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Senior Director of Software and Embedded Systems Engineering

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Delve is seeking a talented, driven and passionate Senior Director of Software and Embedded Systems Engineering to build our dynamic team across our multiple studios. In this role, you will shape the strategic direction of software and embedded systems engineering at Delve, grow the capabilities of your team, and ensure excellence in delivery across medical device, consumer, and commercial product spaces.

Job Responsibility:

  • Set the strategic vision for the software discipline, aligning capabilities, standards, and priorities with company strategy and emerging client needs
  • Grow and evolve the team’s technical capabilities, introducing new tools, methods, and approaches that strengthen Delve’s competitive advantage
  • Manage and develop high-performing teams across studios, providing coaching, career development, and clear expectations to ensure strong performance and high engagement
  • Foster an inclusive, connected, cross-disciplinary culture by modeling company values, breaking down silos, and maintaining a visible leadership presence
  • Oversee delivery quality and operational excellence, creating scalable processes, removing roadblocks, and ensuring teams have the tools and resources needed to do their best work
  • Monitor department health and metrics—including billability, staffing, and pipeline—to guide resourcing decisions and anticipate future needs
  • Provide executive-level advisory on active projects, ensuring delivery excellence, supporting teams through challenges, and strengthening client confidence
  • Serve as a hands-on technical leader, contributing to development activities, reviewing code, and producing high-quality technical documentation
  • Lead departmental initiatives that advance the discipline, drive innovation, and support long-term company goals
  • Collaborate with Client Partners and Account Directors on staffing, scoping, proposals, and portfolio strategy to support healthy business growth
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships, pursuing new opportunities and representing Delve as a visible ambassador at industry events and in thought leadership
  • Identify hiring needs and build balanced teams, leveraging both full-time talent and contractor resources to maintain agility and capacity

Requirements:

  • 12+ years of experience in software and embedded systems engineering
  • 5+ years of management experience
  • Experience working in consulting or professional services
  • Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Nice to have:

  • A leader with significant experience leading embedded software and software engineering experience
  • A technical expert in building and scaling IoT ecosystems, including device connectivity, edge computing, data ingestion pipelines, and cloud integration architectures
  • An experience product engineering professional with proven success managing full software product lifecycles, from requirement and architecture through verification, validation, release, and post-market support
  • A domain expert with deep understanding of regulated product development, including hands-on experience delivering Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) or Software in a Medical Device (SIMD) solutions
  • A regulatory-savvy practitioner with working knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 14971, and related frameworks, including implementation of compliant development processes, documentation, risk management, and traceability
  • A people- focused engineering leader with a strong track record of building high-performing engineering organizations, mentoring technical leaders, and establishing best-in-class engineering practices (DeVOps, CI/CD, automated testing, secure software development)
  • A strategic technologist with experience driving cloud, mobile, and embedded technology strategy, ensuring architectural consistency, system reliability, cybersecurity, and scalability
  • A collaborative partner who thrives working cross functionally with product, design, hardware, human factors, quality, and regulatory teams in complex product development environments
  • A consultant with a strong customer-centric mindset and ability to effectively scope work
  • An excellent communicator with strong writing, presentation, and interpersonal skill
  • A natural mentor who is hands-on, adaptable, and capable of balancing high standards with the space for learning and growing
  • A leader with an inclusive mindset who models people-centered behaviors across the organization

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Job Posted:
January 05, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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