Senior Firmware Manager

A Career at HARMAN
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About the Role

This position is for the Senior Engineering Manager of the Video and Control Firmware team of Harman Pro focusing on the AMX brand of products. The position requires 15+ years of development experience and 10+ years of management experience and involves the oversight of a global team of 20+ firmware engineers (and three managers) in Richardson, TX and Shenzhen China. Duties include all areas of firmware project oversight including estimation, scheduling and tracking. Individual development contributions are also expected with this role as an active member/lead on a project team. This position is a tier 2 staffing manager with oversight of resource allocation, team goal setting, performance evaluation and hiring as needed.

Your Team

This position reports to the Senior Director of Engineering for Video and Control Harman Professional Solutions. The position has three direct report managers comprising a team of 20+ engineers.

What You Will Do

• Design and develop robust and reliable C/C++/Java firmware for video and control embedded products.

• Lead design and architecture decisions marshalling collaboration as required for product responsibilities.

• Manage assigned tasks and schedules for both self and team.

• Follow engineering standards and best practices for firmware development and code validation.

• Work with a cross-functional team of engineers to bring products to the video and control industry.

• Mentor less experienced engineers and support and engage others within the company as needed. 

What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science.

• Minimum of 15 years of C/C++ or Java programming on embedded platforms and product.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience leading engineering team(s) as project technical lead or manager.

• Experience in a wide range of embedded product development.

• Experience on both RTOS based microprocessors as well as larger System-on-chip (SOC) Linux based development

• Experience in task break-down, estimation and resource scheduling.

• Ability to lead and drive a team to on-time product release.

• Ability and desire to both manage and motivate a team and contribute as an individual to achieve product development goals.

What is Nice to Have

• Fluency in multiple programming and scripting languages.

• Experience working in a global matrixed organization.

• Atlassian Tools (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to work in our office in Richardson, TX.

• Willingness for occasional travel, including international travel to China.

• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment.

• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)

• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University

• Competitive wellness benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.

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USD 142,500 - USD 209,000

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.