[Remote] Engineering Manager - Firmware & Board Support Packages (BSP)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. John Deere is a leading company focused on addressing global challenges related to food, fiber, and infrastructure. They are seeking an Engineering Manager - Firmware & Board Support Packages (BSP) to lead a team in the development and integration of low-level platform software capabilities for embedded systems, ensuring reliable hardware-software integration and managing engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team focused on the development, integration, and sustainment of Board Support Package (BSP) and low-level platform software capabilities enabling core embedded systems across Display, Comms, and Automation/Autonomy platforms. This includes ownership of Linux BSP layers, bootloader and kernel development, device drivers, hardware abstraction, and system bring-up activities across multiple hardware platforms
• Drive delivery of foundational software that ensures reliable hardware-software integration, enabling scalable and high-performing embedded systems
• Ownership of platform enablement activities such as new board bring-up, silicon integration, performance tuning, power management, and hardware validation, along with ensuring upstream support and maintainability of BSP and HW/SW tight couplings
• Manage and develop engineering talent and provide technical guidance across the team for delivery of critical tech stack solutions
• Plays a critical part in aligning BSP strategy with platform roadmaps, enabling reuse across high compute embedded products and supporting consistent delivery across global field seasons and hardware configurations

Skills

• Five or more years of R&D experience that include software as part of the solution
• Solid understanding of system-level architecture for embedded or edge computing platforms
• Ability to coordinate across platform and OS-level development efforts
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with hardware, software, and product teams
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar engineering or IT field is required
• Experience with Linux, BSP development, system integration, and low-level debugging
• Experience with system-level software components such as connectivity stacks, logging/telemetry systems, OS services or platform diagnostics
• Working knowledge of development environments and tooling, including compilers, build systems, cross-compilation, and debugging tools
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex, cross-functional software solutions
• Experience managing product teams or various individual contributors

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

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