Director, Embedded Core & Architecture R&D

WSA EMEA; Erlangen; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

WS Audiology Group seeks an experienced embedded software leader to head the global Embedded Core & Architecture function within R&D. You will own end-to-end architecture and delivery of the Hearing Aid Embedded Platform Software, with broad leadership scope and extensive travel across our sites.

The role can be located in Denmark, Lynge or Germany, Erlangen, and involves building a 30+ person global team and defining engineering practices, risk management, and long-term platform roadmap to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of embedded software engineering, including leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related technical field
• Experience delivering embedded platform software at scale in a regulated or high-quality environment
• Good knowledge of embedded systems, firmware architectures, real-time constraints, and device-level optimization
• Experience driving innovation, agile transformation, or high-velocity development environments is advantageous
• Familiar with DSP, low-power systems, Bluetooth LE/LE Audio, RTOS environments, and mixed-signal embedded design
• Strong leadership presence, with solid communication and stakeholder management skills and a high-ownership, execution driven mindset

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the embedded core, including RTOS, HAL, MCU abstraction, drivers, common services, secure boot infrastructure, memory and filesystem, and the interrupt and power management model
• Build and mentor a global embedded software engineering organization of 30+ people across Erlangen, Hyderabad, and Lynge
• Establish and champion industry-leading engineering practices, including lightweight, high-efficiency processes, structured requirement and architecture management, and rigorous code quality, safety, and security standards
• Define and implement cost-efficient resource strategies, including team structure, outsourcing balance, and platform reuse to maximize scalability
• Set the technical direction and long-term roadmap for embedded software platforms, aligning it with the broader product roadmap strategy

Skills

Embedded leadership

RTOS expertise

Firmware architecture

Device optimization

DSP knowledge

Low-power design

Bluetooth LE

Stakeholder management

Team building

Execution mindset

Education

Master's degree or higher in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Software Engineering

Tools

DSP platforms

Bluetooth LE/LE Audio

MCU development

Security testing tools

Job description

Driven by the passion to improve quality of people's lives, WSA continues to grow as a market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.

We are looking for an experienced embedded software leader to head our global Embedded Core & Architecture function within R&D. In this role, you will own the end-to-end architecture and delivery of the Hearing Aid Embedded Platform Software. This role carries broad leadership scope and requires extensive travel across our global sites.

The position can be located in Denmark, Lynge or Germany, Erlangen.

What you will do

• Lead the development of the embedded core, including RTOS, HAL, MCU abstraction, drivers, common services, secure boot infrastructure, memory and filesystem, and the interrupt and power management model

• Build and mentor a global embedded software engineering organization of 30+ people across Erlangen, Hyderabad, and Lynge

• Establish and champion industry-leading engineering practices, including lightweight, high-efficiency processes, structured requirement and architecture management, and rigorous code quality, safety, and security standards

• Define and implement cost-efficient resource strategies, including team structure, outsourcing balance, and platform reuse to maximize scalability

• Set the technical direction and long-term roadmap for embedded software platforms, aligning it with the broader product roadmap strategy

What you bring

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in embedded software engineering, including leading multi-disciplinary teams

• Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related technical field

• Experience delivering embedded platform software at scale in a regulated or high-quality environment

• Good knowledge of embedded systems, firmware architectures, real-time constraints, and device-level optimization

• Experience driving innovation, agile transformation, or high-velocity development environments is advantageous

• Familiar with DSP, low-power systems, Bluetooth LE/LE Audio, RTOS environments, and mixed-signal embedded design

• Strong leadership presence, with solid communication and stakeholder management skills and a high-ownership, execution driven mindset

Who we are

At WSA, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

WSA is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.