ROLE OVERVIEWOur ideal candidate turns loosely defined problems into structured execution, guiding teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities under tight timelines. You should possess a strong technical foundation that allows you to shepherd innovation while ensuring systems integrate seamlessly into the ecosystem through thoughtful design and intuitive APIs. Most importantly, we need a builder of teams-someone dedicated to hiring top talent and fostering a culture of high performance and direct feedback. This role reports to the VP, Software & Firmware Engineering
RESPONSIBILITIES- Build & Grow: Directly lead the recruitment and onboarding of a technical team designed to support a fast-growing organization.
- Drive Execution: Own the end-to-end delivery process (requirements 1 design 1 execution 1 delivery) and ensure the team meets its commitments to the business and the customer.
- Shepherd Innovation: Drive system design for real-world environments-addressing edge deployment, security, and reliability-to ensure durability and high performance.
- Connect with the Field: Build end-to-end systems used in real missions, ensuring that field-user feedback is integrated into the technical roadmap.
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE- Team Scaling & Leadership: At least 5 years of engineering management experience with a proven track record of hiring, managing, and scaling high-performance technical teams. You have a passion for developing engineers through active mentorship, coaching, and career growth.
- Strong Technical Foundation: Deep technical background with the ability to drive innovation across a tiered application stack. You should be familiar with modern programming languages and frameworks such as Rust, React, and Python.
- Architectural Depth: Solid understanding of software architecture composed of front-end, middleware, and complex integrations with external systems.
- Customer-Centric Delivery: Extensive experience working in companies focused on delivering customer-facing products. You have a clear history of taking ownership of the full lifecycle-from planning through delivery-ensuring software meets strict commitments.
- System Scaling: Direct experience building and scaling highly available, mission-critical systems.
- Operational Excellence: Experience elevating engineering standards, including design clarity, code quality, and pragmatic development practices.
DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
(Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)- Hiring Excellence: A clear and repeatable track record of identifying and recruiting technical talent in rapid-growth or R&D (0 1 1) environments.
- Strategic Execution: A strong bias toward action combined with sound engineering judgment; you operate with high autonomy and a relentless focus on outcomes.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Comfortable leading and collaborating across diverse disciplines, including research, hardware, software, and data science.
- Impact-Driven Mindset: You lead with a low-ego, high-ownership approach, prioritizing the mission and the user above all else.
Echodyne1s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant1s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.
WHAT WE OFFERThis is an exempt role.The expected annual salary range for this role is
$164,594-$246,788 USD
If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that1s a great fit for you!We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:- RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
- Generous Benefits:
- Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
- Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
- Virtual Care - 98Point6
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
- Travel Assistance Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
- Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
- 401(k) match
- Pet Insurance
- Prepaid Legal Program
- Commuter Benefits
- Paid Company Holidays
