Software Engineering Manager - Control System

Your mission

Key responsibilities

People Management

• Lead and support a team of engineers.
• Run regular 1:1s, mentoring, and career development conversations.
• Provide performance feedback and conduct evaluations.
• Hire, onboard, and retaintop engineering talent.
• Foster a healthy, diverse, and collaborative team culture.

• Drive execution through planning, prioritization, and delivery monitoring.
• Align team goals with company and product priorities.
• Ensure engineering quality standards (testing, reviews, documentation).
• Facilitate design discussions and guide technical decisions.
• Coordinate dependencies with hardware and software teams and proactively remove blockers.
• Communicateprogress, risks, and needs to senior leadership.
• Support preparation and submission of new projectand funding applications.

Your responsibilities

• 3-5 years of experience in engineering leadership, or strongtrack recordas senior engineer with team coordination experience.
• Solid technical background in embedded systems, control software, software architecture, distributed systems, and industry experience in hardware-related development.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop tests and integration with experimental hardware.
• Experience working in or with optics labs.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with proven ability to build trust and motivate teams.
• Experience with project management practices and agile workflows.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written); German is a plus.
• Valid work permit for Germany or the EU.

• Background in electronics, FPGA programming, or real-time systems.
• Prior experience in a startup or research-driven environment.
• Experience working with funding applications or R&D projects.