure the timely and reliable delivery of complex software projects by removing impediments, providing the necessary resources, and promoting agile methodologies
• Serve as the primary conduit between your team and senior leadership, communicating status updates, managing expectations, and advocating for your team’s needs
• Supervise and monitor architecture, design, and implementation of features for high-performance, low-latency edge applications, ensuring they meet stringent quality standards and customer requirements
• Drive technical excellence in areas like memory safety (Rust), concurrency, inter-process communication, and hardware-software interface design
• Assist engineers in solving complex reliability, performance, and operational issues inherent in distributed, real-time systems
• Champion best practices in software design, code reviews, testing for embedded deployments, and CI/CD processes to ensure robust, scalable, and maintainable systems that are mission-ready
• Work closely with technical peers and other teams to support system integration, resolve technical challenges, and continuously improve operational workflows
• Invest in the professional growth of your team through coaching, feedback, and structured career development plans
• Cultivate a “whatever it takes” mindset and promote extreme ownership
• Occasionally travel (up to 10% of the time) to work alongside teammates and observe systems in real-world operational settings, ensuring that software solutions address actual field challenges

Requirements

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Successful track record of delivering complex software projects under tight deadlines while managing stakeholder relationships in a matrixed organization
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and develop talented engineers