Embedded Software Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing embedded software team, including hiring, onboarding, feedback, and career development.
• Set team priorities, execution plans, and delivery milestones while creating a clear, effective remote operating rhythm.
• Define and evolve embedded software architecture across MCUs, sensors, custom boards, and main compute.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership for real-time behavior, fault handling, diagnostics, performance, and maintainability.
• Partner with systems, electrical, autonomy, platform, test, and vehicle-integration teams to resolve dependencies and tradeoffs.
• Guide the design, bring-up, integration, and validation of production firmware for safety-critical vehicle systems.
• Establish strong practices for code review, automated testing, release readiness, debugging, and safe multi-device deployment.
• Represent embedded software in architecture reviews, safety activities, planning, and vehicle-readiness decisions.

Job requirements

• Experience leading an embedded software team or serving as a technical lead responsible for execution, engineering quality, and team growth.
• Strong mentoring, delegation, communication, and decision-making skills in a remote, cross-functional environment.
• A pragmatic leadership style that combines technical depth with scalable processes and a team-oriented approach.
• Expert-level C and/or C++ experience developing production embedded systems.
• Experience with RTOS or embedded Linux environments, MCU bootloaders, device drivers, and board or SoC bring-up.
• Strong understanding of embedded communications, including SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, TCP, and UDP.
• Experience optimizing resource-constrained systems and building automated unit, integration, and hardware/software tests.
• Solid command of the embedded software life cycle, including version control, code review, CI, release management, and automated testing.