Director of Embedded Software Engineering

About the position

We're a leading global fitness company seeking a talented and passionate Director of Embedded Software Engineering to lead our GUI Embedded Software development and Product Owner teams. A solid understanding of both agile and waterfall development processes and their application is essential, as well as demonstrated experience working across global cross-functional teams (such as product development, product management, hardware engineering, web development, UI/UX, quality, validation, technical service, and 3rd party partners) to achieve business goals. The successful candidate will have expertise in the product owner role while understanding technical code requirements, along with proven experience in team leadership, systems, and process implementation and adherence, third-party apps and certifications, business management, and delighting customers. This is a supervisory position.

Responsibilities

• Develop, mentor, manage, and lead NA and offshore based (multi-location) embedded software development and product owner teams
• Work to identify resource, talent, process, validation, and opportunity gaps and implement mitigation
• Set and manage embedded software development plan and resources, support product management roadmap
• Establish, implement, and update processes, workflows, and codebases to meet customer needs, optimize team efficiency, meet business requirements
• Partner with design quality assurance for testing and validation
• Partner with web development to manage and optimize system expenses
• Partner with internal and external entities, as needed, to accomplish goals
• Architect, create, and enforce code standards and development best practices
• Lead meetings and coordinate with other functional leaders; represent embedded software R&D team, its projects, and deliverables
• Stay current on 3rd party apps and certifications, manage systems and development to streamline certification processes
• R&D-as-one-team method for all development, testing, and customer/end-user support; end-user perspective to quality and solutioning
• No-excuse approach in working alongside all global web development, design quality assurance, hardware, factory manufacturing, and related development teams
• Peer-to-peer leadership, knowledge sharing, and implement integrated development practices with global product development teams and factories
• Other projects as assigned

Requirements

• Four-year degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• Well-qualified candidates will possess an advanced degree
• Thorough experience in the product owner role developing software products
• Demonstrable experience with object-oriented programming in a language such as C++, C# or Java; UI based application development; scripting languages such as Python or Javascript
• Demonstrable experience with built-in and integration unit testing, writing or editing technical documentation
• Possess a working knowledge of MCU and ARM Embedded System Development
• Ability to create and enforce corporate code standards, and review code where necessary
• Deep understanding of agile and waterfall development processes and their application to customer-facing manufactured goods (product development, hardware, firmware, etc)
• 10 years of experience supervising staff and managing software development and product owner teams
• Demonstrated experience in working across departments to achieve company goals; influencing senior management; leading and working in scrum/agile and waterfall teams
• A passion for delivering efficient solutions and exceeding customer expectations
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally. Approximately 4 trips to Asia per year, with one each quarter.
• Communication with globally based development teams during non-standard business hours

Benefits

• Health & Dental Insurance
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off benefits
• Product discounts
• Wellness programs