Software Manager - Electronics Background (Exp: 7 to 13 Years)

Semiconductor System R&d has an immediate opening for an Engineering Manager. The  Group Manager position is a high visibility role requiring daily interaction with NI Engineering Teams, and Executive Management. This is a multi-functional role dealing with diverse engineering needs, including the ability to gather requirements, generate specification documents, and interface across teams to design, implement and enhance NI products. 

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Motivate and engage a multi-disciplinary development team (technicians, mechanical, electrical, and software engineers)
• Manage projects from conception to release through the use of the System Development Process phases to drive project features, staffing needs, and schedule while maintaining aggressive timelines
• Accountable for plan development and program execution to meet scope, cost, and timeline goals while maintaining long-term quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction
• Drive efforts to mitigate risks and constant ability to drive tradeoff decisions within and across projects
• Cross-manage project dependencies by collaborating with other managers and organizations
• Determine resource needs, secure internal and external resources and adjust resource assignments as needed throughout the project
• Identify talent gaps and recommend investment changes to build a more effective team
• Ensure efficient and timely collaboration with R&D teams, manufacturing, hardware services, compliance, test engineering, and other supporting teams to accomplish the release of your product/system
• Effectively communicate program status, tradeoffs, and risks to collaborators, including senior executives
• Communicate clearly and be able to provide appropriate messaging depending on the audience
• Drive cross organizational resolution of customer quality issues
• Run group and program audit meetings (technical, schedule, status reporting, etc.)
• Directly manage team members by coaching them, eeing opportunities to drive velocity, and removing roadblocks while maintaining priority on their development and career growth
• Be effective at resolving issues and identifying when concern is appropriate
• Drive a team to deeply understand the customer/industry need in order anticipate problems and think through multiple perspectives for the best overall solution
• Mediate and influence technical discussions and key business trade-offs to facilitate decisions
• Able to extend decision-making skills to business, technical, and customer tradeoffs and communicate clear recommendations
• Able to self-manage and prioritize your own time to make the best day-to-day decisions for yourself, your team, and your projects.

Who You Are:
You are a leader who is self- driven, shows tremendous amount of initiative and gracefully handles ambiguity. You possess strong leadership skills and have a consistent track record of developing and implementing strategies to achieve organizational objectives. 

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math)
• 8+ years of combined professional experience (including project and schedule management)
• Proven Project management skills
• Strong cross functional collaboration skills and an ability to influence others without authority
• Experience working with various geographies and functions​
• Work effectively in an ambiguous environment​
• Communication skills, analytical attitude, and effective problem-solving skills
• Dedicated and motivated individual who can volunteer for new challenges without being asked
• Proficient in multitasking and maintaining attention to detail while effectively managing multiple projects and teams
• Effectively prioritize projects and tasks 

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• 8+ years of combined professional experience
• Background designing products (systems, software, and/or hardware)
• 4+ years of experience managing a team of engineers or in a leadership role
• Familiar with Semiconductor design validation tests and workflows
• Background in complex system development
• Hands-on experience using NI software and hardware products
• Previous R&D experience

Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results. 

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

WHY EMERSON 

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.

At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.

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ABOUT EMERSON 

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.

With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.

We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!

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