Engineering Manager II - ADAS

Part of the ADAS HD team, this role focuses on building and scaling the distributed events system and the massive data pipeline that processes terabytes of data from tens of real-life sensors and sources to generate HD quality with incredible positional accuracy. You will lead the team in applying experimental AI/ML solutions at massive engineering scale and continuously deliver millions of kilometers of HD data without sacrificing end-to-end quality goals.

What you'll do:

• As Engineering Manager, you are accountable for the outcomes achieved by your teams.
• You manage multiple engineering teams directly.
• You are a software and technology expert, and you can dive deep into technical, architectural, and domain-specific challenges when necessary and provide guidance that facilitates their resolution.
• You work directly with management, including Directors and Senior Managers, as well as senior technical experts such as Staff Engineers, to simplify the complex and drive prioritized, incremental product deliveries.
• Your performance is significantly based on the business impact of your teams, as well as the extent to which the team develops top talent through daily business.
• You set guidelines for all developers in the department by aligning with peers, the industry, and tech leads.
• You add value to software engineering practices by challenging and improving processes and applying industry best practices.
• You identify growth opportunities, empower team members to take ownership, and coach them to improve every day.
• Beyond helping your team to be successful, you show leadership by identifying opportunities and taking ownership of initiatives outside of your team's scope.
• You define a team topology and staffing plan that sets the team up for success.
• The growth of team members, team health, career planning, and performance management play a supporting role here.

What you'll need:

• 8+ years of experience in software development, including 2+ years of experience as a line manager of a high-performing engineering team.
• Solid software development background including data pipelines, distributed systems, design patterns, data structures, and test-driven development.
• You can assess the impact of your team and have experience turning experiments into value in production.
• You are highly empathetic, an excellent communicator, a true role model for leadership principles, and enjoy helping others succeed as much as having individual impact.
• You have sufficient technical skills from your background in software development and use them to identify, evaluate, and grow talent, while ensuring the team is staffed well and moving in the right direction by challenging technical decisions where needed.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Science, or a related technical discipline.
• You have a passion for people management and mentorship.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced and fast-changing environment.

What we offer

• A competitive compensation package.
• Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget, paid leave for learning days, and paid access to e-learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning.
• Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities.
• Work flexibility, with a mix of office and home working. TomTom’ers are asked to come to the office two days a week, with the remaining three days worked in either location.
• A home office setup budget and extra support through a monthly allowance.
• Options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year.
• A competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.
• Annual events like Hackathon and DevDays to bring ideas to life with teammates from around the world.
• Additional local benefits tailored to your location.

Meet your team

We are the ADAS & ADS Product Unit, leading the production of TomTom’s HD maps and ADAS technology. In a diverse team of applied scientists, engineers, data scientists, and more, you’ll collaborate on groundbreaking location-based technologies and applications. More specifically, you’ll be at the forefront of creating advanced HD maps and helping update them in real time. These maps empower major car manufacturers, transportation companies, and tech companies around the world.