Manager, Embedded Firmware Architecture

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Position Summary The Manager of Embedded Firmware Architecture leads the platform and architecture-implementation team within Shark Ninja's embedded firmware organization, sitting as a peer to the Embedded Firmware Delivery manager and reporting to the Director, Embedded Firmware. Where the Embedded Firmware Delivery manager owns design implementation and feature delivery, this role owns the architecture side: the reference implementations, hardware abstraction, and platform standards that every embedded firmware program builds against.

This is a working leadership role. The Manager carries the technical depth to define interface contracts, HAL boundaries, and platform selection criteria, and to review code against them, while leading a team of Senior Embedded Firmware Developers who implement that architecture. The role holds the technical standard applied to internal developers and external partners alike.

Key Responsibilities Team & Architecture Leadership Lead, hire, and develop the architecture-focused Senior Embedded Firmware Developers within the US embedded firmware team.

Conduct code review, technical direction, and design guidance for the team; maintain hands-on depth to make credible architecture decisions.

Manage workload allocation and capacity for platform and reference-implementation work across concurrent programs.

Architecture & Technical Direction Own firmware architecture, interface definitions, and hardware abstraction (HAL/API) standards for the US embedded firmware organization.

Establish architectural standards for real-time operating systems, device intelligence, and edge processing.

Drive technical decisions on microcontroller and processor architecture in partnership with Hardware Engineering.

Maximize reuse of proven internal code, vendor SDKs, and reference designs to meet speed-to-market demands; reserve in-house development for durable differentiation, safety, and IP.Translate architecture into clear, enforceable requirements that development partners execute against without interpretation.

Standards, Governance & Enforcement Define and maintain the engineering standards applied to internal developers and third-party suppliers alike — source control, build systems, branch and merge strategy, and release requirements.

Contribute to the technical requirements embedded in supplier agreements, including the pre-production reproducibility deliverables: source, toolchain, and signed build manifest sufficient to independently rebuild shipping binaries.

Establish design review and gating checkpoints that partner deliverables clear before integration.

Partner with Systems Engineering and NPD to define product operation, key components, and…