Director of 15.4 Software Engineering

r charge will be to continuously build talent within our teams including ramping the 15.4 technology R&D presence in our Hyderabad office. IoT 15.4 Software is responsible for delivering all Zigbee, OpenThread & Multiprotocol SW. We work closely with our Business Teams, Product Management, Alliance Organizations and our internal Application teams to set strategic direction for the 15.4 portfolio and enable our end customers to build amazing IoT products.

Responsibilities

• Provide top-notch leadership and people management for the team

• Grow the team x-geo as required to meet the business needs

• Manage and mentor team members as a player coach

• Work with Standards Alliances; Product Management & Business teams to set and manage strategic direction for the 15.4 portfolio.

• Be a technical leader on 15.4 SW protfolio development

• Lead your management team through agile delivery processes

• Work with your managers and leads to plan for your team to deliver complex new features based on team capacity and productivity

• Balance innovation with execution to ensure that the projects are delivered in a timely manner

• Drive new process changes within IoT Platform Software to enable more efficient execution of our teams

Skills You Will Need

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of leading software engineering teams

• 10+ years of hands-on embedded software development

• Substantial and proven C programming knowledge

• Excellent problem-solving skills, experience with setting product development strategy and balancing tactical versus strategic objectives.

• Strong background in highly resource-constrained, real-time, embedded environments.

• Experience with Assembly Language for at least one MCU (ARM, RISC-V, AVR, MSP430, 8051 or HC08)

• Experience writing and developing networking / protocol stack SW.

• Experience with one or more RTOS - Free RTOS, uc/OS, Zephyr.

• Detailed understanding and hands-on experience in software development lifecycle and methodologies, including traditional Agile and waterfall methods.

• Experience in use of modern project management tools (Confluence, Jira, Portfolio Manager, MS Project, etc).

• Experience with Dev Ops CI/CD environments; Dev Ops tooling; SW release management practices

• Proven track record of leading the interviewing and hiring of new full-time engineers & managers

• Experience managing Software Engineering Managers

• Experience working within a global organization

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to cover the breadth of audience from setting expectations/updates to executive team to detailed technical updates to engineering teams.

• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams in different locations

• Ability to travel

The following qualifications will be considered a plus:

• Experience working at a semiconductor company

• Basic understanding of hardware IP architecture, development and verification

• Radio firmware experience at the PHY / MAC layers

• Specific hands-on experience with Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth

• Experience working with standards bodies

Benefits & Perks

You can look forward to the following benefits:

• Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental & vision plans

• Flexible vacation plan.

• Highly competitive salary

• 401k plan with match and Roth plan option

• Equity rewards (RSUs)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Life/AD&D and disability coverage

• Flexible spending accounts

• Adoption assistance

• Back-Up childcare

• Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)

• 3 paid volunteer days per year

• Charitable contribution match

• Tuition reimbursement

• Monthly wellness offerings

• Free snacks

• Monthly company updates with our CEO

The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $165,992 - $308,270 USD. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location where work will be performed and applicant's skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, equity package and a comprehensive benefits package.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.