Director, Software & Firmware Engineering

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Job Description

Lead and develop engineering managers and technical leaders for software and firmware that operate energy storage products. Establish an integrated engineering strategy, drive a requirements-first approach, and build reusable software/firmware platforms. Oversee product firmware delivery, production rollout, and operational support throughout the product lifecycle.

Hard Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in software, firmware, embedded systems, or product systems engineering
• Significant experience leading managers and multidisciplinary engineering organizations
• Demonstrated success delivering complex software-enabled physical products through architecture, implementation, integration, verification, production, deployment, and field operation
• Strong technical depth in embedded software and firmware, operating systems, middleware, networking, distributed systems, and hardware/software interfaces
• Experience establishing requirements, systems architecture, technical governance, verification strategy, and engineering processes across multiple teams
• Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain strong engineering managers and technical leaders
• Demonstrated ability to translate product priorities into staffing, investment, sequencing, and delivery decisions
• Ability to make difficult tradeoffs
• Ability to communicate technical and organizational risks to executive and cross-functional audiences

Soft Requirements

• Humanity, excellence, and creativity
• Strong engineering culture centered on accountability, technical rigor, rapid learning, maintainability, modularity, reuse, and long-term fleet operability