About

• Seeing Machines is a global leader in vision-based safety technology, delivering market-leading driver and occupant monitoring systems across automotive, aftermarket, rail and aviation industries.
• As Technical Lead – Embedded Systems you will drive the technical vision and delivery of embedded vision products for global vehicle fleets, leading a high performing, cross-functional team. You will champion innovation, customer excellence, and product quality, directly advancing our mission to reduce vehicle-related deaths and injuries.
• This is a role for a systems thinker and hands-on leader, leveraging strong embedded engineering experience to inspire teams, navigate ambiguity, technical complexity, and deliver excellence to international customers.

In this role, you will be responsible for

• Technical Leadership & Ownership
• Act as the system technical authority for a driver monitoring product line;
• Lead architectural decision making, risk assessments and technical reviews; and
• Ensure consistency, integrity and technical excellence across all subsystems.
• Product Definition & Requirements
• Lead stakeholder engagement and requirement elicitation;
• Define system and subsystem requirements with full traceability; and
• Drive system architecture, interfaces and system behaviour specifications.
• System Integration & Validation
• Own the integration of hardware, embedded software, algorithms, cloud interfaces and manufacturing processes;
• Lead system-level, qualification and release readiness activities;
• Design and oversee validation datasets, performance evaluation and analysis; and
• Coordinate development and automation of system test capabilities.
• Field Performance & Reliability
• Analyse field data to identify, root-cause and resolve product issues;
• Drive corrective actions and improvement cycles across engineering teams; and
• Provide technical expertise to customers, installers, support teams and field engineers.
• Standards, Compliance & Certification
• Ensure product compliance to product safety, environmental and regulatory standards; and
• Manage traceability and documentation across V-model and Agile workflows;
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Product Management on roadmap planning, prioritisation and customer needs;
• Collaborate with Program/Project Managers on scheduling, cost, risk and resource planning;
• Coordinate contributions from subject matter experts from across the business;
• Engage with suppliers and technical partners; and
• Communicate technical decisions and project updates to executives and stakeholders.
• Release & Change Management
• Oversee release planning, readiness and sign-off;
• Manage configuration, version control and technical change processes; and
• Identify and reduce system-level technical debt.
• Customer Excellence
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders from Fortune 100 companies;
• Manage customer change requests, issues, and challenges;
• Analyze, root cause and resolve field issues;
• Lead technical customer meetings and workshops; and
• Negotiate product roadmap and release scope.
• People Management
• Coach, mentor and give direction to team members;
• Provide opportunities for skills growth, learning, and career development for team members;
• Set individual and team goals and continually provide performance feedback; and
• Lead recruitment activities.

To be be successful in this role, you will have

• BSc/BEng in Systems Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent;
• 10-12+ years of professional experience in delivering complex product systems across the full product development lifecycle;
• Hands-on background in embedded software, embedded Linux, or microcontroller systems;
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams;
• Strong understanding of camera systems, real-time constraints and system integration challenges;
• Formal root-cause analysis and problem-solving capability;
• Customer management experience; and
• Strong communication and documentation habits, especially for cross-team coordination.

The below skills and experience are highly desirable for this role

• Experience with in-vehicle datalinks (CAN, RS485, NMEA)
• Experience with computer vision algorithms or sensor fusion
• Experience with vehicle fleet products or telematics platforms
• Familiarity with OTA architectures, bootloaders, diagnostics and in-field update mechanisms
• Experience with Agile ways of working
• Use of AI technologies to boost product quality and accelerate hardware and software development efficiency
• If you are an experienced Technical Lead in Embedded Systems and this role sounds like the next exciting step in your engineering career, we would love to hear from you. Apply today!