Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Samsara is a pioneer in the Connected Operations Cloud, aiming to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of physical operations. The Engineering Manager II will lead a Platform Firmware team, overseeing the execution pipeline for partner-driven hardware programs and managing a team of firmware engineers to ensure high-quality hardware delivery.
Responsibilities
- Own the execution pipeline for new hardware programs with external design, manufacturing, and silicon partners, including milestone planning, validation readiness, quality gates, partner escalations, and delivery risks
- Manage and develop a team of firmware engineers working on platform firmware that enables Samsara's next-generation hardware products
- Drive coordination across firmware, hardware engineering, product, quality engineering, field engineering, and external partners to resolve hardware and firmware integration issues
- Build a predictable operating cadence for partner communication, technical triage, schedule tradeoffs, risk reporting, and leadership escalation
- Define and improve the long-term technical and execution strategy for partner-driven hardware programs, making each program more predictable, efficient, and scalable
- Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
Skills
- 8+ years of relevant software, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent engineering experience
- 3+ years of people management experience leading firmware, embedded, platform, hardware, or hardware-adjacent engineering teams
- Experience working with external technical partners such as JDMs, ODMs, contract manufacturers, silicon vendors, or hardware vendors
- Experience delivering new hardware, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent programs from prototype through production readiness
- Strong understanding of firmware development, hardware bring-up, validation, release quality, and cross-functional delivery
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear status, frame tradeoffs, and escalate risks with data
- Ability to work effectively with product, hardware, quality, field, manufacturing, and engineering leadership stakeholders
- Experience with EVT, DVT, PVT, MP, or similar hardware development milestones
- Experience managing firmware programs involving Linux, BSPs, device drivers, bootloaders, wireless modules, power management, or embedded platform software
- Experience working with globally distributed design, manufacturing, or silicon partners
- Experience balancing speed, quality, customer impact, and long-term platform reliability in hardware programs
- Experience improving team execution through AI-assisted engineering tools, automation, or developer productivity workflows
- A product-driven mindset with strong customer empathy and persistent follow-through
Benefits
- Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions
- Performance-based bonus/variable pay
- Equity (for eligible roles)
- Flexible, employee-led remote model
- Professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
- Flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams
- Offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person
- Support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements
- Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process
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