Manager, Software Development Engineer (Octopart)

⚡️ Why Octopart?

Octopart is revolutionizing electronics procurement and component sourcing. As part of Altium and the broader Renesas Group, we connect procurement professionals, supply chain managers, and sourcing teams with the world’s most comprehensive electronic component database. With over 95 million parts from thousands of manufacturers and hundreds of distributors, Octopart served more than 41 million engineers, supply chain, and sourcing professionals in 2024, who rely on our platform for critical engineering decisions.

• Market-leading technology: The most accurate and comprehensive electronic parts search engine with 2.1 million visitors per month
• Unparalleled reach: Serving procurement teams at over 30,000 companies worldwide, from startups to Fortune 500 manufacturers
• Strong growth trajectory: Part of a debt-free, financially robust organization with resources to dominate the component sourcing and supply chain intelligence market

🏢 Work mode: on-site; 5 days a week from our Cambridge office. 

About this role:

The Manager, Software Development Engineer is responsible for mentoring software engineers within their unit, adopting best practices, performance and problem-solving abilities in addition to contributing to the code base. Organizes, leads, and coordinates the daily activities of a product development engineering team with responsibility for results in planning, objective-setting and goal alignment, costs, methods, project completion, managing personnel issues, creating and maintaining a productive work environment.

The primary role of the Manager, Software Development Engineer is to lead and mentor a productive, collaborative team of engineers in the development of the Octopart platform.

Altium offers the opportunity to conceive and build new product features for electronics engineers and add your own ideas to the world’s most collaborative and efficient electronics design platform.

A day in the life of our Manager, Software Engineering:

• Work with the team to establish staffing, goals, timelines, and expectations. Best practices for performance and problem-solving should be leveraged throughout.   
• Take the lead in proposing and launching new development projects and encourage your team to propose ideas, too. 
• Establish easy, open relationships with other managers, teams, leadership, and all groups within Altium can help clear a path for your team's progress and keep everyone informed.
• Organizes and plans project, workloads and task assignments.
• Provides feedback, mentoring and professional development support and other management responsibilities to achieve assignments and meet operational objectives.
• Manages relationships with others, e.g other managers, upper management, other teams, support organizations, etc., to support cross-functional and departmental teaming when needed and to remove obstacles so that direct reports and the team can effectively and efficiently complete product development, projects and tasks.
• Initiates, participate in R&D projects to develop new products or advance existing products.
• Monitors product development progress, makes adjustments and ensures sound application of engineering principles and adequate research to support the highest possible product quality and performance.
• Assists, identifies and initiates technical projects and programs which lead to improved processes and products, reduced costs, and/or increased output.
• Identifies, defines and recommends objectives and scope of technical projects communicates goals, scope, approach and schedules to technical managers and/or engineers.
• Evaluates final results of research and development projects to assure accomplishment of technical objectives. Prepares and presents reports outlining the outcome of technical projects and makes recommendations to implement desired results.
• Team and talent management: Recruit, hire, onboard, and mentor software engineers; conduct performance reviews and facilitate career development.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Foster collaboration with other teams and stakeholders; communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to senior management.
• Team management: Experience leading a team of engineers.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Senior level, able to work independently, think big and generate ideas.
• Total years of experience: 8+ years in software engineering. 
• A bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field like Computer Science or Computer Engineering is often required, along with years of development experience.
• Proven leadership and management experience. 
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills.
• A solid software development background is required – JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue.js / React, Python, Go.
• A natural problem solver with strong leadership skills, able to guide others in successful approaches to problems and maintain a productive, creative problem-solving environment.
• Working at speed and under pressure comes naturally, never slowing down for changing business needs, client needs, or technologies.
• You’re a natural at cooperating with Product Management, Customer Support, DevOps and other stakeholders. 
• You can solve technical and non-technical problems and consider decisions collaboratively.

Would Be a Plus:

• ECAD/EDA/CAD software or PCB design experience
• UX experience

Our Benefits:

🏥 Private health insurance, including dental coverage

🌅 Pension scheme with company match up to 9% 

🧘 nilo.health, mental health and wellbeing support 

🌍 Remote working abroad program

📚 Professional development support and resources 

🥳 Employee referral program

🏖 28 days' holiday + public holidays and special leave

👶 Enhanced family and special leave

💪 Corporate membership rates with national gyms

🥪 Free lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office

🚗 Electric car charging stations, free office parking, bicycle, and scooter storage

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

 

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     

 

At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.