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Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more atwww.silabs.com.\nThe Opportunity\nBluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) is a cornerstone of Silicon Labs' wireless portfolio and a key technology enabling secure, intelligent, and energy-efficient IoT devices across smart homes, commercial buildings, healthcare, industrial automation, asset tracking, and emerging connected applications. As a foundational technology within our multiprotocol wireless platform, Bluetooth LE plays a critical role in delivering scalable, interoperable, and secure connectivity for millions of IoT devices worldwide.\nWe are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our Bluetooth LE Link Layer Software team in Espoo, Finland. The Link Layer is at the core of Bluetooth LE software, delivering the real-time protocol execution, scheduling, performance, and interoperability that differentiate Silicon Labs' Bluetooth software platform.\nOur Bluetooth LE Software organization is built around deep technical ownership. We own the long-term architecture, quality, and evolution of the Bluetooth Controller and Host software while working as part of cross-functional execution teams delivering strategic initiatives such as next-generation Bluetooth features, performance optimization, interoperability, and security.\nIn this role, you will lead a team of highly skilled embedded software engineers while partnering closely with the Link Layer Architect to define the technical direction and execute the Bluetooth LE Link Layer Software roadmap. You will collaborate with globally distributed teams across IC Design, SDK, Quality Assurance, Validation, Product Management, Applications Engineering, and Customer Support to deliver high-quality Bluetooth software that powers the next generation of IoT devices.\nWe are looking for a leader who combines outstanding people leadership with deep embedded software expertise and embraces modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software engineering, to continuously improve engineering productivity, software quality, and execution.\nOur Engineering Culture\nWe believe exceptional engineering organizations combine deep technical ownership with cross-functional execution. Our engineering managers build enduring technical capabilities while partnering across software, silicon, validation, product management, and customer-facing teams to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.\nWe foster a culture of technical curiosity, engineering excellence, continuous learning, and data-driven decision making. We embrace AI-assisted software engineering to accelerate innovation, improve software quality, enhance developer productivity, and continuously improve engineering effectiveness through modern engineering practices and metrics.\nOur leaders empower engineers and architects to make sound technical decisions, develop future technical leaders, and build high-performing, collaborative teams. Success is measured not only by delivering great software, but also by creating an engineering organization that continuously improves in quality, predictability, and execution through modern engineering practices, including DORA metrics and continuous improvement.\nWhat You Will Do\nEngineering Leadership\nLead, coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of embedded software engineers.\n\nFoster an inclusive, collaborative, and innovation-driven engineering culture.\n\nBuild organizational capability through hiring, onboarding, talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement.\n\nDevelop senior technical leaders by empowering engineers and architects to own technical decisions while fostering accountability and collaboration.\n\nTechnical Leadership\nOwn the execution and technical health of the Bluetooth LE Link Layer organization.\n\nPartner closely with the Link Layer Architect to define technical direction, software architecture, and long-term technology strategy.\n\nDrive engineering excellence through architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and continuous modernization of the software platform.\n\nBalance feature development, innovation, maintenance, technical debt reduction, and software quality to ensure predictable delivery.\n\nContribute to technical planning, roadmap definition, and architectural decisions across the Bluetooth LE Software organization.\n\nCross-Functional Execution\nRepresent the Bluetooth LE Link Layer Software organization in cross-functional execution teams delivering strategic initiatives across Silicon Labs' wireless portfolio.\n\nCollaborate closely with IC Design, Validation, SDK, Quality Assurance, Product Management, Applications Engineering, Security, Customer Support, and other engineering teams.\n\nCoordinate engineering priorities, technical dependencies, and execution across globally distributed teams.\n\nBuild realistic execution plans based on engineering capacity, technical complexity, and business priorities.\n\nProvide transparent communication on execution status, technical risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments to engineering leadership.\n\nEngineering Excellence\nFoster a culture of engineering excellence through modern software engineering practices, continuous integration, automated testing, and continuous delivery.\n\nUse engineering metrics, including DORA metrics and quality indicators, to continuously improve engineering effectiveness, delivery predictability, software quality, and developer productivity.\n\nChampion AI-assisted software engineering by promoting responsible adoption of AI tools for software development, code reviews, testing, debugging, documentation, and engineering workflows.\n\nContinuously improve engineering processes, tooling, and workflows to enable scalable execution across globally distributed teams.\n\nSkills You Will Need\n Minimum Qualifications\n3+ years of experience leading and managing software engineering teams delivering complex embedded software products.\n\nStrong people leadership with demonstrated success hiring, mentoring, coaching, and developing engineering talent.\n\nSeveral years of hands-on embedded software development experience using C.\n\nStrong background in highly resource-constrained, real-time embedded systems.\n\nExperience developing embedded communication protocols or wireless software, preferably Bluetooth Low Energy or similar wireless technologies.\n\nStrong understanding of software architecture, software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices.\n\nExperience with continuous integration, automated testing, DevOps, and engineering automation.\n\nExperience using engineering collaboration and project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Git, and CI/CD platforms.\n\nDemonstrated success working across globally distributed, cross-functional engineering organizations.\n\nExcellent communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.\n\nDemonstrated understanding of modern AI-assisted software engineering practices and the ability to lead teams in adopting AI tools responsibly to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and developer experience.\n\nExperience with artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools and technologies used to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making.\n\nQualifications Considered a Plus\nExperience developing Bluetooth LE Controller (Link Layer) software.\n\nExperience with the Bluetooth Core Specification, interoperability, and wireless protocol implementation.\n\nExperience working in the semiconductor or wireless connectivity industry.\n\nUnderstanding of radio firmware, scheduling, timing-critical software, or PHY/MAC layer implementations.\n\nExperience working closely with silicon design, firmware, and hardware verification teams.\n\nKnowledge of additional IoT communication technologies such as Matter, Thread, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Wi-SUN, or Z-Wave.\n\nExperience with RTOS environments including Zephyr or FreeRTOS.\n\nFamiliarity with embedded debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.\n\nExperience contributing to software architecture, technical strategy, and long-term technology roadmaps.\n\nExperience driving engineering process improvements using engineering metrics and continuous improvement practices.\n\nWhy Join Us?\nThis is an opportunity to lead one of the industry's most advanced Bluetooth embedded software teams and shape the future of wireless IoT connectivity. You will influence the evolution of Bluetooth LE Link Layer Software, develop exceptional engineering talent, and collaborate with world-class experts across software, silicon, wireless systems, and product engineering.\nAs a key member of the Bluetooth software leadership team, you will help define the engineering culture, technical direction, and execution model that powers secure, intelligent, and energy-efficient IoT devices for customers around the world.\nBenefits & Perks\nModern office space in a central location in the immediate vicinity of the Leppävaara railway station, Sello shopping centre and other Leppävaara services\n\nFree covered parking\n\nFree snacks and beverages\n\nExtensive occupational health care and supplementary medical expense coverage for treatments performed by specialist physicians\n\nFlexible working hours\n\nMobile phone\n\nLunch benefit\n\nSmartum Exercise & Culture benefit\n\nQuarterly celebrations / holiday parties\n\n3 paid volunteer days per year\n\nPaid parental leave (maternity 3 months, paternity 2 weeks), additional parental leaves will be in accordance with legislation\n\nOther Workplace Activities\nInnovation Events - Free Your Gecko\n\nThe annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between €54,600 - €101,400 EUR. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location where work will be performed and applicant’s skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, equity package and a comprehensive benefits package.Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. 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