Engineering Manager, Firmware

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Lithuania.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of firmware and embedded engineers, as well as team leads when applicable.

• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, provide career development guidance, and deliver performance feedback.

• Manage the delivery of the team’s roadmap by planning, prioritizing, and removing obstacles to work.

• Balance the need for addressing technical debt with the development of new features.

• Oversee network security, parental control, and device intelligence features for Linux-based CPE devices.

• Guide the porting efforts as new vendor platforms become available.

• Participate in technical design and architecture reviews.

• Make informed decisions regarding native code design, network-stack integration, memory and performance budgets, and platform portability.

• Steward the team’s transition from C to Rust in embedded contexts.

• Own the strategy for functional, performance, and resilience testing.

• Manage automated test infrastructure and planning for the test lab, including investment decisions.

• Promote test automation, CI/CD practices, code reviews, documentation, and incident response.

• Continuously enhance team processes.

• Collaborate with product management, architecture, and other engineering managers.

• Manage dependencies across cloud and backend, QA, delivery, and operator-facing teams.

• Clearly communicate trade-offs to stakeholders.

• Drive recruitment efforts, including hiring, onboarding, and team structure decisions.

• Report on team health, delivery risks, and technical direction to senior leadership.

• Operate within CUJO AI’s ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type 2 regulated operating model.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software, firmware, or networking engineering, including at least 2 years in a formal or informal leadership role.

• Proven track record of managing and developing engineers or engineering leads.

• Hands-on engineering experience in native code development on Linux.

• Ability to assess architecture and review designs in C and/or Rust.

• Working understanding of the Linux network stack and Linux OS architecture.

• Familiarity with embedded Linux build systems such as OpenWrt, Yocto, or Buildroot.

• Understanding of the costs associated with cross-platform porting.

• Experience overseeing the delivery of a product area from roadmap planning through launch and post-launch support.

• Appreciation for CI/CD, TDD, and test automation methodologies.

• Comfort in navigating ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information.

• Experience with agile or iterative delivery practices, such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in a global organization collaborating with international teams.

• Fluency in English, both spoken and written.

• Direct experience in shipping embedded systems, firmware, or networking/Wi-Fi products at scale is a plus.

• Hands-on experience with Rust in production embedded contexts or leading a C-to-Rust transition is advantageous.

• Experience in building firewalls, protocol clients, or deep-packet/traffic-inspection software is beneficial.

• Familiarity with Wi-Fi chipsets and drivers, including Broadcom, MediaTek, and Qualcomm, is advantageous.

• Experience with CPE, router, or gateway platforms and vendor SDKs is a plus.

• Experience in leading teams that ship into operator or carrier environments is beneficial.

• Experience in designing automated test infrastructure for embedded or network products and physical lab environments is advantageous.

• Familiarity with Jenkins or comparable CI/CD tools at scale is a plus.

• Experience managing remote or distributed teams is beneficial.

• Experience in regulated or certified environments is advantageous.

• Prior experience with stage-gate or concept-gate processes is a plus.

• Experience in mentoring engineers into senior and staff-level roles is beneficial.

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Slack is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Work – Options for hybrid or fully remote work based on your location.

• Modern Equipment – Access to top-of-the-line development tools to enable your best work.

• Team Gatherings – Participate in annual company events and team activities.

• Career Growth – Opportunities for conferences, training, books, and other resources to support your development.

• Performance Bonuses – Participate in a company-wide annual bonus program.

• Meaningful Work – Contribute to making the internet safer for millions of people worldwide.