Embedded Engineering Manager

Cubic Transportation Systems; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Transportation Systems in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead and deliver complex software projects across the full lifecycle, from inception to deployment.

You will mentor 8–10 software engineers, coordinate with cross-functional teams, ensure schedules and budgets, and drive quality through embedded Linux, RTOS, CI/CD and modern DevOps practices. The role also emphasizes strong communication and risk management for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading teams of 8–10; proven record of delivering milestones on time.
• Strong software development background in C/C++, embedded Linux, and RTOS.
• Knowledge of BSP, device drivers and hardware interfaces; Agile/Scrum and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software projects, budgets and schedules.
• Coordinate activities of software engineers; plan and allocate resources.
• Coach and mentor team members; conduct code reviews and trainings.
• Ensure software quality, timely delivery and adherence to specs.
• Collaborate with global teams and stakeholders across locations.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

C

C++

Embedded Linux

RTOS

CI/CD

Yocto

GCC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Yocto

GCC

U-Boot

Job description

Job Description:

Business Unit:

Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details:

Job Summary:

Manages and implements software engineering projects ensuring conformance with plans, policies, procedures, budgets and schedules. Establishes and interprets plans, objectives, policies and procedures. Assists in the development of overall objectives and long-range goals of the organisation. Provides technical consultation. Plans, conducts and technically directs and tracks progress of projects. Develops and administers budgets, schedules and performance standards. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure availability of required hardware resources, software and tools for each project
• Carry out analysis, design, development and testing of software using appropriate tools
• Coordinates activities of software engineering staff. Establishes work goals and allocates resources. Plans,
• leads and tracks work activities of software project staff.
• Motivates, delegates, coaches and trains subordinates.
• Supervise day-to-day development of assigned project work by team members as applicable.
• Teams include software engineers, leads and software test engineers
• Guide teams in performing testing to ensure a good quality product is delivered.
• Ensures achievement of schedules and budgets. Manages software engineering metrics.
• From inception to completion, plans, manages, tracks and improves all software systems development.
• Conducts in-house training. Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal and external representatives concerning specific operations.
• Coach and mentor team members to continually improve their performance.
• Manage recruitment activities, annual performance reviews, time-sheet approval and holiday requests
• Acts as an advisor to staff regarding tasks, projects, and operations. Oversees daily operations in order to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems.
• Shows commitment to company values, ethics, safety, security, labour charging, and quality. Participates in company-wide Continuous Process Improvement teams.
• Keeps abreast of new technologies and new techniques.
• Conduct code reviews and guide team members in code reviews, ensure necessary improvements in code are made after reviews
• Work closely with global technical team to ensure better and timely delivery
• Communicate clearly and effectively with staff at different locations to ensure coordination for work of team
• Ensure Quality of the software deliverable's and accuracy to specifications
• Support any other departmental projects/tasks as and when directed by Supervisor
• Be able to step in and perform any team member's duties, as necessary
• Suggest ideas to improve effectiveness, employee morale and satisfaction
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws
• Supports the bids and proposal and customer variation requests
• Keeps abreast of improvements and developments within software engineering techniques

Minimum Job Requirements: Essential:

• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer science or relation field or equivalent professional experience or combination of both plus minimum of eight years of related experience
• Proven experience handling a team of 8-10 members
• A proven track record of leading teams and projects successfully to meet required milestones and objectives including setting objectives, performance management, development, and cost controls
• Result orientated and capable of delegating responsibility to Software Development Supervisors to lead a project including developing concepts, objectives, resource requirements and cost controls
• An experienced software engineer with a proven track record of specification, design and development of software
• Up to date knowledge of software engineering programming language and technologies
• Good experience in BSP, Device drivers and peripheral interfaces like USB, Ethernet, I2C, SPI etc
• Knowledge of Bootloaders (U-Boot, MCUboot)
• Must have good experience in C, C++, embedded Linux, IPC and RTOS like FreeRTOS, QNX, ThreadX
• Embedded CI/CD pipelines (Yocto + Jenkins/GitLab/Bitbucket)
• Cross-compilation toolchains (GCC) and version control systems (Git)
• Knowledge of Secure firmware/OTA update mechanisms
• Agile/Scrum and DevOps methodologies
• Knowledge of hardware abstraction layers (HAL) and platform framework design
• Must display a sound understanding of software development life-cycle, with excellent problem-solving skills
• Effective decision maker with the ability to consider the impact and take accountability for decisions made
• Proven track record of problem solving and effective resolution. With the ability to define test schedules and data requirements
• Able to prepare reports, manuals, procedures and status reports
• Self-motivated, pragmatic with the ability motivate and lead others to achieve individual and shared goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a willingness to share knowledge, coach and collaborate effectively with individuals and other departments
• Strong organisation and planning skills with the ability to handle multiple projects and undertake new tasks quickly
• Diligent, with attention to detail. Able to problem solve and find effective and timely resolutions
• Ability to travel, may need to work occasionally at other company sites

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ARM Cortex-A / Cortex-M architectures
• Knowledge of wireless technologies (BLE, Wi-Fi, LTE/5G)
• Integration with IoT cloud platforms (Azure IoT, AWS IoT, or equivalent).
• Secure boot and cryptography frameworks
• PCI compliance and embedded system security standards
• Secure Access Modules (SAM) / Hardware Security Modules (HSM)

Worker Type:

Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.