Principal Software Systems Engineer

$193,300 - $227,150/Yr

Allegion - Golden, CO

Full-time - Principal

Remote - Golden, CO

10,001+ employees

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal Software Systems Engineer at Allegion is a leadership role focused on defining and developing mission-critical digital products that connect electromechanical locks and access control systems. This position involves overseeing the entire product design and development lifecycle, fostering multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring that user needs and requirements are met to enhance customer satisfaction and trust in Allegion's software. The role requires a visionary leader who can simplify software journeys and create efficient, modular requirements and code.

Responsibilities

• Work with business and technology leads to direct creative and strategic thinking focused on user needs and requirements throughout the delivery process.
• Provide high-level estimates for delivering new functionality to inform business decisions.
• Lead requirement elicitation and software journey mapping with product management, design, architecture, and product security teams.
• Adopt a solution-oriented approach for IoT products, fostering positive relationships with design, architecture, product, and engineering functions.
• Identify, analyze, and communicate program risks, maintaining a risk register and acting as a product interface lead.
• Lead Technical Design Reviews at all product development process milestones, highlighting engineering progress, issues, and risks.
• Define interface control documents (ICDs), User Interface Documents, and Data Definition documents for Allegion digital software and embedded software.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously by managing project timelines and balancing priorities.
• Provide clear communication to technical team members and other leaders.
• Lead the management of the scope throughout the development lifecycle.
• Proactively communicate software strategy and its relation to business objectives to all levels of the organization.
• Oversee quality and consistency of design process and deliverables.
• Define principles within the team and set standards in executional and operational excellence.

Requirements

• MS in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years' work experience in new product development.
• Demonstrated software systems engineering fundamental skills, including design by requirements, requirement traceability, and requirement verification and validation.
• Experience leading project teams to deliver complex programs.
• Strong engineering project management skills, including planning and organization, stakeholder management, risk management, change management, and clear communication.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both business leaders and development engineers.
• Self-directed with high initiative and high achievement goals.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity methods and protocols, experience with cloud service architectures (AWS, Azure), and mobile SDKs.
• Ability to provide technical coaching and mentoring.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with IoT product development.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off.
• 401K plan with a 6% company match and no vesting period.
• Health Savings Accounts for healthcare expenses.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent daycare expenses.
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term).
• Life Insurance with the option to purchase supplemental coverage.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Voluntary Wellness Program with rewards.
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work.
• Community involvement opportunities.