Software Engineering Manager

Kollmorgen Corporation; Radford (VA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401k with matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Regal Rexnord, headquartered near Radford, Virginia, is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to drive firmware priorities and lead servo drive software initiatives. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership in a cross-functional environment, emphasizing agile practices and continuous improvement.

You will own backlog priorities, align with Product Management, and guide major software efforts from concept to release while mentoring early-career engineers in software

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of software leadership experience.
• Experience with embedded software teams.
• Ability to own backlog flow, feature planning, and cross-team execution.

Responsibilities

• Own software backlog priorities, technical direction, and release planning.
• Turn product goals into clear development plans and execution priorities.
• Partner with Product Management and engineers to maintain a coordinated product roadmap.
• Lead major software efforts for servo drive products with architecture oversight.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and feedback to engineers.

Skills

Software leadership

Embedded software

Backlog management

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

Embedded toolchains

Job description

Work Model: You’ll work in a hybrid model, onsite at your designated Regal Rexnord location at least 3 days per week (Monday–Thursday), with flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days, including Friday. ____________________ Position Overview: We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead product planning, technical execution, and team leadership for our servo drive development teams. In this role, you will shape firmware priorities, coordinate product roadmaps with Product Management, and guide major software efforts from concept through release. Based at our global headquarters in Radford VA, this position offers a hands-on, team-oriented environment. We emphasize continuous improvement and agile development to create products known for quality and features. We design products with the depth and flexibility advanced controls engineers need, while keeping them approachable for engineers who are earlier in their careers. This role sits at the center of a cross-functional engineering environment where firmware, tools, and product direction must stay aligned. You will work across the organization to turn business needs into well-executed products. This is a strong fit for someone who likes both technical depth and leadership: someone who can make sound product decisions, guide teams through complex work, and stay engaged in the technical choices that shape software used in demanding industrial motion applications. This is a critical role within Kollmorgen with high responsibility and future leadership opportunities. Key Responsibilities: Own software backlog priorities, technical direction, and release planning. Turn product goals into clear development plans, stories, and execution priorities. Partner with Product Management, application engineers, and other technical leaders to maintain a coordinated product roadmap. Lead major software efforts for servo drive products, including scope, architecture, and priorities. Drive planning and requirements definition so teams build the right products with disciplined execution. Provide people leadership to embedded software engineers. Promote strong collaboration between engineering teams during planning and execution. Support the growth of engineers through coaching, technical guidance, and feedback. Mentor early-career engineers in software development, industrial control system knowledge, and engineering practice. Responsibilities will scale with experience. Additional tasks may be assigned as needed. Required Skills and Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field required. 10+ years of software development experience required. 5+ years of software leadership experience (project or people leadership) required. Experience working with embedded software teams required. Software Product Leadership: Ability to own backlog flow, feature planning, and cross-team execution. Technical Leadership: Proven ability to guide software teams on architecture, product direction, and major project execution. Planning and Prioritization: Ability to coordinate priorities between Engineering, Customer Support, and Product Management while keeping technical execution on track. Communication: Clear communication with engineers, managers, application engineers, and product stakeholders. Decision Quality: Good judgment in tradeoffs, scope, risk, and execution timing. Team Leadership: Ability to align teams, remove blockers, and maintain progress on important work. Learning Agility: Ability to learn products, customer use cases, and business context quickly. Preferred Skills and Qualifications: Experience in industrial automation, motion control, or related products strongly preferred. Motion control or servo drive product experience. Industrial control systems experience. Experience as a firmware product owner, software manager, or technical program leader. Experience leading software teams through organizational change. Work Type: Hybrid: This role follows a Hybrid Work Schedule requiring a minimum of 3 in-office days per week, Monday through Thursday, at your designated Regal Rexnord office, with the option to work remotely up to 2 days per week, including Friday. Leveling Language: This role may be filled at different levels depending on the candidate’s experience, skills, and business needs. Pay Transparency Language: Expected Base Salary Range: $100,000–$155,800 The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for this position. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, the geographic market of that location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons among other potential factors. Export Controlled Language: Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position. Sponsorship Language: Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization. #LI-LR1 #LI-Hybrid Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA) Paid Time Off and Holidays 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance Paid Leaves Tuition Assistance About Regal Rexnord Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [e-mail]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [e-mail]. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made. At Regal Rexnord, our business purpose is to create a better tomorrow with sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. Our Values Our values frame our culture - a shared understanding of how we think and act relative to our key stakeholders. 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