Software Engineering Manager, Embedded and Integrated Systems

Love Your Work; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkeus in Australia is seeking a Software Engineering Manager, Embedded and Integrated Systems to lead our software engineering function as we scale. You will oversee teams working on real-time AI at the edge, integrating with sensing hardware and autonomous systems.

You will drive architecture decisions, establish release and configuration practices, and collaborate with Hardware, AI/ML, and Product teams to bring robust software capabilities to production.

Qualifications

• Senior-level leadership experience in software engineering teams.
• Experience designing software for embedded hardware and hardware-software integration.
• Proven ability to drive architecture, development, testing, and deployment discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing software engineering function with multiple Team Leads reporting to you.
• Set software engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, integration and deployment.
• Provide technical leadership on software architecture and design decisions.
• Partner with Hardware and Systems Engineering to develop integrated products.
• Oversee staged releases, testing, and production validation across multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Team Leadership

Software Architecture

Embedded Linux

C++

Rust

Python

RTOS

Edge Computing

Sensors & Robotics

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Job description

Lead the embedded software capability behind next-generation sensing technology.

Arkeus is building technology that enables real-time AI at the edge, solving complex problems across defence, security and environmental applications. We are looking for an Software Engineering Manager, Embedded and Integrated Systems, to lead our software engineering function as we scale.

This is a senior technical leadership role leading engineers and developing capability that sits within complex hardware, sensing and autonomous systems, working closely with Perception Systems, Hardware, Advanced Development, AI/ML and Product.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop a high-performing software engineering function, with multiple Team Leads reporting to you.
• Be comfortable leading leaders, setting direction, creating clarity and developing technical and people leadership capability across the teams.
• Set software engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, integration and deployment.
• Provide technical leadership on software architecture and design decisions.
• Partner with Hardware and Systems Engineering to develop integrated products.
• Work closely with Advanced Development to transition prototypes and emerging technology into robust software capability.
• Establish a deliberate, predictable software release process, with clear visibility of what is changing, what is being released and what is not yet production-ready.
• Introduce staged releases and appropriate levels of testing, from development and integration through to system-level and production validation.
• Establish clear configuration management across different hardware configurations and product variants.
• Ensure work is appropriately scoped and managed where features are built but are not immediately intended for production release.
• Ensure software is designed with the performance, reliability, security and real-time requirements of the physical system in mind.
• Build effective engineering practices across testing, CI/CD, version control, configuration and release management.

What we're looking for

• Significant experience leading software engineering teams and technical leaders.
• Strong software engineering depth and the ability to engage in architecture and technical discussions.
• Experience developing software that interacts with hardware, sensors, electronics, robotics or physical systems.
• Experience building engineering capability in a growing technology environment.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, development, testing, integration and deployment.
• Experience establishing structured release, configuration and change management practices.
• A practical leadership style with the ability to balance technical quality, speed and delivery.
• Comfortable operating through Team Leads and creating accountability across multiple multidisciplinary teams.
• Embedded software / Embedded Linux
• Real-time or edge computing
• Defence, aerospace, robotics or autonomous systems
• C++, Rust and/or Python
• AI/ML, computer vision or sensor processing
• Safety-, security- or mission-critical systems

An opportunity to build the software engineering capability of a growing Australian deep-tech company working at the intersection of AI, sensing, software, hardware and autonomous systems.