Embedded Software & Controls Manager

My client, a leading international electrification business, seeks an Embedded Software & Controls Manager to join their Engineering division based at their South Tyneside operation.

About the Role

The Embedded Software & Controls Manager will be responsible for leading and mentoring the embedded software and controls team within their engineering function: ensuring embedded software deliverables are achieved on time and to specification.

Main Responsibilities

• Work with other discipline leads to ensure software deliverables dovetail into overall global product development system.

• Ensure the team follows a strict ‘V’ model development cycle which is requirements driven, well documented and traceable.

• Ensure conformance of the software development to the development process and support both internal and external ISO9001 auditing, ensuring continued compliance to the process

• Provide resource allocation plans for the team and provide correct resource to project managers enabling timely delivery of projects.

• Assist in creating project proposals with accurate resource and time estimates.

• Work as part of the senior management team with responsibility for annual budgeting for the software and controls team, assist in creating and reviewing annual business plan, risk register and SWOT analysis.

• Day to day management of the team, set annual performance and development goals and carry out mid and end of year performance reviews.

• Contribute to team moral, team building and growth of the team through staff development, training, and external recruitment.

• Carry out software development as an active member of the team,

• Help facilitate and foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork between software and controls teams globally.

About you

To be considered for the role, it is essential that you possess a degree in a relevant technical discipline (e.g. electronics, mechatronics, robotics, automation etc.), considerable expertise and strength in embedded software & control and demonstrable management experience within a electromechanical engineering environment.

Key Selection Criteria

• Demonstrate leadership skills, team management and staff development.

• Demonstrated ability to develop software designs to meet project costs, performance, and schedules.

• Expert in following a requirement driven ‘V-model’ development cycle.

• Expert in real-time software programming.

• Expert user of emulators, logic analyzers and software debugging tools.

• Preferred knowledge of control and feedback systems for power electronics and motor control.

• Preferred knowledge of cybersecurity.

• Expert knowledge of a wide range of microcontrollers and architectures.

• Developed real time operating systems, state machines, library functions and task schedulers for embedded programming

• Demonstrated knowledge of software analysis, documentation, and design of experiments.

• Demonstrated knowledge of good engineering practice.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including mentoring capabilities.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Accuracy and good organizational skills.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a world-leader in their field who are on an impressive growth plan and at the forefront of technology development in their market sector