Iridium's Solutions Automation Team (SAT) is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact automation team at the forefront of innovation and quality. The role will involve shaping the direction of automation efforts, guiding a team of engineers, overseeing the development and evolution of the test automation framework, driving automated test execution, leading in-depth analysis, and optimizing test processes.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of modern software development practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architectures
- Strong understanding of software testing principles, including test strategy, automation, and integration with the software development lifecycle
- Familiarity with engineering metrics and experience using them to drive performance and continuous improvement
- Knowledge of computer networking
- Exposure or experience with laboratory test environment
- Experience with software management tools (JIRA, Bamboo, etc.)
- Experience testing with the Agile Software Development methodology
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership across the Solutions Automation team to align technical initiatives with organizational goals
- Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders
- Ensure high standards of software quality, maintainability, and performance across all development efforts
- Champion continuous improvement in software development processes, tools, and agile practices across teams
- Drive initiatives related to technical innovation, modernization, and platform scalability
Other
- 12+ years of progressive engineering experience, preferably in software development, automation, and/or testing
- 3+ years of experience managing or leading a technical team; previous experience managing or mentoring software development professionals and leading agile teams is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to define and execute technical strategy aligned with business objectives
- Experience with budget planning, headcount forecasting, and organizational design
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues clearly and confidently, and confidently recognize and adapt to different communication techniques
- Have a strong sense of urgency in driving projects to completion and be motivated to achieve outcomes and results
- Be able to travel up to 15 days annually
- Be on-call to support operational issues
- This position directly performs under, supports, or is exposed to a U.S. government contract. To comply with the requirements of that U.S. government contract, applicants for this position must be U.S. citizen
