{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3ddc401b6f99e53340f85d44","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3ddc401b6f99e53340f85d44","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3ddc401b6f99e53340f85d44","title":"Platform Software Engineering Manager","description":"Description:\nCOMPANY BACKGROUND\n\nEpiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime, land, air, and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K+ devices fielded to date, Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market, cost, and performance are critical for mission success.\nFor more information, visit: https://epiqsolutions.com.\nJOB SUMMARY\n\nWe are seeking a highly motivated Platform Software Engineering Manager to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid leadership role combining team management, technical leadership, and hands-on software development. The primary responsibility is leading and growing the BSP/platform software team while ensuring successful execution across multiple product efforts. In addition to team leadership responsibilities, this role will remain actively involved in Linux BSP and kernel-level software development for Epiq’s evolving portfolio of radio products. Over time, the role is also expected to provide technical leadership opportunities for cross-functional engineering efforts ranging from feature development and product derivatives to larger platform initiatives, with scope and responsibility growing alongside demonstrated success.\nSuccessful candidates should be comfortable balancing team leadership responsibilities with direct technical contributions in a fast-moving embedded systems environment.\n\nTeam Leadership & Management Responsibilities\nLead and grow a team of 5+ BSP/platform software engineers supporting multiple concurrent product efforts.\nManage team capacity, priorities, and technical execution across projects with competing timelines and business needs.\nMentor engineers through regular feedback, career development, and technical guidance.\nEstablish and refine BSP development processes, tools, and engineering best practices.\nFoster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.\nSupport hiring, performance management, and long-term organizational development.\n\nProject Technical Leadership Responsibilities\nLead cross-functional technical execution across BSP/platform software, FPGA, radio application software, and hardware engineering teams.\nCoordinate technical planning activities including requirements definition, task breakdown, dependency management, technical execution tracking, and delivery planning in collaboration with project stakeholders and subject matter experts.\nProvide technical leadership throughout the full product development lifecycle including architecture, implementation, platform bring-up, system integration, validation, and production readiness.\nIdentify technical risks early and drive mitigation strategies to support successful program execution.\nPartner with project management and engineering teams to align technical execution with project schedules, integration milestones, and customer delivery commitments.\nPeriodically support customer engagements by responding to technical questions, assisting with issue resolution, and participating in technical customer discussions.\nHands-On Development Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and maintain Linux BSPs and platform software for custom ARM and FPGA-based embedded systems\nCustomize and optimize Linux boot flows, kernel configuration, device trees, and Yocto-based build systems\nImplement power management features and optimize the BSP for performance and power efficiency\nDevelop, integrate, and debug Linux device drivers and low-level interfaces including SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and DMA, and related peripherals\nDevelop and maintain shared platform infrastructure and low-level system services supporting board management, FPGA configuration, hardware monitoring, clock control, and peripheral integration\nTroubleshoot complex hardware/software integration and system-level performance issues throughout the product lifecycle\nCollaborate with hardware, FPGA, and software teams to accelerate board bring-up and validate new platform designs\nMaintain BSP releases including security updates, patch management, feature enhancements, and long-term platform support\nContribute to automation, CI/CD workflows, SDK development, and overall platform software quality and maintainability\nRequirements:\nREQUIRED SKILLS\n\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field\n10+ years of experience in embedded Linux, BSP, or low-level systems software development\nDemonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentorship, or project coordination within embedded software development teams\nStrong hands-on experience developing and maintaining Linux BSPs for embedded ARM and/or FPGA-based platforms\nStrong proficiency with Yocto-based embedded Linux build systems, Linux boot flows, kernel configuration, and device tree development\nExperience developing and debugging Linux kernel drivers and low-level hardware interfaces\nStrong debugging and system integration skills across hardware and software boundaries\nProficiency in C and scripting languages such as Python or Bash\nExperience with Linux development environments, Git-based workflows, and collaborative code review practices\nAbility to read hardware schematics and troubleshoot complex system-level issues\nStrong communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills\nEligibility to work on Federal contracts requiring U.S. Citizenship\nDESIRED SKILLS\n\nExperience with virtualization and containerization technologies such as Docker, QEMU, and/or KVM\nExperience with AMD Xilinx platforms such as Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC or Versal devices\nExperience with NVIDIA embedded compute platforms such as Jetson modules\nExperience with embedded device update frameworks, A/B partition update strategies, or reliable field software deployments\nExperience with technical planning, task management, and execution tracking using Jira or similar project management tools\nInterest in software-defined radio (SDR), RF systems, or wireless communications technologies\nBENEFITS\nJoin a successful and growing company investing in our future success\nFlexible work hours\nGenerous vacation policy\nPaid five-week sabbatical every five years\n401(k) matching\nHealth, dental, vision insurance\nCompany paid life, short term, and long-term disability insurance\nEmployee assistance program\nWellness reimbursement\nCharitable Giving Company Match\nCompetitive salary commensurate with experience and performance\nFun, laid-back culture and rewarding work!\nEpiq Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected 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BACKGROUND\n\nEpiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime, land, air, and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K+ devices fielded to date, Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market, cost, and performance are critical for mission success.\nFor more information, visit: https://epiqsolutions.com.\nJOB SUMMARY\n\nWe are seeking a highly motivated Platform Software Engineering Manager to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid leadership role combining team management, technical leadership, and hands-on software development. The primary responsibility is leading and growing the BSP/platform software team while ensuring successful execution across multiple product efforts. In addition to team leadership responsibilities, this role will remain actively involved in Linux BSP and kernel-level software development for Epiq’s evolving portfolio of radio products. Over time, the role is also expected to provide technical leadership opportunities for cross-functional engineering efforts ranging from feature development and product derivatives to larger platform initiatives, with scope and responsibility growing alongside demonstrated success.\nSuccessful candidates should be comfortable balancing team leadership responsibilities with direct technical contributions in a fast-moving embedded systems environment.\n\nTeam Leadership & Management Responsibilities\nLead and grow a team of 5+ BSP/platform software engineers supporting multiple concurrent product efforts.\nManage team capacity, priorities, and technical execution across projects with competing timelines and business needs.\nMentor engineers through regular feedback, career development, and technical guidance.\nEstablish and refine BSP development processes, tools, and engineering best practices.\nFoster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.\nSupport hiring, performance management, and long-term organizational development.\n\nProject Technical Leadership Responsibilities\nLead cross-functional technical execution across BSP/platform software, FPGA, radio application software, and hardware engineering teams.\nCoordinate technical planning activities including requirements definition, task breakdown, dependency management, technical execution tracking, and delivery planning in collaboration with project stakeholders and subject matter experts.\nProvide technical leadership throughout the full product development lifecycle including architecture, implementation, platform bring-up, system integration, validation, and production readiness.\nIdentify technical risks early and drive mitigation strategies to support successful program execution.\nPartner with project management and engineering teams to align technical execution with project schedules, integration milestones, and customer delivery commitments.\nPeriodically support customer engagements by responding to technical questions, assisting with issue resolution, and participating in technical customer discussions.\nHands-On Development Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and maintain Linux BSPs and platform software for custom ARM and FPGA-based embedded systems\nCustomize and optimize Linux boot flows, kernel configuration, device trees, and Yocto-based build systems\nImplement power management features and optimize the BSP for performance and power efficiency\nDevelop, integrate, and debug Linux device drivers and low-level interfaces including SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and DMA, and related peripherals\nDevelop and maintain shared platform infrastructure and low-level system services supporting board management, FPGA configuration, hardware monitoring, clock control, and peripheral integration\nTroubleshoot complex hardware/software integration and system-level performance issues throughout the product lifecycle\nCollaborate with hardware, FPGA, and software teams to accelerate board bring-up and validate new platform designs\nMaintain BSP releases including security updates, patch management, feature enhancements, and long-term platform support\nContribute to automation, CI/CD workflows, SDK development, and overall platform software quality and maintainability\nRequirements:\nREQUIRED SKILLS\n\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field\n10+ years of experience in embedded Linux, BSP, or low-level systems software development\nDemonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentorship, or project coordination within embedded software development teams\nStrong hands-on experience developing and maintaining Linux BSPs for embedded ARM and/or FPGA-based platforms\nStrong proficiency with Yocto-based embedded Linux build systems, Linux boot flows, kernel configuration, and device tree development\nExperience developing and debugging Linux kernel drivers and low-level hardware interfaces\nStrong debugging and system integration skills across hardware and software boundaries\nProficiency in C and scripting languages such as Python or Bash\nExperience with Linux development environments, Git-based workflows, and collaborative code review practices\nAbility to read hardware schematics and troubleshoot complex system-level issues\nStrong communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills\nEligibility to work on Federal contracts requiring U.S. Citizenship\nDESIRED SKILLS\n\nExperience with virtualization and containerization technologies such as Docker, QEMU, and/or KVM\nExperience with AMD Xilinx platforms such as Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC or Versal devices\nExperience with NVIDIA embedded compute platforms such as Jetson modules\nExperience with embedded device update frameworks, A/B partition update strategies, or reliable field software deployments\nExperience with technical planning, task management, and execution tracking using Jira or similar project management tools\nInterest in software-defined radio (SDR), RF systems, or wireless communications technologies\nBENEFITS\nJoin a successful and growing company investing in our future success\nFlexible work hours\nGenerous vacation policy\nPaid five-week sabbatical every five years\n401(k) matching\nHealth, dental, vision insurance\nCompany paid life, short term, and long-term disability insurance\nEmployee assistance program\nWellness reimbursement\nCharitable Giving Company Match\nCompetitive salary commensurate with experience and performance\nFun, laid-back culture and rewarding work!\nEpiq Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected 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