Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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Location:

Waukegan, IL, US, 60085

Business Unit:
Energy Conversion Solutions

Posting Date:
Oct 1, 2026

Job Description:

About Us:

At AMETEK, we don’t just manufacture market-leading electronic instruments and electromechanical devices — we are using innovation to make the world a better place; technology to improve lives; and talent to solve challenges that matter.

Job Summary:

The successful candidate will manage the Software Engineering team activities including architectural design, project management of R&D projects, firmware and software design that meet the cost, performance and timeliness requirements defined by AMETEK’s Business Unit (BU). Plan, implement and oversee software engineering strategies to support product roadmap.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct department activities to design new product platforms that will transition into strategic commercial products. Develop and ensure adherence to project timetables, unit cost targets and development budgets.
• Must work with sales management, sales representatives, customers, and end users to create “Best in Class” products for their applications.
• Directs and coordinates the work of Software engineers working on assigned projects.
• Follows Powervar’s product development process (Stage Gate)
• Manage Dev Ops systems including Git and CI/CD.
• Must maintain a close relationship with marketing and sales to understand the changing market requirements.
• Coordinates all third-party consultants and outside services utilized for Software product design activities.
• Participates in market studies and advises on architectural technologies, current and emerging.
• Manages the testing of all software products to ensure they are compliant with product expectations.
• Advises the leadership team on current state and future state technologies and trends.
• Represents the company as a customer contact regarding significant technical matters.
• Consults with R&D hardware engineers and other engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software, and operation and performance requirements for overall system.
• Analyze software requirements to determine feasibility within time and cost constraints.
• Formulate and design software systems using OOA and OOD methods to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
• Software analysis, code analysis, requirements analysis, software review, identification of code metrics, system risk analysis, software reliability analysis.
• Performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, automation.
• Support, maintain and document software functionality.
• Evaluate and identify new technologies for implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years leading a small to medium size software development group
• 5 years of experience with c, c++ in an embedded environment
• At least 3 years experience in Java Script
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Embedded Linux
• Experience with Thread Synchronization
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work under minimum supervision.

Desired

Qualifications:

• Experience with C, C++, JavaScript, IoT, REST API, HTML, TCP/IP, Git, Windows, Linux and Embedded Linux.
• Ability to work with other disciplines such as Electrical and Mechanical engineering.
• Experience with Object Orientated Design and Analysis.
• Experience with developing and maintaining networked devices, including Wifi enabled devices.
• Must be familiar with Cybersecurity standards.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS), React.js and/or Node.js experience is a significant plus.
• Experience with FreeRTOS is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity,…