Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

Location:
Monterrey, Mexico (Ciénega de Flores) Hybrid role The opportunity Join our team at Genie and embark on an exciting opportunity as we seek a skilled and dedicated Software Engineering Manager to contribute to the Controls Software team in Monterrey. At Genie we believe in fostering a vibrant and inclusive work culture where every person is empowered to thrive. We're dedicated to driving quality, innovation, embracing diversity, and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. We're committed to excellence in everything we do, and we're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and values to join our team. As a software engineering manager at Genie, based in Monterrey, Mexico, you will play a pivotal role in expanding our Monterrey-based software engineering capability to support new product development, production, and field support across our global Aerial Work Platforms business. This role will lead and grow an embedded software team contributing across two global scrum teams, combining people leadership, delivery ownership, and technical direction, with limited hands‑on involvement to stay connected to the engineering work. What you’ll do People Leadership
- Lead, coach and develop a team of embedded software engineers, including goal‑setting, career development, training plans, and annual performance reviews.
- Strengthen team cohesion by fostering a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive work environment across both on‑site and remote contributors.
- Support day‑to‑day team needs, remove blockers, address HR topics, and ensure engineers have clear priorities and ownership.
- Provide recognition for team achievements and encourage continuous improvement at both team and individual levels. Delivery & Execution
- Oversee engineering work across new product development, production support, field support, and internal technology projects.
- Ensure sprint commitments are met and that the team follows Scrum practices effectively across two distributed scrum teams.
- Collaborate daily with US‑based engineers, product owners, and technical leads to align on priorities, architecture, interfaces, and system‑level decisions.
- Participate in program reviews, architecture discussions, and roadmap planning. Technical Leadership
- Provide technical guidance on embedded software development in C/C++, FreeRTOS, embedded Linux, and related technologies.
- Conduct periodic code reviews and contribute to technical problem‑solving as needed.
- Help elevate engineering quality through improvements to documentation, design rigor, testing approaches, and CI/CD practices.
- Support the team’s growth into modern software domains, including ROS 2, containerized systems, and advanced control architectures. Recruiting & Talent Development
- Lead technical hiring efforts for the Mexico software team, from candidate evaluation through selection recommendations.
- Shape and implement onboarding and development plans to grow local technical capability and increase team autonomy and ownership. Site Leadership & Collaboration
- Champion a strong engineering culture in the Monterrey location, balancing local empowerment with global coordination.
- Coordinate with cross‑functional partners in production, manufacturing engineering, field service, safety, and quality.
- Participate in local team‑building activities and represent the software team during site‑level events.
- Travel approximately 10% for global collaboration (primarily the US). What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical field required, or equivalent practical experience.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 2+ years leading engineers (people management required).
- Fluent in English for daily technical communication.
- Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high‑performing engineering teams.
- Demonstrated ability to work across distributed, cross‑cultural development teams.
- Experience delivering complex software projects using Scrum or similar agile methodologies. Preferred Qualifications
- Background in embedded systems, including C/C++, FreeRTOS, embedded Linux, CAN/J1939, or ROS 2.
- Experience supporting production environments or safety‑critical systems.
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong interpersonal skills, conflict resolution abilities, and comfort navigating ambiguity.
- Experience improving engineering processes, documentation standards, or technical practices at scale. Leadership Competencies
- Servant leadership: a focus on enabling team success and removing obstacles.
- Accountability and results orientation: driving commitments through to completion.
- Strong communication

skills:
ability to talk to global stakeholders from different teams.
- Interpersonal savvy: the ability to buil