Software Engineering Manager, Test Software

You’ll manage, mentor, and coach a software engineering team, give tactical and strategic guidance, find opportunities to improve efficiency and quality, and identify needs within the Reliability department. You’ll engage your team to implement new software solutions and tools. Responsibilities include: - Lead organization-wide and cross-functional software initiatives, including projects with significant ambiguity and challenging technical constraints - Collaborate with hardware and software teams on implementation details and schedule, negotiating outcomes that resolve timing, scope, trade-offs, and resource conflicts - Contribute hands-on to the team’s engineering work, to stay deeply connected and provide balance to the team’s bandwidth - Leverage a global contractor team to successfully deliver projects while ensuring high-quality outcomes - Tailor verbal and written communication and presentations to multidisciplinary audiences at all levels - Lead discussions on requirements, design, implementation, validation, and process; tactfully challenge and make strategic decisions to level-up the team - Leverage AI/ML-driven tools and methodologies to enhance developer productivity, streamline development workflows, and inform decision-making and innovation - Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, roadmaps, and key deliverables - Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence within the team