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Engineering Manager - Software and Controls

Location: Eindhoven (Strijp-T) | Hours: 40 hours per week | Employment type: Direct employment

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager focused on Software and Controls to join the Avular Team!

At Avular, we build mobile robotic solutions that operate in the real world. To strengthen our engineering organisation, we are looking for an Engineering Manager, Software & Controls, to lead and develop our Software & Controls engineers.

🚀 YOUR MISSION

As Engineering Manager, Software & Controls, you are responsible for the people, capabilities, capacity and engineering quality within the discipline.

You lead, coach and develop engineers, own performance management, and act as hiring manager for new team members. You ensure the right capabilities and capacity are available for our development projects and support engineers in their professional growth.

You continuously improve our software and controls engineering ways of working, standards and tooling, including coding practices, testing, CI/CD, release management, deployment and peer-review processes.

You safeguard engineering quality across the discipline by ensuring these practices are consistently applied by the team.

Our engineers work in multidisciplinary project teams, where technical decisions and day-to-day delivery are owned within the project organisation.

You ensure they enter those projects with the right skills, standards, support and engineering environment to deliver high-quality work.

⚡ WHO YOU ARE

Strong background in software engineering and/or controls

Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams

Strong people management, coaching and performance management skills

Experience improving engineering ways of working, standards and tooling

Able to safeguard engineering quality across multiple projects and teams

Comfortable balancing capability and capacity needs in a matrix organisation

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

🔥WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE

At Avular, work meets play in the best possible way. We’re shaping the future of robotics, and we want you along for the ride. Here’s what’s waiting for you:

Grow & Shine: Bring your vision and grow your career in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

We’ve Got You Covered: Salary based on experience level, a non-contributory pension scheme, and travel cost reimbursement.

Share in Success: Benefit directly from company growth through our participation plan.

Play Hard: Game nights, Friday drinks, epic team events, and celebrations.

Recharge Your Way: 30 paid vacation days (plus national holidays) to unwind and explore.

Fuel for Greatness: The best coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks to power your day.

Innovation Central: Work at our brand-new office in Strijp-T, Eindhoven, a buzzing hub of cutting-edge ideas.

🤖WHO WE ARE

At Avular, we’re on a mission to revolutionise robotics:

“With gorgeous tech, we accelerate the creation of mobile robotic applications that shape a brighter future for all.”

From our home base in Eindhoven, we design the tech behind autonomous robots, crafting drones and driving robots from scratch.

Are you our new colleague?

NB! Adding a motivation letter to your application would also be a big plus.

Apply now and let's make magic happen!

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