Senior Engineering Manager- Embedded Sytems

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and develop our Berlin engineering team.

This role combines people leadership, engineering delivery, technical judgement, and client-facing responsibility. You will be accountable for building an effective engineering organisation, developing engineers and technical leads, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time and to a high technical standard.

Core Responsibilities Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop engineers and technical leads.
• Set clear goals, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, career development, and performance reviews.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence.

Engineering Delivery

• Own delivery across multiple engineering projects.
• Define priorities, milestones, resources, and escalation paths.
• Identify technical and delivery risks early.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.

Technical Leadership

• Support architecture discussions, design reviews, and major technical decisions.
• Challenge assumptions and help teams evaluate technical trade-offs.
• Improve engineering processes, documentation, testing, and quality.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with clients, company leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• Communicate project status, risks, and resource needs clearly.
• Manage expectations around scope, timelines, and technical constraints.

• 6+ years of engineering experience.
• 3+ years of engineering-management or people-leadership experience.
• Experience leading teams working on hardware, embedded systems, or multidisciplinary products.
• Track record of delivering production-grade products.
• Strong understanding of electronics development, testing, debugging, and production.
• Experience hiring, coaching, and managing engineer performance.
• Strong project planning, prioritisation, and risk-management skills.
• Client-facing or stakeholder-management experience.
• Professional working proficiency in English.
• Ability to work primarily on-site in Berlin.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in consulting or client-facing product development.
• Familiarity with Altium, KiCad, OrCAD, Jira, MATLAB, or Python.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, product validation, and regulatory processes.
• German language skills., * Are you legally authorized to work in Germany?
• Do you have a valid Driver’s License?

Experience:

• Leadership/ Management: 2 years (Preferred)
• Embedded Systems (HW and/or SW): 4 years (Preferred)

Better Devices builds cutting-edge electronic systems in partnership with global clients. We combine rigorous engineering, first-principles thinking, and an obsession with quality to deliver impactful devices and technical solutions.