Embedded Automotive Software Manager (Global Lead)

Confidential; Holland (MI); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead its embedded software organization. This role blends people leadership, technical direction, and organizational development to deliver reliable, production-ready software across globally distributed teams.

Based in West Michigan or the Metro Detroit area, the position follows a hybrid schedule with occasional travel to other sites, customers, or suppliers.

Qualifications

• Significant embedded software leadership experience within an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Experience leading software engineers across North American and international teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering embedded products through development, validation, launch, and production.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, requirements management, integration, verification, validation, and configuration management.
• Experience with ASPICE, the V-model, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR, automotive cybersecurity, and disciplined practices such as automated testing and static and timing analysis.
• A practical leadership style with demonstrated success developing people, improving execution and accountability, and leading sustainable organizational change.
• Experience with software-defined vehicle technologies, electronic control units, mechatronic systems, or related embedded automotive applications would be especially valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed embedded software team.
• Establish clear priorities, ownership, accountability, and performance expectations.
• Provide leadership across the full software lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through integration, validation, launch, and production support.
• Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability across architecture, implementation, testing, and product performance.
• Strengthen development practices, tools, and technical capabilities to improve software quality, predictability, and execution.
• Partner with Systems, Hardware, Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, customers, and suppliers.

Skills

Embedded software leadership

Software architecture

Requirements management

Automated testing

Static timing analysis

Leadership & coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software/Computer/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Static timing analysis

Automated testing

Job description

Confidential is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead its embedded software organization. This role blends people leadership, technical direction, and organizational development to deliver reliable, production-ready software across globally distributed teams.

Based in West Michigan or the Metro Detroit area, the position follows a hybrid schedule with occasional travel to other sites, customers, or suppliers.