R&D Chapter Lead - Firmware Control Products Sweden

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Your role and responsibilities

In this fascinating role, you will manage a chapter of firmware engineer tasked to develop next-generation products and solutions for contactors and softstarters, drive innovation and ensure the maintenance of a large portfolio of existing products. The roughly 10 chapter members are located in Västerås, Sweden. As Chapter Leader, you will be responsible to share best practices & know-how and develop standards & guidelines on how to create and optimize embedded firmware for products used in an industrial environment. Your deep expertise in firmware engineering will enable you to develop through coaching, the members of your chapter. Besides your role as Chapter Leader, you will also, based on your expertise, be part of an Agile Team. You will be part of the Load Control and ELSP chapters leader global community where you will have the responsibility to share best practices and lessons learned. In this role you will be part of the Load Control Agile Unit and report directly to the Agile Unit Leader. • Act as a coach with deep expertise related to embedded firmware development and ensure that chapter members have appropriate competencies and skills • Regularly share best practices and recent developments during alignment meetings on chapter specific topics, both on technical and R&D processes-related topics • Lead the recruitment process of new chapter members and ensure appropriate staffing across agile units • Conduct performance review of chapter members collecting input from relevant stakeholders • Build competences inside the team on managing R&D activities for contactors and softstarters • Secure competences inside the team on the following topics: software architectures, cyber-security, Code Quality and Maintainability, CI/CD, Debugging and Troubleshooting, Hard-ware/Firmware/Mechanical Integration and so on.

Qualifications for the role

• More than 5 years of experience in R&D firmware development. Experience managing in leading R&D teams is an asset but not required.
• Advanced university degree in engineering or related (preferred)
• Strong consultancy, analytical and communication skills demonstrated in a good servant lead-ership practice
• Proven stakeholder management ability preferably in a multicultural environment
• Advanced knowledge of software design tools and processes (Azure DevOps, git, CMake, ...)
• Fluency in English

More about us

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