Senior Manager Engineering Firmware

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Leadership & Team

• Lead coach and develop a team of firmware and embedded software engineers including hiring onboarding performance management career development and succession planning.

• Set and communicate the technical vision standards and best practices for firmware development across the teams product portfolio.

• Build a culture of quality accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Plan and manage team capacity and resource allocation across concurrent projects balancing new product development against sustaining and field-support demands.

• Establish team goals and individual development plans aligned to the engineering organizations roadmap and objectives.

Technical & Delivery Leadership

• Own the firmware architecture and design approach for embedded controllers across the teams product area.

• Guide the design and development of application firmware in C and C for embedded controllers including communication interfaces control algorithms and new system features.

• Direct the firmware verification strategy including test specification lab and on-product system testing and integration with HIL and SIL verification environments.

• Ensure adherence to coding standards documentation configuration management and applicable compliance and functional safety requirements.

• Lead and participate in design reviews code reviews FMEA and DFMEA and Design for Manufacturability and Design for Test activities.

• Direct root cause analysis and resolution of firmware field issues in partnership with the lifecycle and platform organizations.

Cross-Functional & Program Leadership

• Partner with hardware systems engineering product management test and other core engineering teams (engines transfer switches alternators and others) to define interfaces requirements and control algorithms.

• Collaborate with the platform and specialties organization on common firmware approaches reuse and platform consistency across product lines.

• Represent firmware in project planning estimation prioritization and risk management and communicate status and trade-offs to engineering and product leadership.

• Provide effort estimates and technical feasibility input to support intake and roadmap decisions.

Other

• Occasional travel to other Generac facilities and customer sites anticipated at less than 10 percent.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Software Engineering or a directly related engineering degree required. Advanced degree preferred.

• Minimum 10 years of embedded firmware and software development experience using languages such as C C and C# with progressively increasing responsibility.

• Minimum 3 years leading engineering teams as a people manager or in a formal technical leadership capacity. Direct people management strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated success taking embedded products from concept through production.

• Strong people leadership with the ability to hire develop motivate and retain engineering talent.

• Expert understanding of embedded systems engineering principles and firmware development for microprocessors and microcontrollers.

• Expert knowledge of communication protocols and hardware interfaces.

• Proven ability to set technical direction and make sound architecture and design decisions.

• Strong project and resource planning skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects.

• Excellent ability to translate complex technical information for both technical and non-technical audiences and to influence across functions.

• Advanced ability with FMEA and DFMEA and with Design for Test and Manufacturability practices.

• Experience with simulation tools and with developing PC-based test tools.

• Ability to troubleshoot designs to the component level.

• Strong commitment to quality safety and continuous improvement.

At this time candidates who require sponsorship now or in the future cannot be considered inclusive of OPT or H1B transfer

No agencies or 3rd party candidates at this time

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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