Software Engineering Manager - Embedded Automotive Systems

Confidential; Holland (MI); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead its embedded software organization. This role blends people leadership, technical direction, and organizational development to deliver reliable, production-ready software across globally distributed teams.

Based in West Michigan or the Metro Detroit area, the position follows a hybrid schedule with occasional travel to other sites, customers, or suppliers.

Qualifications

• Significant embedded software leadership experience within an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Experience leading software engineers across North American and international teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering embedded products through development, validation, launch, and production.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, requirements management, integration, verification, validation, and configuration management.
• Experience with ASPICE, the V-model, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR, automotive cybersecurity, and disciplined practices such as automated testing and static and timing analysis.
• A practical leadership style with demonstrated success developing people, improving execution and accountability, and leading sustainable organizational change.
• Experience with software-defined vehicle technologies, electronic control units, mechatronic systems, or related embedded automotive applications would be especially valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed embedded software team.
• Establish clear priorities, ownership, accountability, and performance expectations.
• Provide leadership across the full software lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through integration, validation, launch, and production support.
• Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability across architecture, implementation, testing, and product performance.
• Strengthen development practices, tools, and technical capabilities to improve software quality, predictability, and execution.
• Partner with Systems, Hardware, Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, customers, and suppliers.

Skills

Embedded software leadership

Software architecture

Requirements management

Automated testing

Static timing analysis

Leadership & coaching

Education

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

Tools

Static timing analysis

Automated testing

Job description

An established global automotive technology manufacturer is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead its embedded software organization. This highly visible role combines people leadership, technical direction, and organizational development with responsibility for delivering reliable, production-ready software across globally distributed teams.

The position reports to a senior engineering executive and may be based in West Michigan or the Metro Detroit area. The role follows a hybrid schedule and requires occasional travel to other company locations and customer or supplier sites.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed embedded software team.
• Establish clear priorities, ownership, accountability, and performance expectations.
• Provide leadership across the full software lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through integration, validation, launch, and production support.
• Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability across architecture, implementation, testing, and product performance.
• Strengthen development practices, tools, and technical capabilities to improve software quality, predictability, and execution.
• Partner with Systems, Hardware, Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, customers, and suppliers.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Significant embedded software leadership experience within an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Experience leading software engineers across North American and international teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering embedded products through development, validation, launch, and production.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, requirements management, integration, verification, validation, and configuration management.
• Experience with ASPICE, the V-model, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR, automotive cybersecurity, and disciplined practices such as automated testing and static and timing analysis.
• A practical leadership style with demonstrated success developing people, improving execution and accountability, and leading sustainable organizational change.
• Experience with software-defined vehicle technologies, electronic control units, mechatronic systems, or related embedded automotive applications would be especially valuable.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This role offers meaningful influence over the direction and effectiveness of an established embedded software organization. The successful candidate will shape technical capability, team development, global collaboration, software quality, and product delivery from concept through production.

The position offers a competitive base salary, annual incentive opportunity, and comprehensive benefits package. Compensation will be based on experience and qualifications.

This search is being conducted confidentially. Additional information about the company and organization will be shared with qualified candidates as they advance through the process.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.