Engineering Manager Jobs in Chennai Embedded Systems and Firmware Company

📋 Job Description

Jobzi is sourcing qualified candidates for Engineering Manager positions in Chennai's private Embedded Systems and Firmware Company sector. This is a full-time opportunity with a reputed Embedded Systems and VLSI employer in Chennai offering competitive salary, structured growth, and a professional work environment. Tamil communication skills are preferred alongside English for professional and business interaction in Chennai.

📌 Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 15 to 40 embedded engineers across multiple product lines or programs
• Own delivery commitments, resource planning, and hiring for the embedded engineering function
• Define career development paths and conduct performance reviews for team members
• Work with product management and business leadership to align engineering capacity with roadmap
• Drive process improvements in firmware development, testing, and release workflows
• Represent the embedded engineering team in customer-facing technical discussions
• Manage vendor and third-party IP relationships relevant to embedded platform decisions

🎓 Qualifications and Requirements

• How do you manage delivery risks when a firmware program is running 3 sprints behind schedule?
• Describe your approach to building an embedded engineering team from 5 to 25 engineers in 18 months.
• How do you handle a situation where two senior engineers disagree on a critical architectural decision?
• What metrics do you track to monitor the health of an embedded engineering team?
• How do you balance innovation and platform stability in a long-lived embedded product program?
• Describe your experience managing relationships with semiconductor vendors or automotive OEM customers.
• How do you structure performance reviews to motivate embedded engineers at different career stages?
• Good Tamil and English communication skills for team coordination and client interaction in Chennai.

✅ Required Skills