Software Area Manager - Board Support

About the Role

The Board Support Software Area Manager is a technical leadership role responsible for planning, directing, and executing all activities related to board support software (BSP, device drivers, low-level diagnostics, and related tooling) for GDLS platforms. This leader will manage a team of engineers developing and sustaining software that enables embedded computing hardware used in combat vehicle systems and other mission-critical applications. The Area Manager will partner closely with Systems Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Vehicle Software, Test, and Program Management to ensure board support software is robust, reusable, and delivered on schedule to meet program cost, quality, and performance objectives.

Responsibilities/Assignments

• Conduct interviews, hire and mentor new employees ensuring the technically competency is successful in order to execute projects
• Oversee design, implementation, integration, and verification of board support packages, device drivers, bootloaders, and low-level diagnostics for embedded computing platforms
• Guide architecture decisions related to hardware abstraction, OS/RTOS integration, and interface layers between hardware and higher-level software
• Support hardware selection and design reviews by providing software and integration perspectives
• Ensure robust configuration management, documentation, and traceability for all board support software artifacts
• Manages section budgets and timeframe schedules to ensure deliverables are met, on time and within budgeted costs
• Ensures that all of the software tools and training for staff is met
• Develops and tracks department metrics
• Involvement and input with proposals for customers along with presentations when needed
• Participates in technical and program reviews regarding vehicles and software
• May be involved with ISO and CMMI audits and certifications along with following department and GDLS processes
• This Role also has People Leader Responsibilities:
• Provide technical and people leadership for the Board Support Software area, including staffing, mentoring, performance management, and career development of engineers
• Drive continuous improvement in productivity, quality, and reuse across programs and platforms
• Reviews manpower demands and ensures accuracy and staffing commitments are met
• Conducts quarterly and yearly performance reviews of personnel and conducts staff meetings
• Maintains an environment of teamwork and inter-group coordination amongst staff & will address personnel issues as required in accordance with the GDLS Code of Ethics
• Maintains a work environment that is oriented to product quality and customer satisfaction
• Performs other duties as assigned, to include acting as primary Software Lead on individual software projects
• Define and maintain the technical roadmap for board support software capabilities, aligning with GDLS product and technology strategies
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes for low-level and embedded software