Director, Low-Level Systems Engineering

United States Digital Space LLC; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 168,300 - 227,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge, United Kingdom, is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to guide a broad organization spanning kernel, drivers, userspace, and system modelling tools.

This high-impact leadership role combines low-level systems expertise with large-scale delivery, overseeing a distributed team of 60+ engineers within a 300+ organisation, shaping performance, efficiency and scalability.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large, distributed software engineering teams.
• Strong systems software background with kernel or drivers experience.
• Ability to connect low-level implementation to system-level outcomes.
• Proven track record delivering performance or efficiency improvements.
• Experience growing senior technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Set direction and drive execution across kernel, drivers and userspace domains.
• Lead a global, 60+ engineer organization and develop leadership capabilities.
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware and product groups.
• Define and maintain clear roadmaps balancing near-term delivery with strategy.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and influence technical direction.

Skills

Distributed leadership

Kernel development

Device drivers

Power and performance

System performance

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge, United Kingdom, is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to guide a broad organization spanning kernel, drivers, userspace, and system modelling tools.

This high-impact leadership role combines low-level systems expertise with large-scale delivery, overseeing a distributed team of 60+ engineers within a 300+ organisation, shaping performance, efficiency and scalability.