Engineering Manager II - Applied Science

You’ll be leading several engineering teams, both directly and through managing managers. You will own the domain of consumption modeling for electric vehicles and will be guiding your teams through research and development to bring the highest quality EV Navigation products to the market.

What you'll do

1. Develop and build engineering teams: attract, recruit, and retain capable individuals (engineers and managers) to grow a resilient, diverse organization.
2. Working with a diverse engineering team, consisting of software engineers, applied scientists, and data scientists which are distributed across several geographic locations.
3. Enable and support team managers to maximize team members’ potential and unlock high performance and impact by fostering the habits of goal-setting and regular, insightful feedback.
4. Assess team performance and hold team managers accountable for their parts.
5. Building effective trustful communication channels between teams, stakeholders, and higher management.
6. Lead team managers and members to continuously learn and develop themselves.
7. Identify and implement opportunities to improve the way of working and instigate a continuous improvement culture.
8. Identify and manage risks to successful delivery on commitments, define corrective actions, and report to higher management.
9. Create a safe, professional, and employee-friendly environment with a focus on productivity, quality, transparency, openness, and engagement.
10. Setup your team for innovation; assuring continuous focus on valuable product improvements through applied research and experimentation.
11. Define and forecast budget and control cost for your organization.

What you'll need

1. Proven track record in managing several software engineering and/or applied science teams and experience having managers as direct reports (5+ years).
2. Strong analytical skills and data-driven mindset.
3. Thorough understanding of the entire software engineering lifecycle.
4. University degree level knowledge in Computer Science.
5. Hands-on software engineering experience.
6. Experience with setting up machine learning models and data pipelines in production.
7. Applied research experience as demonstrated through the successful rollout of systematic experimentation and innovation practices in the industry.
8. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders and engineers.
9. Good communication, influencing, time management, and problem-solving skills.

What's nice to have

1. Software development experience in modern object-oriented languages such as Kotlin or C++.
2. Experience with the navigation software domain or in the automotive industry.
3. Exposure to APIs, SDKs, public cloud, and microservices.
4. PhD in Computer Science or other quantitative discipline.

What we offer

A competitive compensation package, of course. Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e-learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning. Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities. Work from home, the office, or even abroad – each team has the flexibility to choose how they work based on business needs. Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance. Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we’re mapping. Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday. Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world. Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom! Find out more about our global benefits and enjoy additional local benefits tailored to your location.

Meet your team

We are Product Unit Directions. We develop software for in-car, mobile, and cloud-based navigation applications, solving mobility challenges at scale and making the flow of people and goods on the road safer, easier, and cleaner. To achieve this and help tens of millions of people around the world, we provide useful information in the form of visual and audio cues to guide the driver along the route and decrease anxiety about being lost. We strive to give our customers a pleasant and safe driving experience, and provide tailored and optimized routes through APIs and SDKs. At TomTom... You’ll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first-ever real-time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet. Work with a team of 3,700 unique, curious, and passionate problem-solvers. Together, we’ll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises, and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them.