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We develop innovative software and build the hardware to bring autonomous driving cars, advanced driver-assistance systems, connected vehicles and smart cities to life in a way that only we can. We work in partnership with almost all car manufacturers. Our sensors, systems and software can already be found in almost all passenger cars today.\nAptiv is building a new Robotics business focused on Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Drones for warehouse, industrial, and adjacent markets. A core differentiator of these systems is robust, reliable, and scalable perception across diverse environments and customer use cases.\nWe are seeking an Embedded Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for the development of robotics and drone hardware and software systems. In this role, you will define and execute technology and product roadmaps spanning embedded systems, software platforms, autonomy, and machine learning-based perception, while building and leading high-performing engineering teams.\nYou will balance strong technical leadership with people management, driving the delivery of reliable, scalable, and production-ready robotics and drone solutions. Working closely with autonomy, localization, safety, hardware, data, and product teams, you will ensure system capabilities meet performance, safety, and commercial objectives. You will also help transform early-stage concepts and proofs of concept into robust, data-driven products that can be deployed across multiple platforms, applications, and customer environments.\nTechnical Leadership & Strategy\nOwn and drive the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for embedded systems and software across AMR and drone platforms.\nProvide technical leadership across sensing, compute platforms, data pipelines, perception algorithms, embedded software, and system integration.\nCollaborate with Product Managers and Technical Program Managers to shape product roadmaps, ensuring technical feasibility, realistic resource planning, and alignment with business objectives.\nDevelop and maintain technology and competency roadmaps by monitoring industry trends, emerging technologies, and future product requirements.\nServe as a technical thought leader for systems engineering, embedded software, robotics, autonomy, and perception technologies.\nGuide key technical trade-offs involving performance, latency, reliability, safety, compute resources, scalability, maintainability, and cost.\nSystems, Software & Perception Engineering Leadership\nLead engineering teams responsible for:Embedded systems architecture and platform software.\nSensor integration and data acquisition (cameras, lidar, radar, depth sensors, IMUs, and related technologies).\nSensor data ingestion, preprocessing, synchronization, and transport.\nRuntime inference, diagnostics, monitoring, and health management.\nSystem-level integration across perception, localization, planning, safety, and control subsystems.\n\nEstablish engineering standards, architecture guidelines, and software development best practices that support scalable, production-ready robotics systems.\nDrive technical execution from concept through deployment while ensuring reuse across multiple robot and autonomous platform form factors.\nProduct Delivery & Technical Execution\nResolve critical technical escalations and remove engineering roadblocks by working directly with product teams when necessary.\nSupport product development teams throughout the development lifecycle, ensuring technical risks are identified and mitigated early.\nDrive cross-functional problem solving across hardware, software, autonomy, safety, and product organizations.\nPartner with Technical Program Managers and engineering leads to balance priorities, schedules, resources, and technical scope.\nDrive continuous process, methodology, and workflow improvements to improve engineering quality, predictability, and efficiency.\nTeam Leadership & Talent Development\nDirectly manage and grow multiple systems, software, and perception engineering teams.\nEstablish clear goals, expectations, priorities, and performance objectives aligned with product and organizational strategies.\nLead hiring, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and career development activities.\nMentor engineers and technical leaders in:Systems architecture and embedded software design.\nRobotics and autonomous system development.\nScalable software engineering and DevOps practices.\nRoot-cause analysis, problem solving, and technical decision making.\n\nFoster a culture of ownership, quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.\nIdentify future staffing, skillset, and resource needs based on product roadmaps and organizational growth plans.\nCross-Functional Collaboration & Platform Integration\nPartner closely with hardware, SoC, and platform engineering teams to:Evaluate and select sensors, compute platforms, and acceleration technologies.\nDefine system architectures that balance performance, power consumption, cost, and scalability.\nEnsure robust timing, synchronization, communication, and bandwidth management.\n\nCollaborate with autonomy, localization, planning, controls, and safety teams to establish system interfaces, requirements, data contracts, diagnostics, and performance expectations.\nSupport build-versus-buy evaluations for sensors, software frameworks, perception technologies, SDKs, and third-party components.\nWork closely with Product Managers, Technical Program Managers, and customers to translate business and operational requirements into technical solutions.\nQuality, Reliability & Safety\nDefine and track system and perception performance KPIs including reliability, latency, availability, robustness, scalability, confidence calibration, and operational performance.\nEnsure systems perform reliably in challenging real-world operating environments, including dynamic obstacles, environmental variability, sensor degradation, and adverse conditions.\nPartner with safety engineering teams to identify hazards, analyze failure modes, and support FMEA, fault injection testing, and degraded-mode operations.\nEstablish monitoring, diagnostics, observability, and health assessment strategies to ensure safe and reliable operation.\nDrive continuous improvement through field data analysis, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and iterative product enhancements.\nCustomer & Partner Engagement\nEngage with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders to understand use cases, operational requirements, and emerging market needs.\nSupport pilots, demonstrations, proof-of-concept activities, and customer escalations.\nCommunicate technical capabilities, limitations, risks, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nIncorporate customer feedback and field learnings into product strategy, roadmap planning, and engineering priorities.\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.\n10+ years of experience developing embedded systems for robotics, automotive, consumer electronics, or related products.\n3+ years of engineering leadership and people management experience leading systems and software development teams.\nProven experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering organizations.\nStrong technical expertise in systems engineering, embedded software, and product development best practices.\nExperience leading cross-functional development across hardware, software, systems, safety, and product management teams.\nStrong understanding of system architecture, sensor integration, and software platforms.\nProven ability to drive end-to-end ownership, technical execution, roadmap planning, and team accountability.\nDemonstrated success resolving complex technical challenges and delivering products on schedule and at scale.\nStrong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.\nExperience building engineering roadmaps, resource plans, and organizational capabilities aligned with business objectives.\nTrack record of fostering a culture of engineering excellence, continuous improvement, accountability, and talent development.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with robotics software frameworks and middleware, including ROS and ROS 2.\nFamiliarity with modern software development methodologies, including Agile, CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps practices.\nWorking knowledge of perception, sensor processing, computer vision, and machine learning technologies used in autonomous systems.\nExperience deploying and managing ML-based perception systems in production environments, including safety-relevant or human-adjacent applications.\nExperience optimizing software and ML inference workloads on embedded compute platforms, GPUs, NPUs, DSPs, or other hardware accelerators under real-time constraints.\nExperience with system architecture, systems engineering, requirements analysis, and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).\nFamiliarity with industry standards and processes such as Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, functional safety, and robotics safety-critical system development.\nExperience with cybersecurity principles and secure embedded system design, including encryption, TLS, wireless communication security, and network protection mechanisms.\nFamiliarity with microprocessor- and DSP-based hardware architectures, embedded software platforms, and hardware/software integration.\nExperience with embedded communication interfaces and protocols.\nExperience with requirements management processes and tools such as Polarion, DOORS, or equivalent platforms.\nProven track record of translating customer requirements into production-ready products and engineering solutions.\nExperience working in startup, incubation, or high-growth environments requiring strong ownership, adaptability, and comfort operating in ambiguity.\nTraits we seek:\nCuriosity-driven problem solvers who investigate deeply and think systemically.\nConfident leaders who empower teams, set direction, and earn trust.\nHands-on learners with an experimental, builder mindset.\nResilient thinkers who see challenges as opportunities to learn and improve.\nPrivacy Notice - Active Candidates: https://www.aptiv.com/privacy-notice-active-candidates\nAptiv is an equal employment opportunity employer. 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