Manager, Software Development Engineer (Octopart)

Octopart is revolutionising electronics procurement and component sourcing. As part of Altium and the broader Renesas Group, we connect procurement professionals, supply chain managers, and sourcing teams with the world’s most comprehensive electronic component database. With over 95 million parts from thousands of manufacturers and hundreds of distributors, Octopart served more than 41 million engineers, supply‑chain, and sourcing professionals in 2024, who rely on our platform for critical engineering decisions.

Work mode: On‑site; 5 days a week from our Cambridge office.

About this role: The Manager, Software Development Engineer is responsible for mentoring software engineers within their unit, adopting best practices, performance and problem‑solving abilities in addition to contributing to the code base. Organises, leads, and coordinates the daily activities of a product development engineering team with responsibility for results in planning, objective‑setting and goal alignment, costs, methods, project completion, managing personnel issues, creating and maintaining a productive work environment. The primary role is to lead and mentor a productive, collaborative team of engineers in the development of the Octopart platform.

A day in the life of our Manager, Software Engineering:

• Work with the team to establish staffing, goals, timelines, and expectations.
• Best practices for performance and problem‑solving should be leveraged throughout.
• Take the lead in proposing and launching new development projects and encourage your team to propose ideas, too.
• Establish easy, open relationships with other managers, teams, leadership, and all groups within Altium to help clear a path for your team's progress and keep everyone informed.
• Organise and plan project workloads and task assignments.
• Provide feedback, mentoring and professional development support and other management responsibilities to achieve assignments and meet operational objectives.
• Manage relationships with others, e.g. other managers, upper management, other teams, support organisations, etc., to support cross‑functional and departmental teaming when needed and to remove obstacles so that direct reports and the team can effectively and efficiently complete product development, projects and tasks.
• Initiate and participate in R conduct performance reviews and facilitate career development.
• Cross‑functional collaboration: foster collaboration with other teams and stakeholders; communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to senior management.
• Team management: experience leading a team of engineers.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Senior level, able to work independently, think big and generate ideas.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in software engineering.
• A bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field like Computer Science or Computer Engineering is required, along with years of development experience.
• Proven leadership and management experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills.
• A natural problem solver with strong leadership skills, able to guide others in successful approaches to problems and maintain a productive, creative problem‑solving environment.
• Working at speed and under pressure comes naturally, never slowing down for changing business needs, client needs, or technologies.
• Comfortable cooperating with Product Management, Customer Support, DevOps and other stakeholders.
• Ability to solve technical and non‑technical problems and consider decisions collaboratively.

Would Be a Plus:

• ECAD/EDA/CAD software or PCB design experience.
• UX experience.

Benefits:

• Pension scheme with company match up to 9%.
• Mental health and wellbeing support (nilo.health).
• Professional development support and resources.
• 28 days' holiday + public holidays and special leave.
• Enhanced family and special leave.
• Corporate membership rates with national gyms.
• Free lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office.
• Electric car charging stations, free office parking, bicycle, and scooter storage.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.