Manager, Embedded Engineering, BSP, Level 6

Responsibilities

• In addition to the above, your responsibilities will include:
• Lead, manage, and grow a team responsible for BSP development, platform bring up, and low level system integration
• Provide technical guidance and strategic direction for Linux kernel, device drivers, bootloaders, and board bring up activities, while partnering closely with technical leads
• Own execution for early hardware bring up milestones, including boot, peripheral enablement, camera and display pipelines, networking, and diagnostics readiness
• Work with cross functional partners including hardware, silicon vendors, manufacturing, systems, and program management to align roadmaps and deliverables
• Anticipate scaling, integration, and quality challenges across multiple hardware variants and software branches, and drive solutions proactively
• Drive software engineering best practices for reliability, performance, diagnostics, and maintainability in safety and performance critical embedded systems
• Coach and mentor engineers, conduct performance reviews, identify top talent, and support growth into senior technical or leadership roles
• Foster a collaborative, high ownership culture while shielding the team from distractions and enabling focus on critical bring up work
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Technical depth: Hardware architecture, MCU/firmware, bootloaders, kernel drivers, HAL, and power/thermal optimization specific to consumer devices.
• Consumer Product Lifecycle: experience with hardware bringup, factory manufacturing flow and external vendor management
• Strong understanding of operating systems principles, Inter-process communication, computer system architecture, microprocessor /microcontroller fundamentals (caches, buses, memory controllers, DMA, etc.)
• Proven experience with full software Development process skills including: source control, bug tracking, and design documentation
• Strong technical foundation in embedded Linux, kernel and driver development, bootloaders, read schematics and low level system integration
• Ability to balance technical depth with people leadership, execution ownership, and cross team coordination
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or electrical engineering or equivalent years of experience
• 5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams delivering complex, production quality systems
• 10+ years of experience in embedded software engineering roles, with hands on background in BSP, platform, or system bring up
• Proficiency in programming C and C++ on Linux
• Experience with Linux kernel internals, device drivers, BSP
• Experience with high speed and low level interfaces such as PCIe, USB, I2C, SPI.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, hardware validation, and end of line processes
• If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't be shy and provide u

Additional Information

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company's three core products are Snapchat , a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio , an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles . The Spectacles team is pushing the boundaries of technology to bring people closer together in the real world. Our fifth-generation Spectacles, powered by Snap OS, showcase how standalone, see-through AR glasses make playing, learning, and working better together. Snapchat is a camera and messaging app that connects people to their friends and the world. Every day around the globe, millions of people use Snapchat to communicate with friends, build relationships, play, and learn. No matter where you are or how you express yourself, it's always the fastest way to share a moment! We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to join our Spectacles team at Snap!

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