Senior Embedded Systems Engineering Manager

We are seeking an Embedded Systems Engineering Manager to lead the team behind our nation wide network of Android-based media players. The network is a vertical and bespoke technology stack, including our custom firmware, an in house MDM, Android applications, and the backend services that support over 30,000 deployed devices.

This is a full-time people management role that requires strong technical depth. You don’t need to be a systems architect, but you must bring technical fluency, sound engineering judgment, and a bias toward operational reliability. Your team spans across embedded Android development, client applications, and backend orchestration services that ensure stable, dynamic video content delivery at scale.

You’ll also be responsible for support processes and software QA for the network, ensuring we meet high standards of performance and uptime. Given the physical nature of our product, there will be some travel involved—including time in the field and opportunities to engage directly with retail partners and onsite teams.

• Lead, manage, and hold your team accountable to high performance, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate team capacity and skill coverage to determine resourcing needs; when hiring is required, lead recruitment efforts and ensure smooth onboarding and training for new teammates.
• Manage and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for development of our hardware, custom AOSP implementation,. app development, support and QA.
• Own the operational health and reliability of the device platform, ensuring uptime, recoverability, and field durability across thousands of endpoints.
• Partner closely with Product to align on device roadmap, feature prioritization, and system design trade-offs.
• Ensure on-time delivery of features, updates, and technical initiatives across firmware, application, and cloud systems.
• Drive execution across a distributed media delivery platform, supporting resilient playback, content caching, and real-time telemetry.
• Support engineers in solving complex problems involving performance, connectivity, and system observability.
• Foster a team culture focused on pragmatic execution, technical quality, customer support, and collaboration.

• Lead the evolution of our end-to-end in-store retail media platform through the development of our device fleet.
• Build the foundations necessary to scale our device network from 30K today to over 300,000 in the future
• Extend the platform to support emerging media use cases and intelligent playback behavior.
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering culture centered on ownership, technical rigor, and platform thinking.

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams across Android, embedded systems, or hardware development.
• Technically fluent with the ability to evaluate engineering trade-offs, support architectural decisions, and drive system-wide alignment.
• Experience managing field-deployed or IoT-scale systems with remote monitoring, OTA updates, and orchestrated control.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering execution to meet project timelines while maintaining technical integrity.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and experience managing stakeholder expectations across multiple departments.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with people management and roadmap delivery.

Nice-to-Have:

• Familiarity with digital media and playback systems
• Familiarity with media playback frameworks (ex ExoPlayer), video transcoding, and content caching strategies.
• Experience working with content scheduling systems, digital signage, or programmatic ad delivery platforms.
• Understanding of OTA update systems, telemetry pipelines, and large-scale fleet observability.
• Exposure to HDMI-CEC or low-level display/peripheral management.
• Background in high-uptime environments like retail tech, logistics, or connected field devices.
• Familiarity with edge computing

As a part of our commitment to transparency, we use a market-based formula that provides consistency across roles & experience levels and publish all of our compensation data internally for our team. We’re open to a range of experience levels for this position. Here are the annual salaries for each level:

• L6: $198,000
• L7: $216,000

In our initial conversation, we’ll discuss what level best aligns with your experience.

1. Apply

Apply and look for a response from our team about the next steps.

2. Intro interview with people team

Our recruiter will give you a call to learn more about you and answer any questions you might have about our team or the role.

3. Technical Interview with hiring manager

This will be a high-level technical conversation with your future manager. You’ll meet with them to dive into the details of the position and your experience.

4. Technical interview with the hiring team

We’ll dive deeper into your technical abilities by meeting with your future teammates and completing a collaborative technical assessment. For this role, we will split the technical interview into two parts. 

5. Values interview with collaborative teams

Chat with two people who work collaboratively with your role to give us a clear idea of how you’ll work with others.

6. Leadership interview

Last but not least, you’ll meet with one of our co-founders to make sure your values and career goals align well with our team.