Senior Embedded Software Manager

3 weeks ago

Grand Rapids, United States GE Renewable Energy Power and Aviation Full time
Job Description Summary

Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight

Engineering is at the center of what we do, and we are looking for talented, innovative engineers who can help us design and develop products for today, tomorrow, and in the future. If you are a dreamer, doer, and inventor who wants your voice to be heard and see your ideas take flight, this is the opportunity for you.

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

This position, which offers a blend of onsite and hybrid work arrangements, is based in Grand Rapids and necessitates a presence in the office for 2-3 days each week

Job Description

As a Senior Embedded Software Manager in the Platform & Test Software Engineering team, you will play a crucial role in offering both people and technical leadership. Your mission is to encourage collaboration across engineering and business product areas to support a cohesive Platform Software strategy. You will offer guidance, mentoring, oversight, and both tactical and strategic direction to our software team. Your expertise will be especially important in the Verification & Validation (V&V) areas of our embedded software products, leading the team through new product development and coordinating with suppliers.

Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Guide the software team to ensure responsiveness, reliability, and functionality.
  • Oversee talent management, including recruitment, staffing assessments, and project assignments, with a focus on verification & validation activities.
  • Define and manage scope, cost, and schedule for your team's tasks, ensuring alignment with project goals.
  • Establish and monitor metrics to measure team progress and product completeness, taking correction action as needed.
  • Provide personnel development opportunities, including training, career counseling, and performance feedback.
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, tools, and processes to enhance project outcomes.
  • Drive productivity improvements by identifying and implementing best practices.
  • Lead and/or contribute to cost estimation effort for project proposals.
  • Proactively address potential roadblocks and streamline processes for your team.
  • Engage with customers, product leaders, and industry to align software development with market needs, internal R&D investment, and product/technology roadmaps.
  • Mentor technical teams throughout the software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, verification & validation, and certification and certification with emphasis on V&V.


Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in computer software technology and embedded real-time systems/software development, covering the full development life cycle.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role within an engineering setting.


Desired Characteristics:
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with DO-178C avionics software development processes and certification standards.
  • Master's degree in an Engineering related field from an accredited institution.
  • Knowledge of DO-254, DO-297, and ARP4754 certification standards.
  • Experience with Earned Value and Activity Based Management methods.
  • Proven background in real-time embedded software architecture and design within an avionics environment, working in cross-functional teams.
  • Proficiency in Model Based Design (MBD) for software architecture, requirements, and design of real-time systems.
  • Demonstrated capability in leading large-scale software development projects, with focus on verification & validation.
  • Expertise in Continuous Build, Testing, and Integration solutions, including hardware in the loop testing, hardware emulation, and hardware/software integration.
  • Familiarity with computing platforms, network products, real-time operating systems, and multi-core processor architectures.
  • Experience with real-time operating systems.
  • Ability to influence product leadership and technology strategy.
  • Experience leading global and virtual teams.
  • Demonstrated leadership in applying and advancing state-of-the-art software technologies.
  • Strong communication skills, capable of engaging with all organization levels.


Eligibility Requirement (s):
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this.
  • US Citizen: This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
  • Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).


At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.

To protect the interests of all parties, GE Aerospace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to GE Aerospace, including unsolicited resumes sent to a GE Aerospace mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to GE Aerospace coworkers, or to GE Aerospace's database will be considered GE Aerospace property.

Additional Job Description

Compensation Grade

SPB3

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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