Software Engineering Manager

Blackhornvc; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Electric Era seeks an engineering manager to lead a world‑class team from ideation to deployment, solving real problems in the field and ensuring rapid progress with minimal bureaucracy.

You will guide architecture across cloud, embedded, IoT, and security domains, while maintaining close customer communication and driving product-market fit with executive visibility.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7+ years in consumer/industrial electronics, aerospace, or automotive embedded systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or similar.
• Experience leading teams of 5+ software engineers.
• Proven ability to deliver with competing deadlines in multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience in live, consumer-facing software environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage a growing team of engineers owning the full product lifecycle.
• Champion software design and drive architectural vision across domains.
• Communicate with customers on calls and in person to refine product-market fit.
• Develop, maintain, and update the software development roadmap.
• Own objectives and report to executive staff and company leaders.
• Develop the team and career growth of individual contributors.
• Deliver software via production and support in real-world conditions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Software architecture

Team management

Product lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering

Job description

Electric Era was founded to actualize the transition to a 100% renewable energy powered world. We are a high tech, high intensity company founded and operated by engineers on a mission to revolutionize the world's electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

The Job & Role

We do things differently at Electric Era. If you’ve ever wanted to manage a software team, its product, but also own and be exposed to business-level decision-making we have that here. Everyone, from our junior engineers to our CEO, has a strong ownership mentality. We have a small, lean, hard‑charging team; we can’t afford not to have people obsessed with owning engineering and business outcomes.

If you want your stuff to see the light of day fast, we have that here. No miles of red tape or bureaucracy. If it’s important, it happens. If it’s easily messed up, it’s simplified, then given a process. If the process is onerous, it’s deleted. We don’t have time to sit around, so you can guarantee that things move fast.

The best idea wins; everyone can and is expected to contribute to good system design, to challenge bad requirements and decision decisions, and always move the puck forward.

Electric Era is looking for strong engineering managers that want everything described above. You will be leader of a world‑class team that owns the complete product life cycle deliverable from ideation, development, implementation, testing and troubleshooting real problems in the field.

The Responsibilities

• Manage a small but growing team of world‑class engineers in developing the most autonomous charging platform in the field to date, and the most capable next‑gen charging platform to hit the market
• Champion software design and drive your architectural vision across a number of different domains: enterprise cloud software, embedded software, IoT products, AI tooling, security infrastructure, and more
• Communicate with customers on calls and in person, and continuously develop and update product‑market fit for new software features
• Develop, maintain, and update the software development roadmap as the company navigates a complex path through the energy economy
• Own company‑level objectives and be responsible for reporting out to executive staff and the broader company
• Develop the team to greatness; support individual contributors career growth into technical and managerial leadership
• Build and manage software deliverables through production and into the field, participating in on‑call rotations and supporting your product and team in a real‑world environment

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• 5 to 7+ years of consumer/industrial electronics, aerospace, or automotive embedded systems or programming experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a software engineering or similar discipline
• Prior experience managing teams of 5 or more software engineers
• Track record of success working effectively and independently in a multi‑disciplinary manner to prioritize and deliver with competing deadlines
• Experience managing software development in live, consumer‑facing environments, and building operational scalability with both tactical and strategic planning
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and hard driving attitude