Engineering Manager (ADAS) at tomtom

Part of the ADAS HD team (more below). We are 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 the first HD quality with incredible positional accuracy. This role will put you at the cutting edge of applying experimental new AI/ML solutions at massive engineering scale. You will lead the team to continuously deliver millions of KMs of HD data without sacrificing on the 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 that the team encounters when necessary and provide guidance that facilitates their resolution. • You work directly with Management (Director, Senior Managers) as well as senior technical experts (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 our department by aligning with peers, the industry, and tech leads. You add value to our software engineering practices by challenging and improving the process and applying best practices from the industry. • You identify growth opportunities, empowering team members to take ownership and coaching them to success and doing a little bit better 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 experience of being a line manager of a high-performing engineering team. • Solid software development background including data pipelines, distributed systems, design patterns, data structures, test driven development. • You can assess the impact of your team and experience turning experiments into value-added in production.  • You are highly empathetic, an excellent communicator, a true role model for leadership inputs and principles, and enjoy helping others to be successful just as much as having individual impact.  • You have sufficient technical skills from your background in software development. You mainly use these skills to identify, evaluate, and grow talent, and ensure 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 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, of course.   Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as 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, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It’s all about getting the best out of both worlds – we ask TomTom’ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location. Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance.  Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we’re mapping.   Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.  Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world.  Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom!  Find out more about our global benefits and enjoy 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, equipped with a broad array of expertise, you’ll collaborate on groundbreaking location-based technologies and applications.   More specifically, you’ll be at the forefront of the creation of advanced HD maps. You’ll also help update these in real-time, ensuring our maps are pushing the world forward instantly. These maps will then go on to empower the largest car manufacturers, transportation giants, and major tech companies around the world. At TomTom... You’ll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first-ever real-time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet. Work with a team of 3,600+ unique, curious and passionate problem-solvers. Together, we’ll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them. After you apply Our recruitment team will work hard to give you a meaningful experience throughout your journey with us, no matter the outcome. Your application will be screened closely and you can rest assured that all follow-up actions will be thorough, from assessments and interviews all the way through onboarding. To find out more about our application process, check out our hiring FAQs. TomTom is an equal opportunity employer TomTom is where you can find your place in the world. Every day we welcome, nurture and celebrate differences. Why? Because your uniqueness is what makes you, you. No matter your culture or background, you’ll find your impact at TomTom. Research also shows that sometimes women and underrepresented communities can be hesitant to apply for positions unless they believe they meet 100% of the criteria. If you can relate to this, please know that we’d love to hear from you.