Embedded Engineering Manager

The role

You will build and lead a new embedded team for a next-generation wearable. You will manage firmware development from early prototypes through production and handle technical leadership and people management.

What you will do

• Build, manage, and mentor a team of embedded engineers through hiring, onboarding, feedback, performance management, and career development.
• Direct the work of contract engineers alongside full-time staff.
• Lead the team's delivery of the member's on-device experience firmware, from prototype through production release.
• Partner with the program's technical lead and senior engineers on architecture.
• Serve as a player-coach who reviews code and shapes designs.
• Own the team's planning and delivery cadence.
• Partner with Product and Design to turn member experience goals into firmware requirements.
• Set engineering practices for testing, hardware-in-the-loop validation, release readiness, and field diagnostics.
• Foster a culture of high standards, direct feedback, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of embedded firmware development in C or C++
• Experience as an engineering manager or team lead responsible for mentorship, feedback, and career development
• Experience shipping firmware in a consumer electronics product, from early hardware bring-up through production
• Hands-on experience with an RTOS (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or similar) on microcontrollers or embedded SoCs
• Experience optimizing firmware for performance, memory, and power on constrained hardware
• Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver in ambiguous environments
• Strong communication skills
• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks

Benefits

• base salary
• generous equity package

Before you apply

• Must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office
• Participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility

About the company

WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. The company is on a mission to unlock and inspire performance for life.