Director, Embedded Platform & Systems Engineering

Brelle; Los Alamitos (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision (HMO/PPO)

401(k)

Flexible PTO

Team meals twice a week

Monthly team events

Job summary

Brelle is building a new approach to manufacturing for an electrified world. We seek a Director of Embedded Software Platform to own the architecture and development of our embedded software foundations powering energy and powertrain systems.

You will define the software stack, establish interfaces, and lead a hands‑on technical leadership team across ECUs, hardware configurations, and customer programs. This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and end‑to‑end production readiness.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in embedded software, firmware, systems software, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Significant experience designing, architecting, and shipping embedded software for complex, hardware‑dependent products.
• Own substantial technical scope, across an embedded software platform, multiple ECUs, or a sophisticated firmware stack.
• Strong understanding of embedded software architecture and the interactions between software, electronics, and physical systems.
• Strong foundation in C/C++ and the ability to engage deeply in technical design, implementation, and debugging discussions.
• Experience with real‑time operating systems, embedded Linux, or comparable embedded operating environments.
• Experience with low‑level software, drivers, middleware, hardware abstraction, communication protocols, or system integration.
• Experience taking embedded systems through development, testing, validation, and production deployment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience leading engineers, setting technical direction, and establishing engineering standards that improve software quality and execution.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and evolution of the embedded software platform, establishing the architecture and foundations needed to support current and future products.
• Define software architecture across relevant layers of the embedded stack, including operating systems, drivers, middleware, hardware abstraction, communication interfaces, diagnostics, and application integration.
• Establish clear software interfaces and architectural boundaries that enable reuse across ECUs, hardware configurations, and customer programs.
• Evaluate architectural approaches, technologies, and tools, making thoughtful trade‑offs across performance, reliability, maintainability, development speed, and hardware constraints.
• Develop a platform roadmap that balances immediate product needs with long‑term technical investments.
• Identify opportunities to simplify the software stack, improve consistency, and accelerate development across programs.
• Lead embedded software development from architecture and early hardware bring‑up through system integration, validation, release, and production deployment.
• Drive resolution of complex technical issues spanning firmware, hardware, communications, and system behavior.
• Establish appropriate standards for code quality, testing, configuration management, version control, and software release.
• Build or evolve the tools and infrastructure that support efficient development, including automated testing, build systems, continuous integration, and debugging workflows.
• Ensure software is designed for reliability, diagnosability, and maintainability under real‑world operating conditions.
• Guide technical decisions around firmware updates, cybersecurity, functional safety, and software lifecycle management as required by product and customer needs.
• Partner closely with electrical, battery, systems, and vehicle engineering teams to define software requirements, hardware interfaces, and integration strategies.
• Ensure embedded software architecture supports system‑level requirements for performance, reliability, safety, and functionality.
• Drive alignment on technical dependencies, interface definitions, and integration priorities across engineering disciplines.
• Work directly with engineers to evaluate design trade‑offs, debug difficult issues, and move solutions from prototype to production.
• Balance platform standardization with the flexibility required to support different hardware configurations and customer programs.
• Build and develop a high‑performing embedded software team, hiring exceptional engineers and establishing clear technical ownership.
• Set technical direction while empowering engineers to make decisions and own outcomes.
• Establish effective engineering practices, including architecture reviews, code reviews, testing standards, and release processes, without adding unnecessary overhead.
• Develop technical leaders and foster a culture of accountability, sound engineering judgment, and continuous improvement.
• Align team priorities and resources with product milestones, platform development, and the company's broader engineering roadmap.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded software

Technical leadership

System architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Real-time OS

Embedded Linux

CAN/CAN-FD/Ethernet/LIN/UDS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Brelle is building a new approach to manufacturing for an electrified world. We seek a Director of Embedded Software Platform to own the architecture and development of our embedded software foundations powering energy and powertrain systems.

You will define the software stack, establish interfaces, and lead a hands‑on technical leadership team across ECUs, hardware configurations, and customer programs. This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and end‑to‑end production readiness.