Engineering Manager II

1 hour, 18 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Samsara

Samsara

Samsara pioneers the Connected Operations Cloud, offering AI safety programs, real-time visibility, and integrations for industries to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability globally.

IT Services
1K-5K
Founded 2015

Description

  • Own the execution pipeline for new hardware programs with external design, manufacturing, and silicon partners.
  • Lead and develop a team of firmware engineers building platform firmware for next-generation hardware products.
  • Coordinate across firmware, hardware engineering, product, quality engineering, field engineering, and external partners to resolve integration issues.
  • Plan milestones, validation readiness, quality gates, partner escalations, and delivery risks for hardware programs.
  • Build a predictable operating cadence for partner communication, technical triage, schedule tradeoffs, risk reporting, and leadership escalation.
  • Define and improve long-term technical and execution strategy for partner-driven hardware programs.
  • Champion Samsara’s cultural principles as the team scales globally and across new offices.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant software, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of people management experience leading firmware, embedded, platform, hardware, or hardware-adjacent engineering teams.
  • Experience working with external technical partners such as JDMs, ODMs, contract manufacturers, silicon vendors, or hardware vendors.
  • Experience delivering new hardware, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent programs from prototype through production readiness.
  • Strong understanding of firmware development, hardware bring-up, validation, release quality, and cross-functional delivery.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear status, frame tradeoffs, and escalate risks with data.
  • Ability to work effectively with product, hardware, quality, field, manufacturing, and engineering leadership stakeholders.
  • Experience with EVT, DVT, PVT, MP, or similar hardware development milestones (preferred).
  • Experience managing firmware programs involving Linux, BSPs, device drivers, bootloaders, wireless modules, power management, or embedded platform software (preferred).
  • Experience working with globally distributed design, manufacturing, or silicon partners, and improving execution through AI-assisted tools or automation (preferred).

Benefits

  • Annual base salary of $154,700 to $260,000 USD.
  • Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, plus ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance.
  • Above-market total compensation including base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity for eligible roles.
  • Flexible, employee-led remote work model.
  • Comprehensive health plans.
  • Parental leave plans.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Potential for differentiated pay for top performers that can outpace the broader market over time.

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