Director - Software Engineering - Manufacturing Firm

Director - Engineerning-Software

COMPANY PROFILE :

'IF' is the leader in industrial and surveillance UAV manufacturing in India with over 90% market share. Based out in Navi Mumbai, the organization was established by IIT-Bombay alumni, 'IF' manages major projects from National Defence and and is also responsible for engineering the then world's lightest Autopilot.

'IF' develops completely indigenous technology for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The organization is the pioneer in the UAS segment in India and has multiple IPs to its credit. The in-house R&D, design, manufacturing, software, services, and training operations give us the flexibility to customize products for an array of requirements. 'IF' continually innovates and experiments to transform the aerial platforms to offer greater performance, higher reliability, and autonomy.

At 'IF', the principle behind everything we design, and build is creating an impact - making the world a better and safer place. 'IF' developed UAVs with unmatched global specifications. With this philosophy, 'IF' consistently helped Indian Defense, Paramilitary & Police forces ensure the safety of our citizens and ultimately save precious lives.

JOB TITLE: Director Engineering - Software

LOCATION: Navi Mumbai

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Deliver products: To lead and manage a team of engineers that meets the company's goals and objectives-deliver products with best possible quality, within budget and on agreed schedule.

- Strong engineering discipline: To build and mature a sustainable top-class engineering organization that strives to deliver global best engineering outcomes in an Aligned, Empowered and Ownership driven culture.

- Mature engineering practices: To drive the strategic direction of our products & services considering customer feedback and emerging technologies; steer technology/process/tool choices for continuously improving reliability, predictability and usability; to keep up-to-date with the latest product development methodologies; establish practices to deliver products that are consistently error free, maintainable and reusable.

- Learning & Growth: Establish and nurture a learning driven growth culture for enabling own growth as well as growth for the team members as well as the organisation.

- Performance improvements demonstrated through various learning strategies are encouraged.

Technology Domain: (Software)

- Extensive technical experience in Safety critical software for domains like Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Industrial Robotics. .

- Familiarity or expertise in DO178 or similar compliance level of product development and certification.

- Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence

- Video Compression/Streaming

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE:

Essential :

- Strong technical leader with very strong academic and industry experience. Preferred from top institutions.

- Hands-on leader with the ability to lead and develop a team of technically strong members and with the ability to provide sound technical direction to the team.

- Has a track-record of delivering industry recognised successful products, as an individual and as a team leader.

- Has a track-record of building industry best software teams and leading from the front, interacting with Business Management, Field Leaders and demanding Customers.

- Worked in an Indian or global company that delivers high quality products integrating software with electronics and/or mechanical systems. Has demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional project teams.

- Has deep appreciation for technology evolution and modern software engineering practices, quality assurance, testing, configuration & release management, defect management, and associated tools, deployed in world-class software creation processes.

- Can actively contribute to problem-solving, triaging and resolving defects with engineers in the team.

- Is willing to coach/mentor upcoming leaders in software engineering function.

- Aligned with the values and vision of 'IF'.

Desirable and Optional:

- Deep experience with Microsoft Development Environment (specifically C#)

- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming

- Experience with both Windows & Linux development

- Experience with Embedded Software Development

- Experience in developing multi-threaded applications/distributed systems

- Experience in Network Programming (Sockets)

- Experience with DirectX/OpenGL

- Experience in developing real-time video streaming/video conferencing applications

- Experience with Android Development

Kindly revert with your updated CV here with the mandatory Qs posted. We would connect with you shortly.