Manager, Embedded Firmware Delivery

Socket.dev; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with matching

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja in Needham, MA is seeking a Manager, Embedded Firmware Delivery to lead the US embedded firmware team and own day-to-day delivery of firmware programs.

You will review code, guide engineers, and ensure alignment with architecture standards while driving device control and OTA features across products.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of embedded software and firmware engineering.
• 2+ years leading or mentoring embedded engineering teams.
• Hands-on delivery of production firmware for consumer electronics or related high-volume industries.
• Track record establishing CI/CD, static analysis, and automated test infrastructure for embedded programs.
• Ability to execute against architecture and standards defined elsewhere.
• Experience coordinating with offshore development teams or external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery-focused Senior Embedded Firmware Developers within the US team.
• Delivery commitments for internally developed embedded firmware — schedule, quality, and scope.
• Code review, day-to-day technical direction, and design guidance with hands-on depth.
• Workload allocation, sprint planning, and capacity across concurrent programs.
• Deliver firmware in device control, OTA, and differentiated product features.
• Ensure firmware integrates with hardware, cloud services, and user interfaces.
• Enforce engineering standards: PR-gated merges, unit tests, and static analysis.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

CI/CD

Code review

Hardware integration

Git workflows

Unit testing

Education

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

Tools

Ceedling

gcc

CMake

Job description

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.

Manager, Embedded Firmware Delivery

Needham, MA

The Opportunity

This is a working leadership role — you lead the team and you still read the code.

As Manager, Embedded Firmware Delivery, you own day-to-day delivery for SharkNinja's embedded firmware organization: schedule, quality, and scope for the firmware programs and platform work we keep internally. You'll lead a team of Senior Embedded Firmware Developers implementing the designs, carrying enough technical depth to review their code, make day-to-day design calls, and unblock them when something stalls.

You'll report to the Director, Embedded Firmware, as a peer to the Embedded Firmware Architecture manager. That manager owns the standards and architecture applied to the designs; you own implementation and feature delivery against them, and you decide how the team's time gets spent across concurrent programs.

What You'll Own

Team & Delivery Leadership

• Lead, hire, and develop the delivery-focused Senior Embedded Firmware Developers within the US embedded firmware team.
• Delivery commitments for internally developed embedded firmware — schedule, quality, and scope.
• Code review, day-to-day technical direction, and design guidance for the team, with enough hands-on depth to make credible technical calls.
• Workload allocation, sprint planning, and capacity across concurrent programs.

Delivery Execution

• Deliver firmware in the areas retained internally: device control, OTA, and differentiated product features.
• Execute against defined architecture, interface, and HAL standards.
• Ensure firmware integrates cleanly with hardware, cloud services, mobile applications, and user interfaces.
• Enforce engineering standards within the team — feature branches, PR-gated merges with required approvals, ticket-linked commits, unit test coverage, and static analysis on every merge.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with other global firmware leadership on programs spanning multiple sites and on shared platform work.
• Work with the Software TPM on program sizing, schedule commitments, and cross-program dependencies.
• Support Quality on release readiness, defect triage, and gate criteria.
• Partner with Hardware Engineering, Systems, and NPD through bring-up and integration.

Engineering Practice

• Drive adoption of automated testing, CI discipline, and code quality practices within the team.
• Contribute to the reproducibility standard — ensuring internally developed programs meet the same source, toolchain, and build manifest requirements applied to partners.
• Identify and reduce technical debt across internally owned codebases.

What You'll Bring

Experience

• 8+ years of embedded software and firmware engineering.
• 2+ years leading or formally mentoring embedded engineering teams. First-time people leaders with strong technical depth will be considered.
• Hands-on delivery of production firmware for consumer electronics, home appliances, robotics, or related high-volume industries.
• A track record establishing CI/CD, static analysis, and automated test infrastructure for embedded programs.
• Executing against architecture and standards defined elsewhere.
• Working alongside or coordinating with offshore development teams or external development partners.

Technical Expertise

• Embedded C / C++ development on resource-constrained platforms.
• Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• OTA and bootloader software update architecture.
• Device security fundamentals.
• Git-based workflows, CI builds (gcc, CMake, headless), unit testing (Ceedling or equivalent), and static analysis.
• Hardware-software integration, board bring-up, and debug on target hardware.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline required.

Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

We offer the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• employee stock purchase program
• life insurance
• AD&D
• short-term disability insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• generous paid time off
• company holidays
• parental leave
• identity theft protection
• pet insurance
• pre-paid legal insurance
• back-up child and eldercare days
• product discounts
• referral bonus program
• and more

Pay Range

$175,000 — $200,000 USD

Our Culture

At SharkNinja, we don’t just raise the bar—we push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible, push boundaries, and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane, you’ll be right at home.

What We Offer

We offer competitive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, employee stock purchase options, wellness programs, SharkNinja product discounts, and more.

We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining what’s possible. When you join, you’re not just part of a company—you’re part of an outrageously extraordinary community. To gether, we won’t just launch products—we’ll disrupt entire markets.

At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.

Learn more about us: Life At SharkNinja Outrageously Extraordinary

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