Firmware Engineering Manager

INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success - so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create disruptive new technologies and solutionson ourelectricalengineering teams. Our Engineering Team is responsible for giving life to thebatteries,motors,and electronics that power solutions changing the lives of our users. Every developmental phase of these critical components happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in electrical engineeringresources to design and develop leadership in electronic capabilities; something unique within the industry. And we're pushing the limits in firmwareengineering,power electronics,embedded systems,machine learning, and the use of artificial intelligence.

Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.

Year after year, our team continues to make significant breakthroughs in the industry. We're just getting started. To learn more about our story click HERE.

The Firmware Engineering Manager will lead a team of electrical engineers, firmware engineers, and technicians in the power tool business in areas of firmware development, simulation, DevOps, firmware testing, and requirements management. As the manager, you will work within and facilitate a collaborative team environment with marketing, adjacent departments, quality, mechanical engineering, agency/safety teams, suppliers, and global manufacturing operations.

You'll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

• Build, manage, and motivateaBest-in-Class team of engineersandteam leaders in engineering best practicesto deliver new-to-world solutions.
• Quickly,effectively, and candidlyframe-up and escalatebusiness risks/opportunities to senior leadership.
• Actively manage team size, skill sets, and needed resources for both new product development and advanced development teams throughout the product life cycle of estimating, executing, postmortem, and implementing corrective actions.
• Monitor competitor design activity, adjacent space solutions, current product roadmap requests, and legacy product performance to drive best-in-class products for next generation products. Secure intellectual property that ensures Milwaukee Tool as an innovation leader.
• Effectively communicateand motivateup,down, and acrossthe organization to adiverserange of technical and non-technical team members.
• Drive urgencyin project schedulesand accountabilityforestablishing and achievingkey project cost andmetricsthat meet the organization's needs.
• Championanddrivenewprocesses and proceduresto meet the needs ofa changing business.
• Ensure the team is given the time and resources required to succeed by creating and managing robust project roadmaps and resource plans with converged project scope.
• Define overall product design strategies, common architectures, and shared design building blocks across multiple products/projects.
• Manage all department activities including hiring, staffing, capital equipment procurement/planning, and expense budgets.

What TOOLS you'll bring with you:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of highly successful experience with embedded C/C++ in a related field.
• 5+ years of team leadership experience.
• Extensive experience in product development including embedded systems, firmware development, and agile development processes and tools.
• Experience developing bare-metal firmware designs and those utilizing an RTOS.
• Knowledge and practical experience in all software development lifecycle phases.
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer reviews.
• Ability to travel up to 10% (domestically and internationally).

Other TOOLS we prefer you to have:

• Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or MBA.
• Working knowledge of with battery, drive, and motor systems.
• Use modeling tools such as MATLAB, Simulink and Stateflow.
• Experience with auto code generation.
• Experience with three phase motor control applications.

We provide these great perks and benefits:

• Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401 (K) savings plan.
• Education assistance.
• On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service.
• And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.