Embedded Firmware Engineering Manager

regalrexnord; Radford (VA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Regal Rexnord in Radford, VA seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead planning, execution, and team leadership for servo drive software. You will shape firmware priorities, align roadmaps with Product Management, and guide major software efforts from concept through release.

Based at our Radford headquarters, this role emphasizes agile development and hands-on leadership. The position offers growth opportunities and a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software/engineering field required.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of software leadership experience (project or people leadership).
• Experience working with embedded software teams.
• Software Product Leadership : ability to own backlog flow, feature planning, and cross-team execution.
• Technical Leadership : ability to guide software teams on architecture, product direction, and major project execution.
• Planning and Prioritization : coordinate priorities between Engineering, Customer Support, and Product Management.
• Communication : clear communication with engineers, managers, application engineers, and product stakeholders.
• Decision Quality: good judgment in tradeoffs, scope, risk, and execution timing.
• Team Leadership : align teams, remove blockers, and maintain progress.
• Learning Agility : learn products, customer use cases, and business context quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own software backlog priorities, technical direction, and release planning.
• Turn product goals into clear development plans, stories, and execution priorities.
• Partner with Product Management, application engineers, and other technical leaders to maintain a coordinated product roadmap.
• Lead major software efforts for servo drive products, including scope, architecture, and priorities.
• Drive planning and requirements definition so teams build the right products with disciplined execution.
• Provide people leadership to embedded software engineers.
• Promote strong collaboration between engineering teams during planning and execution.
• Support the growth of engineers through coaching, technical guidance, and feedback.
• Mentor early-career engineers in software development, industrial control system knowledge, and engineering practice.
• Responsibilities will scale with experience. Additional tasks may be assigned as needed.

Skills

Embedded software

Leadership

Backlog management

Architecture guidance

Cross-team coordination

Communication

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Regal Rexnord in Radford, VA seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead planning, execution, and team leadership for servo drive software. You will shape firmware priorities, align roadmaps with Product Management, and guide major software efforts from concept through release.

Based at our Radford headquarters, this role emphasizes agile development and hands-on leadership. The position offers growth opportunities and a collaborative, cross-functional environment.