Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Magna International; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna New Mobility, a unit of Magna International, is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development to guide the Core Platform organization of the Unified Factory Platform. You will lead foundational services, infrastructure, data architecture, APIs, and platform scalability across 120+ global plants, defining long-term strategy and ensuring secure, scalable cloud-native deployments.

You will build and coach multiple engineering teams, drive engineering excellence, and partner with Product,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering required.
• 2+ years leading managers of engineers preferred.
• Experience owning large-scale distributed systems or platform organizations required.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute multi-year technical strategy required.
• Experience operating cloud-native systems (AWS preferred) required.
• Strong experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and DevOps best practices required.
• Experience leading IoT-connected systems or industrial automation platforms
• Experience scaling SaaS products across global enterprise customers
• Background in high-availability systems with real-time constraints
• Strong understanding of data architecture and analytics platforms
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Define and own the long-term technical strategy.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and security across multi-plant global deployments.
• Drive architecture decisions across distributed systems, IoT integration, event-driven services, and data pipelines.
• Establish platform standards for APIs, observability, and infrastructure automation.
• Partner with Product and Hardware teams to enable rapid application development on shared services.
• Build and lead multiple engineering teams (managers and individual contributors).
• Hire, develop, and coach engineering leaders.
• Create mechanisms for high-quality execution, strong design reviews, and operational rigor.
• Set a high bar for engineering talent and performance management.
• Own uptime, performance SLAs, security posture, and deployment velocity.
• Drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
• Implement measurable KPIs around reliability, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead through metrics and establish data-driven decision making.
• Partner with Product, Deployment, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership to align platform roadmap with business priorities.
• Communicate technical strategy to VP-level stakeholders.
• Influence hardware integration standards (AMR, forklift IoT, PLC systems).
• Ensure GDPR and global compliance requirements are met across regions.
• Drive multi-year technical roadmap aligned to business plan growth trajectory.
• Reduce duplication across application(s) through shared services.
• Design for external commercialization and SaaS scalability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS)

APIs & microservices

IoT / industrial automation

Leadership

Data architecture

SaaS scaling

DevOps

Executive stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Job description

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Magna New Mobility is a business unit inside Magna International leveraging Magna’s technology building blocks, developing new capabilities, and entering new markets and use cases. Our products include advanced solutions for urban markets, industrial intralogistics, commercial and autonomous vehicles.

Magna New Mobility is also creating advanced software solutions that integrate with next-generation hardware. Our software is a core driver - turning our hardware into smart, integrated platforms for partners eager to advance the mobility sector.

Magna’s New Mobility group is not just about building individual technologies; we aim to create integrated solutions that address the complex challenges of moving people efficiently and cost effectively in the 21st century. Join us in advancing and shaping the future of mobility.

Job Responsibilities:

Magna New Mobility is building the Unified Factory Platform, a scalable, cloud-native software ecosystem powering manufacturing applications across 120+ global plants.

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Development to lead the Core Platform organization responsible for foundational services, infrastructure, data architecture, APIs, and platform scalability across all Unified Factory applications.

This is a senior technical leadership role accountable for long-term platform architecture, engineering excellence, organizational development, and operational performance at enterprise scale.

What you will be doing in this role:

Technical Vision & Architecture

• Define and own the long-term technical strategy.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and security across multi-plant global deployments.
• Drive architecture decisions across distributed systems, IoT integration, event-driven services, and data pipelines.
• Establish platform standards for APIs, observability, and infrastructure automation.
• Partner with Product and Hardware teams to enable rapid application development on shared services.

Organizational Leadership

• Build and lead multiple engineering teams (managers and individual contributors).
• Hire, develop, and coach engineering leaders.
• Create mechanisms for high-quality execution, strong design reviews, and operational rigor.
• Set a high bar for engineering talent and performance management.

Operational Excellence

• Own uptime, performance SLAs, security posture, and deployment velocity.
• Drive root cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
• Implement measurable KPIs around reliability, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead through metrics and establish data-driven decision making.

Cross-Functional Influence

• Partner with Product, Deployment, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership to align platform roadmap with business priorities.
• Communicate technical strategy to VP-level stakeholders.
• Influence hardware integration standards (AMR, forklift IoT, PLC systems).
• Ensure GDPR and global compliance requirements are met across regions.

Long-Term Platform Strategy

• Drive multi-year technical roadmap aligned to business plan growth trajectory.
• Reduce duplication across application(s) through shared services.
• Design for external commercialization and SaaS scalability.

What you should bring to this role:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field required, Masters Degree preferred
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering required
• 2+ years leading managers of engineers preferred
• Experience owning large-scale distributed systems or platform organizations required
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute multi-year technical strategy required
• Experience operating cloud-native systems (AWS preferred) required
• Strong experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and DevOps best practices required
• Experience leading IoT-connected systems or industrial automation platforms
• Experience scaling SaaS products across global enterprise customers
• Background in high-availability systems with real-time constraints
• Strong understanding of data architecture and analytics platforms
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Hiring Base Salary Range: $132,080 - $245,300 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data). In addition to base salary, some positions are eligible for an annual performance based bonus.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

Worker Type:

Regular / Permanent

Group:

Magna Corporate