Backed by SoftBank VF and IVP.
About the role
Build, manage, and mentor a team of embedded engineers through hiring, onboarding, feedback, performance management, and career development. Direct the work of contract engineers alongside full-time staff, holding both to the same design and code quality bar. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of embedded firmware development in C or C++, including experience as an engineering manager or team lead responsible for mentorship, feedback, and career development
- Experience shipping firmware in a consumer electronics product, from early hardware bring-up through production
- Hands-on experience with an RTOS (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or similar) on microcontrollers or embedded SoCs
- Experience optimizing firmware for performance, memory, and power on constrained hardware
- Demonstrated ability to plan and deliver in ambiguous environments, including early-stage hardware programs where requirements are still forming
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to Product, Design, and leadership
More about this role
At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock and inspire performance for life. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.
WHOOP is hiring a Embedded Engineering Manager to build and lead a new embedded team for a next-generation wearable. The team owns the firmware that members interact with directly on the device: how it responds to them, how it presents their data, and how it feels to use every day. It takes that firmware from early prototypes through new product introduction and into production.
This role combines technical leadership with people management. You will lead a team of full-time and contract firmware engineers and grow it as the program scales. You will take part in architecture decisions with the program's technical leads, review the team's code, and own its delivery schedule. You won't be the team's primary developer, but you will be close enough to the code to step in when it helps. You will work closely with Product, Design, Hardware, and Quality, and with the firmware teams building sensors, connectivity, and power on the same device.
Build, manage, and mentor a team of embedded engineers...
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