Platform Software Engineering Manager

at Epiq Solutions in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

Job Description

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime, land, air, and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K+ devices fielded to date, Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market, cost, and performance are critical for mission success.

For more information, visit: https://epiqsolutions.com.

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly motivated Platform Software Engineering Manager to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid leadership role combining team management, technical leadership, and hands-on software development. The primary responsibility is leading and growing the BSP/platform software team while ensuring successful execution across multiple product efforts. In addition to team leadership responsibilities, this role will remain actively involved in Linux BSP and kernel-level software development for Epiq’s evolving portfolio of radio products. Over time, the role is also expected to provide technical leadership opportunities for cross-functional engineering efforts ranging from feature development and product derivatives to larger platform initiatives, with scope and responsibility growing alongside demonstrated success.

Successful candidates should be comfortable balancing team leadership responsibilities with direct technical contributions in a fast-moving embedded systems environment.

Team Leadership & Management Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 5+ BSP/platform software engineers supporting multiple concurrent product efforts. 
• Manage team capacity, priorities, and technical execution across projects with competing timelines and business needs. 
• Mentor engineers through regular feedback, career development, and technical guidance. 
• Establish and refine BSP development processes, tools, and engineering best practices.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence. 
• Support hiring, performance management, and long-term organizational development.

Project Technical Leadership Responsibilities 

• Lead cross-functional technical execution across BSP/platform software, FPGA, radio application software, and hardware engineering teams. 
• Coordinate technical planning activities including requirements definition, task breakdown, dependency management, technical execution tracking, and delivery planning in collaboration with project stakeholders and subject matter experts. 
• Provide technical leadership throughout the full product development lifecycle including architecture, implementation, platform bring-up, system integration, validation, and production readiness. 
• Identify technical risks early and drive mitigation strategies to support successful program execution. 
• Partner with project management and engineering teams to align technical execution with project schedules, integration milestones, and customer delivery commitments.
• Periodically support customer engagements by responding to technical questions, assisting with issue resolution, and participating in technical customer discussions.

Hands-On Development Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Linux BSPs and platform soft
  
  
  
  Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
  
  

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