Software Engineering Resource Manager

About the role

Type One Energy Group is mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world. Established in 2019 and venture-backed in 2023, the company is led by a team of globally recognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building state-of-the-art stellarator fusion machines, together with veteran business leaders experienced in scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.

Location

Knoxville, TN

Salary

Highly Competitive Plus Benefits

Contract

Permanent, full time

Reporting to

Director of Electrical and Software Engineering

Your role in the mission

Type One Energy is seeking a Software Engineering Resource Manager to oversee, coordinate, and optimize the deployment of software engineering resources across multiple technically complex programs. This role is critical to ensuring that software talent is effectively aligned with project priorities, product roadmaps, and program needs while maintaining the team health, high performance, and sustainable delivery.

Software Resource Planning & Allocation

• Assign software engineers to project teams based on skills, experience, growth opportunities, technical stack proficiency, and program priorities.
• Balance workloads across development teams to ensure efficient sprint velocity while avoiding burnout or technical debt accumulation.
• Continuously monitor engineering capacity and utilization across active and planned development cycles.
• Forecast future software resource requirements based on the product pipeline, release schedules, and business objectives.
• Work with the Director of Electrical and Software Engineering to resolve resource conflicts and competing priorities across programs.

People Leadership & Performance Management

• Provide direct people leadership to assigned software engineers, DevOps specialists, and data scientists by serving as their manager in a matrixed structure.
• Support employee needs and serve as a point of escalation for team concerns to HR and leadership.
• Conduct regular 1:1s to understand individual motivations, remove blockers, and proactively address performance or engagement issues.
• Facilitate performance management processes, including goal setting, continuous feedback, and career development planning.
• Champion a healthy team culture that values psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Capability Development & Talent Growth

• Maintain a deep understanding of the technical skills (languages, frameworks, tools) and development areas of the software team.
• Identify gaps in skill sets required to meet future program needs, and partner with Technical Leads to prioritize them.
• Partner with HR and Engineering leadership to drive recruiting and onboarding of software talent.

Software Quality & Technical Oversight

• Actively mentor junior and mid-career engineers to grow technical depth in software architecture and best practices.
• Ensure that sound software engineering practices (SDLC), documentation standards, and security protocols are consistently followed.
• Participate in code and architecture reviews to ensure the quality, scalability, and integration of software work.
• Promote continuous improvement in development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing tools.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering within complex, high-reliability technical environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading multidisciplinary software teams.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and make staffing decisions that balance business urgency with long-term team development.
• Strong interpersonal skills: you build trust quickly, give direct feedback constructively, and advocate for your people.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to forecast resource needs and manage sprint capacity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience serving as a resource manager, "Chapter Lead", or engineering manager in a matrixed engineering organization.
• Expertise in work management tools such as Jira or LiquidPlanner.
• Familiarity with the fusion energy sector, advanced energy, or scientific computing industries.
• Proficiency with modern tech stacks (e.g., Python, C++, Linux, Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience in industrial controls or process automation.
• Experience with DevOps and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.