Software Engineering Manager
Secon Order EffectsEl Segundo, California
Full Time
Posted February 2, 2026
$160k - $198k
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Job Description
A Software Engineering Manager at SOE leads and manages embedded software development teams, making technical decisions, ensuring quality and delivery, and collaborating across disciplines to solve complex engineering challenges in aerospace and related fields.
Key Responsibilities
- Make embedded software design decisions and ensure delivery quality across projects
- Lead, mentor, and manage the software engineering team, fostering technical growth and accountability
- Provide hands-on technical guidance throughout the embedded software development lifecycle
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical scope, plans, and success criteria
- Establish standards, processes, and best practices to improve software design quality and efficiency
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Science, Physics, Systems Engineering, or related field
- At least 7 years of experience in a software engineering and hardware development role for aerospace, industrial automation, and/or robotics, especially for tightly coupled systems
- At least 5 years of progressively impactful software engineering leadership roles
- Previous experience in both a people management and engineering design leadership role
- Expertise in successfully executing end-to-end embedded system design from requirements generation through software bring-up
- Proven hands-on experience designing and implementing software development processes including SDLC, SecDevOps, CI/CD, and evaluating, selecting, and configuring supporting toolchains and infrastructure to establish scalable development workflows
- Strong communication skills with the ability to synthesize and communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to evaluate and manage project risk, including scope creep, remediating missing critical requirements, and ensuring that technical challenges are sufficiently addressed
- Willingness to work 40 hours per week on-site in El Segundo, California, USA
- Eligibility to work on export controlled projects in the U.S. (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or able to obtain necessary authorizations)
- Willingness to travel to the Redmond, WA office
Benefits & Perks
Compensation range of $159,980 - $197,700
Flexible work hours and work from home policy
100% employer-paid health insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision) for employees and 50% dependent coverage
Unlimited paid time off policy, 11 paid company holidays, 12 paid sick days
401(k) retirement account with employer matching
Generous paid parental leave
Relocation assistance available if 50 miles away from the office
Electric Vehicle (EV) charging ports
Catered lunches, snacks, and accessible kitchen
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