Embedded Robotics & Drones Engineering Leader

Aptiv; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptiv in Troy, MI seeks an Embedded Engineering Manager to lead teams delivering robotics and drone hardware and software. You will define roadmaps for embedded systems, autonomy, and perception, balancing technical leadership with people management to produce scalable, production-ready solutions.

You will mentor engineers across hardware and software, drive cross-functional execution, and partner with product teams to ensure leverage of cutting-edge sensing and compute technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience developing embedded systems for robotics, automotive, consumer electronics, or related products.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership and people management experience leading systems and software development teams.
• Proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering organizations.
• Strong technical expertise in systems engineering, embedded software, and product development best practices.
• Experience leading cross-functional development across hardware, software, systems, safety, and product management teams.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, sensor integration, and software platforms.
• Proven ability to drive end-to-end ownership, technical execution, roadmap planning, and team accountability.
• Demonstrated success resolving complex technical challenges and delivering products on schedule and at scale.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience building engineering roadmaps, resource plans, and organizational capabilities aligned with business objectives.
• Track record of fostering a culture of engineering excellence, continuous improvement, accountability, and talent development.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for embedded systems and software across AMR and drone platforms.
• Provide technical leadership across sensing, compute platforms, data pipelines, perception algorithms, embedded software, and system integration.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Technical Program Managers to shape product roadmaps, ensuring technical feasibility, realistic resource planning, and alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain technology and competency roadmaps by monitoring industry trends, emerging technologies, and future product requirements.
• Serve as a technical thought leader for systems engineering, embedded software, robotics, autonomy, and perception technologies.
• Guide key technical trade-offs involving performance, latency, reliability, safety, compute resources, scalability, maintainability, and cost.

Skills

Embedded systems

Leadership

Robotics

Autonomy

Education

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

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

ROS

ROS 2

C/C++

Python

Job description

Aptiv in Troy, MI seeks an Embedded Engineering Manager to lead teams delivering robotics and drone hardware and software. You will define roadmaps for embedded systems, autonomy, and perception, balancing technical leadership with people management to produce scalable, production-ready solutions.

You will mentor engineers across hardware and software, drive cross-functional execution, and partner with product teams to ensure leverage of cutting-edge sensing and compute technologies.