Senior Engineering Manager, Embedded Software

bakerhughes; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Waygate Technologies seeks an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the embedded software organization for video borescope platforms. You will own technical direction and drive execution across a global team of engineers, aligning with product management and systems teams.

You will shape roadmaps, mentor engineers, manage budgets, and promote modern practices including cybersecurity and AI-enabled tech where it adds customer value.

Qualifications

• Experience leading embedded software development teams delivering commercial hardware products.
• Strong technical foundation in embedded software, firmware, or related disciplines.
• Experience integrating software with electronics, optics, sensors and mechanics.
• Ability to guide long-term product direction in structured development environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global software engineering team developing embedded software and firmware for advanced inspection systems.
• Drive software program execution balancing schedule, quality, cost, and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with product, systems, electrical, mechanical, quality, manufacturing and service teams.
• Define roadmaps and investment priorities for future embedded software platforms.
• Foster technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop engineering talent through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.

Skills

Embedded software leadership

C/C++

Embedded architecture

Strong communication

People development

Staffing and budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Embedded Linux

RTOS environments

Device drivers

Hardware interfaces

Board bring-up

Job description

Senior Engineering Manager, Embedded Software

Do you enjoy leading global engineering teams in developing embedded software solutions that power advanced inspection technologies and deliver exceptional customer value? Would you like to drive the technical strategy, innovation, and execution of next-generation embedded platforms while developing high-performing teams across a global engineering organization?

Join Our Team

Waygate Technologies is a global leader in non-destructive testing solutions. Our Remote Visual Inspection product portfolio is used worldwide across aviation, energy, manufacturing, and industrial markets to inspect critical assets and infrastructure.

We are seeking an experienced software engineering leader to lead the embedded software organization responsible for our video borescope product portfolio. This role combines technical leadership, people development, product execution, and strategic planning to deliver industry leading inspection solutions to customers around the world..

Partner with the best

As Senior Engineering Manager, Embedded Software, you will lead a global team responsible for the embedded software, firmware, and device software that powers our video borescope platforms.

As a Senior Engineering Manager , you will be responsible for:

• Leading a global software engineering team developing embedded software and firmware for advanced inspection systems.
• Driving the execution of software development programs while balancing schedule, quality, cost, and customer requirements.
• Partnering with product management, systems engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, quality, manufacturing, and service teams to bring products from concept through launch and sustainment.
• Defining technical roadmaps and investment priorities for future generations of embedded software platforms.
• Building a culture of technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Developing engineering talent through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
• Supporting customer engagements and strategic development partnerships.
• Driving the adoption of modern embedded software development practices, automation, cybersecurity, and AI-enabled technologies where they create customer value.
• Managing engineering resources, staffing plans, budgets, and software capitalization activities.
• Collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams and external development partners.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have significant experience leading embedded software development teams delivering commercial hardware products.
• Have a strong technical foundation in embedded software, firmware development, embedded architecture, or related engineering disciplines.
• Have experience delivering products that tightly integrate software, electronics, optics, sensors and mechanical systems.
• Have experience operating at both strategic and technical levels, helping teams solve complex engineering challenges while guiding long-term product direction.
• Have experience working within structured product development environments that utilize requirements, design reviews, verification, validation, and release processes.
• Have strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Have experience managing engineering roadmaps, budgets, and organizational growth.
• Have a passion for developing high-performing engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience developing embedded systems using C or C++.
• Have experience working with Embedded Linux, RTOS environments, device drivers, hardware interfaces, and board bring-up.
• Have experience developing or supporting camera systems, imaging products, optics, computer vision, image processing, or measurement technologies.
• Have experience leading the development of industrial, aerospace, medical device, robotics, automation, or instrumentation products.
• Have experience working with connected devices and cybersecurity for embedded products.
• Have experience with AI, machine learning, or edge analytics deployed on embedded platforms.
• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.

Why This Role Is Different

This is an embedded product software leadership position, not a web application, enterprise software, or SaaS role. The successful candidate will lead teams developing device-side software for sophisticated hardware products that operate in demanding industrial environments. Success requires a strong appreciation for the interaction between software, electronics, optics, mechanics, and the customer experience delivered through the finished product

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working