Software Engineering Manager (Autonomy Services)
$147,760–$240,110 year
On-siteIrving, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead multiple engineering teams delivering autonomy execution services, mission automation, and remote-control capabilities. Define and execute the vision for scalable, secure platform services and APIs that promote reuse and improve developer productivity. Drive design and development of cloud-native distributed systems while establishing engineering standards across critical control platforms. Collaborate with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to align platform capabilities with enterprise strategy. Manage dependencies across 20+ engineers to deliver complex initiatives with consistency and accountability. Based in Irving, TX, with domestic relocation and visa sponsorship available.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams
- Foster a culture of accountability and innovation
- Influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver enterprise platform strategy and outcomes
- Deep understanding of designing and evolving reusable platform services (shared APIs, common frameworks, foundational services)
- Proven expertise in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native distributed systems
- Platform Services and APIs
- Driving engineering best practices across quality, performance, reliability, security, and automation
- Ability to detect systemic issues early
- Manage risk proactively
- Drive corrective actions across teams and services
- Strong background in cloud-native services
- APIs
- Automation
- Observability
- Production readiness
- Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot or automated agent workflows)
- Proven ability to set a clear platform and engineering vision
- Drive multiple complex initiatives in parallel
- Large organization of 20+ software engineers
- Aligning teams
- Managing dependencies
- Delivering outcomes with consistency and accountability
- Based in Irving, TX (Dallas)
- Domestic relocation assistance
- Visa sponsorship
- Working onsite five days a week
- Successful completion of a drug screen
Desired Qualifications
- Physical AI mission automation
- Execution/control services
- Remote control platforms
- Command validation
- State transitions
- Safety integration points
- Machine/gateway integration services
- Delivery
- Reliability of real-time/autonomy systems
- Engineering standards across critical control platforms
- Lead multiple engineering teams delivering autonomy execution services
- Mission automation
- Remote-control capabilities
- Define and execute the vision for several scalable and secure platform Services and APIs
- Promote reuse
- Reduce duplication
- Improve developer productivity
- Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders
- Ensure platform capabilities align with long-term enterprise strategy
- Evolving customer needs
- Drive the design and development of Platform Services/APIs with reusability in mind
- Balancing immediate business needs with future use cases
- Anticipating and forecasting evolving requirements
- Seek opportunities to improve organizational efficiencies
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