Software Engineering Manager

Motorola Solutions; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & bonus

Holiday pay

Pension scheme

Stock purchase

Flexible working

Private medical care

Life assurance

Parental leave pay

Career development

Wellbeing support

CSR initiatives

Discount schemes

Dev day for learning

Job summary

Motorola Solutions UK Limited is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager in Edinburgh. You will lead graduate to senior engineers, coach teams, and drive engineering excellence in a hybrid office setup.

You’ll champion AI tool adoption, ensure on-time delivery, and collaborate with product teams to balance short- and long-term goals within a dynamic, safety-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of software teams (graduate to senior).
• Proven experience driving AI tool adoption (CoPilot, Claude).
• Track record of delivering on time and inspiring teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-performing software engineering teams across projects.
• Coach, mentor and develop engineers’ careers.
• Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

AI tools adoption (CoPilot, Claude)

On-time delivery

Inspire & motivate

Agile / Scrum

SDLC knowledge

CI/CD & release trains

C++, C#, TypeScript

Excellent communication

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Our world class Video Management Software allows Enterprise customers to monitor all aspects of security at their sites. From integrating video analytics in Windows applications to making highly scalable cloud microservices - our engineers have opportunities to work with a very diverse and exciting range of products.

We have a fantastic city center office in the heart of Edinburgh and fully embrace a hybrid home/office working model, with an aim for 2 days in the office.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will have the opportunity to work with talented engineers to build high performing teams. A successful candidate will have strong coaching and motivational skills to enable highly technical teams to achieve results in a fast paced environment. We want engaging leaders to build great teams that can then build great products!

Job Description

What this role involves:

• Leading and building high performing teams of software developers from graduate to senior level.
• Coaching, mentoring and encouraging career development.
• Working with the teams to promote engineering best practices.
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Working closely with the product team to champion the balance between short and long term objectives.
• Collaborating with the wider organization to achieve our strategic objectives.

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Basic Requirements

What We Are Looking For In You

• 3 or more years of experience in leading people and software engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience in driving the adoption of AI tools (CoPilot, Claude) to optimize engineering processes and team performance.
• Track record of your teams delivering on time.
• A natural ability to inspire and motivate.
• Drive for continual learning.
• Exposure to Scrum or other Agile frameworks.
• Knowledge of modern software development lifecycles (SDLC).
• Passionate about CI/CD and release trains, delivering a regular cadence of features and quality improvements.
• Mastery in any programming language (C++, C#, TypeScript, …).
• Lead by example, exceed expectations and go above and beyond.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible working options.
• Private medical care.
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
• Well known companies discount schemes.
• 1 out of 10 working days to dedicate to professional development.

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Company

Motorola Solutions UK Limited

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.