Engineering Manager, Software and Systems

Hexagon Mining; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexagon Mining is seeking an Engineering Manager to build and lead a high-performing team that delivers technically sound software solutions for our mining customers. You will own technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with Product Management, Operations, and Sales to ensure value, usability, and maintainability across the product suite.

The role combines people management with hands-on engineering leadership, including performance management, recruitment, governance, and fostering a

Qualifications

• Strong written and oral English communication skills.
• Engineering leadership experience (people management, technical leadership, project leadership).
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience on complex, customer-facing products.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, design, testing, DevOps, and delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Guide technical direction and support design decisions for the product, platform, or technology area.
• Mentor contributors and manage performance, recruitment, and succession planning.
• Collaborate with Product Management and other functions to deliver valuable, maintainable outcomes.
• Ensure delivery of agreed project scope, schedule, and quality.
• Foster a healthy engineering culture across geographies and teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software engineering

English communication

DevOps & delivery

Job description

The Company

Hexagon Mining solves surface and underground mine challenges with proven technologies for planning, operations, and safety. Our solutions address challenges across the entire mining process, and cover a broad spectrum of technologies from desktop and cloud software, to software-hardware systems deeply integrated into mining trucks, shovels, drills, and more. Our engineering team has offices in several nations around the world.

The Company

Hexagon Mining solves surface and underground mine challenges with proven technologies for planning, operations, and safety. Our solutions address challenges across the entire mining process, and cover a broad spectrum of technologies from desktop and cloud software, to software-hardware systems deeply integrated into mining trucks, shovels, drills, and more. Our engineering team has offices in several nations around the world.

Purpose Of Position

The purpose of the Engineering Manager role is to build and lead a high-performing engineering team that delivers valuable, technically sound solutions for Hexagon Mining customers. The Engineering Manager role serves as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI), or as a delegated leader reporting to a DRI, for a defined product, platform, or technology area, with accountability for its long-term health and evolution. The role combines formal people management with technical leadership, including performance management, coaching, talent development, recruitment, succession planning, engineering governance, and team culture.

Major Areas Of Responsibility

• The Engineering Manager is sufficiently familiar with the product, codebase, architecture, quality concerns, delivery constraints, and customer problems to guide technical direction, support design decisions, validate estimates, mentor contributors, and help the team deliver technically sound outcomes. The role collaborates with Product Management and other functions to understand customer and business problems, and deliver solutions that are valuable, usable, technically sound, maintainable, and supportable.

The Engineering Manager Has Direct Accountability For Outcomes Including

• The successful delivery of agreed project outcomes, including scope, schedule, and quality
• The technical health, quality, governance, documentation, and development practices of the team's product, platform, or technology area
• The health, growth, and performance of the team and its individual contributors

• The Engineering Manager also contributes to:
• Strong working relationships between Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Sales, and other functions
• A healthy engineering culture across teams and geographies
• The evolution of the Hexagon Mining technology platform
• Customer outcomes and the commercial success of the products and solutions the team supports

Knowledge And Experience - Required

• Strong written and oral English communication skills
• Engineering leadership experience, such as people leadership, technical leadership, project leadership, or a combination of these
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably with complex, long-lived, customer-facing products
• Strong technical knowledge of modern software engineering practices, architecture, design, testing, DevOps, and delivery processes

Knowledge And Experience - Desired

• Experience working with hybrid software-hardware systems, e.g. robotics, automotive, industrial automation, etc.
• Experience working with complex products, legacy systems, hardware and software integration, and/or large-scale technical debt reduction
• Specialized technical knowledge in a relevant domain, e.g robotics, automotive, GNSS, optimization;, data science, or similar domains
• Familiarity with engineering delivery, quality, and organizational health metrics
• Experience leading organizational change and scaling engineering teams

Hexagon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against any job applicant based on protected characteristics.