Embedded Software Engineering Manager – AI-led Delivery

Helvar

Greater London

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Helvar, Dartford-based, seeks an Engineering Manager for Embedded Software to lead and grow the embedded team across UK sites. You will own delivery, transform engineering practices, and coordinate initiatives across hardware, embedded, IoT, and cloud.

You’ll drive AI adoption, establish metrics, and align delivery with product priorities while fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Qualifications

Proven experience line-managing and growing software engineers, including coaching and development.
Genuine embedded engineering credibility across hardware/software boundaries.
Fluency with generative AI and its practical use in engineering teams.
Broad understanding of end-to-end systems spanning hardware, embedded, IoT and cloud.
Ability to implement metrics for embedded software (release, OTA, cycle time).
Experience coordinating delivery across multi-site teams and aligning release plans.

Responsibilities

Line-manage the embedded software team and own performance development.
Drive delivery across embedded and cloud components (OTA and CI/CD).
Improve engineering practices, quality, testing, and delivery discipline.
Establish and use metrics to drive data-based decisions.
Lead transformation and change across the software organisation.
Foster cross-site collaboration and shared ownership across UK and Finland teams.
Partner with Product Management on roadmap, priorities, and trade-offs.
Drive AI adoption across the team and organisation.