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Engineering Manager - Firmware & Board Support Packages
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$138.1K - $207.2K / year
Seniority
Lead
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Engineering Manager - Firmware & Board Support Packages
John Deere
Role Description As an Engineering Manager - Firmware & Board Support Packages (BSP) for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group located in Fargo, ND, or Urbandale, IA, you will: - Lead a team focused on the development, integration, and sustainment of Board Support Package (BSP) and low-level platform software capabilities enabling core embedded systems across Display, Comms, and Automation/Autonomy platforms. - Drive delivery of foundational software that ensures reliable hardware-software integration, enabling scalable and high-performing embedded systems. - Ownership of platform enablement activities such as new board bring-up, silicon integration, performance tuning, power management, and hardware validation, along with ensuring upstream support and maintainability of BSP and HW/SW tight couplings. - Manage and develop engineering talent and provide technical guidance across the team for delivery of critical tech stack solutions. - Plays a critical part in aligning BSP strategy with platform roadmaps, enabling reuse across high compute embedded products and supporting consistent delivery across global field seasons and hardware configurations. VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position. Qualifications - Five or more years of R&D experience that include software as part of the solution. - Solid understanding of system-level architecture for embedded or edge computing platforms. - Ability to coordinate across platform and OS-level development efforts. - Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with hardware, software, and product teams. Requirements - Experience with Linux, BSP development, system integration, and low-level debugging. - Experience with system-level software components such as connectivity stacks, logging/telemetry systems, OS services or platform diagnostics. - Working knowledge of development environments and tooling, including compilers, build systems, cross-compilation, and debugging tools. - Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex, cross-functional software solutions. - Experience managing product teams or various individual contributors. Education - A bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar engineering or IT field is required. Others may apply. Benefits - Flexible work arrangements - Highly competitive base pay - Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution) - Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account - Adoption assistance - Employee Assistance Programs - Tuition assistance - Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations - Charitable contribution match - Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use - Vacation and Holiday Pay - $138,144.00 - $207,216.00 + Benefits Follow this link to learn more about our Total Rewards Package: Total Rewards Package
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