Firmware Engineer Team Leader

Job Overview

The FW Engineer Team Leader at Teletrac Navman oversees firmware development, guiding a team to deliver reliable releases. This role designs robust firmware for Telematics Products, collaborating with hardware and embedded software teams. This role supports the Head of hardware engineering in driving product innovation, contributing to company growth. Success is measured by delivering high-quality firmware, mentoring a high-performing team, and strategically influencing innovation. With a company-wide impact, this leadership role manages firmware development across regions, ensuring alignment with company goals and fostering continuous innovation.

Responsibilities and Duties

· Support, coach and motivate members of the team in delivery to set standards, customer satisfaction and timeframe.

· Provide expertise to assist other members of the team with complex issues.

· Develop, enhance, and maintain Teletrac Navman embedded solutions.

· Be a contributing member of the Firmware Engineering team.

· Promote and drive a passionate customer driven culture by ensuring a strong focus on delivery, execution, and the customer.

· Ensure that you maintain proficiency in a wide range of technology products/platforms.

· Identify the skills of team members and source, facilitate the necessary training to match customer demand.

· Align priorities and systems to serve customers’ needs.

· Coach and motivate team members get better at what they do and ensure they receive the support they might require.

· Ensure team members comply with the agreed standards and quality assurance processes.

· Coach a team of well trained, competent technical professionals to be responsive to customer needs and requests as well as business objectives & outcomes.

· Maintain a high degree of adaptability to learn new technologies and methods as needed to successfully manage the daily challenges of a technical environment and coach team members towards the same mindset.

· Manage the daily challenges of a technical environment by coaching members of the chapter to quickly evaluate, understand, and creatively problem-solve issues to achieve results.

· Lead continuous improvement activities and encourage team members to identify ineffective processes and contribute to new ideas and ways of working.

· Foster collaboration among team members and other organisational departments, stakeholders, customers.

· Monitor overall deployed product performance and health.

· Develop reliable and robust firmware application code.

· Be an active member of a self-organising agile team.

· Produce high quality technical designs and specifications.

· Iterate specifications to satisfy requirements from other components of the entire solution.

· Provide ongoing bug fixing and maintenance throughout the product life cycle.

· Ensure ongoing adherence to all Teletrac Navman software standards

· Identify and help specify new products, sharing information within the team

Required Skills / Qualifications

· Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent relevant field and/or equivalent significant, relevant industry experience.

· 7+ years of experience in embedded software development using C (bare metal and Free RTOS), including a minimum of 2 years in a lead role.

· Knowledge in the location services, GIS, or geospatial industries would be an advantage but not essential.

· Strong attention to detail and has demonstrated the ability to solve complex problems skills and the ability to come up and communicate quick and creative solutions.

· Ability to work independently and in a team, contributes on improving software quality and being able to share the knowledge with each other.

· Ability to understand/learn new languages, technologies and tools.

· Interested in using automation and innovation to help a business run smoothly and grow.

· Professional attitude with high standards in development and documentation.

· Willingness to take ownership, be held accountable and achieve a good outcome for all stakeholders.

· Able to work with a diverse array of people, challenging in a non-confrontational way and build successful working relationships.

· Experience with CAN Bus and associated tools and protocols - J1939, J1979, etc. AND/ OR passion for vehicles and associated technologies, with key focus on CAN bus

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels