Software Engineering Manager

About the Software Team in the Philippines

Software is becoming an ever-bigger part of our products at Dyson. Connectivity, advanced User Interfaces, and Artificial Intelligence are part of the solutions for most of our products.

We are looking to onboard a passionate and talented Software Engineering Manager to join us at our campus in the Philippines. In this role, you will lead and mentor a team of embedded software engineers, driving the development and delivery of high-quality software solutions for Dyson’s beauty products. You will work closely with global engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure software is delivered on time, on quality, on spec, and on cost.

About the Role

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of embedded software engineers and technical leads.
• Create a high-performing team culture focused on collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Support career development, performance management, and employee engagement initiatives.

Delivery

• Own the successful delivery of embedded software solutions for Dyson’s beauty products.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate team activities to ensure project milestones and delivery commitments are met.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and issues, escalating where appropriate.

Collaboration

• Build strong relationships with global software teams, hardware engineers, product owners, and test teams.
• Work cross-functionally to align software deliverables with product and business objectives.
• Support effective communication between local and global teams.

Communication

• Provide clear and timely updates on project status, risks, and delivery progress to stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Translate technical concepts into clear business-focused messages for non-technical audiences when required.

Technical Leadership

• Guide software architecture, design, and implementation activities across the team.
• Promote engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, version control, and software quality standards.
• Support the resolution of complex technical issues and provide technical mentoring where needed.

Talent

• Support hiring, onboarding, development, and retention of high-performing software engineering talent.
• Identify skills gaps and work with leadership to build team capabilities.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive improvements in engineering processes, toolchains, and ways of working.
• Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and operational excellence.

About You

• 3-5+ years of people leadership experience managing software engineering teams.
• 8-10+ years of embedded software development experience using C/C++.
• Strong experience developing software in both bare metal and RTOS environments.
• Proven experience delivering production-quality embedded software products.
• Solid understanding of modern Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices including Agile methodologies, CI/CD, automated testing, version control, and code review processes.
• Experience managing software development activities within Agile frameworks using tools such as Jira.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects and schedules.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consumer electronics, IoT, or connected device development.
• Expertise in IoT, motor control, and sensor control software.
• Knowledge of software build systems, release management, and configuration management tools.
• Experience working within globally distributed engineering teams.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.