
Team Leader Software Engineering
- Olathe, KS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead a team of Software Engineers with diverse capability levels in the design of new products, enhancement of existing designs, and development of test procedures
- Coordinate and participate in generating software requirements and designs for a product or family of products in accordance with Garmin’s software development methodology
- Participate in software design reviews as necessary, assuring proper attendees and proper coverage of topics, imparting lessons learned and good design practices to all who attend
- Create product development plans as directed by engineering management
- Ensure the team meets overall development goals in accordance with the product development plan or market requirements and ensure project milestones are met
- Monitor progress of the software teams in meeting product requirements and schedule compliance
- Directly supervise various levels of software team members by setting the tone for the team environment and providing individualized coaching, training and mentoring
- Create and execute designs for small sets of new functionalities as part of a software project using C#, Java, React, CSS or other selected languages for new products and/or applications
- Utilize software engineering tools such as configuration management systems, build processes, and debuggers in the software development process
- Collaborate and add value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions
- Provide reliable solutions to a variety of problems using sound problem solving techniques
- Perform technical root cause analysis and outline corrective action for given problems
- Contribute to technical research on new technologies
- Participate in recruiting activities, interview, hire, train, and evaluate performance for the team
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR a minimum of 10 years relevant experience
- Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
- Must possess detailed knowledge and experience with high level language structure in C, C++, C# and/or Java relevant to Garmin’s business needs
- Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
- Previous leadership or mentorship experience
- Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
- Proficient knowledge, utilization and mastery of relevant software engineering tools (configuration management systems, build processes, debuggers, emulators, simulators and logic analyzers)
- Linux Kernel experience
- Enjoys mentoring others