Manager, Embedded Firmware Architecture

The role

The Manager of Embedded Firmware Architecture leads the platform and architecture-implementation team. This role owns reference implementations, hardware abstraction, and platform standards for embedded firmware programs.

What you will do

• Lead, hire, and develop Senior Embedded Firmware Developers within the US team.
• Conduct code review, technical direction, and design guidance.
• Manage workload allocation and capacity for platform and reference-implementation work.
• Own firmware architecture, interface definitions, and hardware abstraction standards.
• Establish architectural standards for real-time operating systems, device intelligence, and edge processing.
• Drive technical decisions on microcontroller and processor architecture.
• Define and maintain engineering standards for internal developers and third-party suppliers.
• Own the embedded test automation framework, CI pipeline design, and static analysis tooling.
• Partner with Embedded Firmware Delivery manager to ensure teams build against current architecture.
• Partner with Systems Engineering and NPD to define product operation and critical firmware behavior.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 8+ years of embedded software and firmware engineering experience
• 2+ years leading or formally mentoring embedded engineering teams
• Experience defining architecture executed by internal developers and external partners
• Experience establishing CI/CD, static analysis, and automated test infrastructure
• Hands-on delivery of production firmware for consumer electronics, home appliances, robotics, or related high-volume industries
• Embedded firmware architecture, HAL/API design, and platform reuse
• Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
• OTA and bootloader software update architecture
• Build systems and toolchains (gcc, CMake, headless builds), Git-based source control, static analysis
• Test automation frameworks and hardware-in-the-loop validation
• Requirements definition, design review, and acceptance criteria for outsourced development

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• employee stock purchase program
• life insurance
• AD&D
• short-term disability insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• generous paid time off

About the company

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of lifestyle solutions. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, the company has more than 4,100 associates.