Lead Embedded Sensor Platform Engineer

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 1 - 2; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Garmin Benefits

Job summary

Garmin seeks a Software Engineering Team Leader for the Sensor Platform Team at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. You will lead a team of low‑level software engineers to design, implement, and support sensor and audio platforms used across wearables and devices.

You will mentor engineers, drive roadmaps with product teams, review designs, and collaborate with hardware partners to optimize power, cost, and performance in embedded systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience (or 10+ years) as per listing.
• Strong knowledge of C and/or C++ in embedded software environments.
• Experience mentoring software engineers and leading teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of low-level software engineers responsible for sensor and audio platforms.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams to develop and prioritize the team’s roadmap.
• Enable the team to own and execute on reusable embedded sensor and audio platform capabilities.
• Coach engineers through technical decisions, design reviews, problem solving, and career development.
• Coordinate and participate in generating software requirements and designs per Garmin's methodology.
• Engage with vendors to provide HW/SW solutions meeting Garmin's needs.
• Evaluate design tradeoffs related to power, cost, reliability, and time to market.
• Partner with product teams and engineering disciplines to deliver sensor solutions.
• Participate in recruiting, interview, hire, train, and evaluate team performance.

Skills

C

C++

Embedded software

Team leadership

Low-level systems

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Software Engineering / Math / Physics or related field

Job description

Garmin seeks a Software Engineering Team Leader for the Sensor Platform Team at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. You will lead a team of low‑level software engineers to design, implement, and support sensor and audio platforms used across wearables and devices.

You will mentor engineers, drive roadmaps with product teams, review designs, and collaborate with hardware partners to optimize power, cost, and performance in embedded systems.