Engineering Manager, Embedded Systems Engineering

As an Engineering Manager for the Edge Compute and Communication group, you will lead a high-performing team that leverages cutting-edge technologies like Rust and C++ to deliver complex, high-impact software systems that operate with extreme efficiency and reliability at the tactical edge.

You'll be instrumental in shaping architectures optimized for resource-constrained environments, ensuring seamless communication and compute across our distributed network. You will be responsible for building the team's culture, driving execution, and ensuring software quality and mission success.

A Note on This Role: This is an Engineering Manager role focused on both technical (opinionated about architecture, reliability, performance and quality, especially for low-level systems programming and distributed edge deployments) and non-technical (people, process, and project leadership).

Responsibilities

• Lead & Mentor: Manage and grow a team of 10–15 engineers, fostering a high-performance, high-integrity culture focused on mission-critical delivery and rapid iteration.
• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with product, mission systems, and technical leadership to define team objectives, prioritize work streams, and align with broader Connected Warfare initiatives.
• Drive Execution: Ensure the timely and reliable delivery of complex software projects by removing impediments, providing the necessary resources, and promoting agile methodologies.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the primary conduit between your team and senior leadership, communicating status updates, managing expectations, and advocating for your team’s needs.
• Technical Ownership: 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.
• Quality & Process Ownership: 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.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with technical peers and other teams to support system integration, resolve technical challenges, and continuously improve operational workflows.
• People Development: 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.
• Operational Insight: 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

• 3+ years of experience as a software engineering manager, with a proven record of building and leading high-performing teams.
• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, demonstrating a strong technical foundation in building resilient, high-performance software for distributed edge systems, networked applications, and Embedded Linux environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in C++ or Rust (or both), with a deep understanding of systems programming principles, memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization for resource-constrained environments.
• 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.
• Expertise in agile development methodologies and process improvement.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Preferences

• Experience managing teams in mission-critical domains such as command and control, robotics, or defense applications.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps and CI/CD practices tailored for embedded and distributed deployments.
• Background in developing software for distributed systems, connected ecosystems and hardware integrations.
• Direct experience in IoT device management, telemetry, and secure over-the-air (OTA) update mechanisms is highly valued.
• Experience working within or closely with multi-domain operation teams.
• A deep understanding of networking, security, and system integration challenges in high-stakes environments.
• Familiarity with low-level hardware interactions, device drivers, or firmware development is a strong plus.