Software Engineering Manager

Manage, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers working on host-side storage software, partnering closely with partner SSD engineering teams and business planners.

Own headcount planning and hiring: define job requisitions, drive requisition approvals, and staff open Software Development Engineer positions.

Set, track, and manage individual and team performance goals (e.g., via Workday), ensuring goals stay current and relevant throughout the review cycle.

Design and run structured onboarding and technical ramp-up programs, including deep-dive training on core subsystems and coordination of subject-matter experts.

Define and evolve the software team's overall strategy and roadmap, translating group-level direction into concrete, charter-driven initiatives.

Structure pathfinding efforts into workable sub-teams with clear ownership (e.g., firmware POC, host-stack implementation, and validation groups) and finalize each group's charter.

Explicitly manage finite team capacity across competing initiatives; identify when parallel execution of multiple efforts risks completing none, and make or escalate the necessary prioritization calls.

Keep overlapping-but-distinct initiatives properly separated (independent charters and scope) to prevent scope creep and preserve delivery focus.

Frame initiatives around clear value propositions and align the team accordingly.

Track intercept windows against hardware/platform timelines and ensure software intercepts are optimized.

Provide technical oversight across the team's domains.

Ensure engineers have properly provisioned development and validation environments.

Champion an AI-first development and validation methodology grounded in business results.

Champion quality and automation tooling to keep development practices efficient and reliable.

Represent the software team in program-level planning forums; communicate status, risks, and resourcing needs to engineering leadership.

Coordinate with adjacent engineering teams, NAND/media experts, and cross-site workgroups on shared infrastructure and knowledge transfer.

Manage external ecosystem engagement, including open-source upstreaming strategy (maintainer outreach, community enablement) and coordination with external customers and partners — sequencing these against internal capacity.

Ensure marketing/ecosystem enablement (white papers, community materials) is planned and gated appropriately relative to technical readiness.