Manager Embedded Engineering

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

The Firmware team is responsible for designing and implementation of wearable and handheld receiver firmware at Dexcom.  This includes from early research to production platform. The Manager of Firmware Engineering is at the fore front of setting the vision and mission of what the team does, trusted to lead a highly skilled technical team that develops and deploys lifesaving medical platforms.  Additionally, it’s expected that Manager of firmware engineering will mentor engineers and provide technical leadership throughout the development cycle. The FW team is embarking on transformational improvements in deploying best in class agile methodologies, which the Sr Manager of firmware engineering will lead working closely with Algo Engineering, V&V test team, and SW development teams. 

Where you come in:

• You will lead and manage a highly technical Firmware team including developers, SME’s, and system integrators. 

• You will bring expertise in managing a complex technology that will deliver on the highest performing wearable devices. 

• You will be responsible for the end-to-end design, from concept to verification, leading full life cycle from concept to launch of the firmware architecture that goes in Dexcom products.

• You will work closely with PMO, Marketing, Electrical Engineering, Algo Engineering, Operations and Quality to manage new and existing designs.

• You will propose and lead technology exploration initiatives working closely with your teams, including proof of concepts. 

• You will be called on to support other departments to resolve product complaints or when expert advice is needed.

• You will be expected to be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment with shared responsibility and flexibility. 

• You will oversee delivery of projects across the product and development teams while supporting a unified culture, vision and strategy for overall product development, learning and innovation.

• You will ensure delivery of technology and product development cycles on-time, on budget and with high quality results. You will implement product development process improvements and efficiencies.

• You will maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, regulation and security in medical device technology space.

• You will coordinate and communicate with other senior leaders on product roadmap, feature sets, partnership opportunities, key performance indicators, financial results and other management priorities.

• You will successfully transfer New Product Development programs into high volume electronics production at contract manufacturers.

What makes you successful:

• You bring a breath of experience in high-reliability firmware design, including agile development values & principals.

• You bring experience including the full firmware development life cycle which includes requirements, design, coding, testing and integration of low power systems. 

• You are recognized as a thought leader in your field having launched many consumer or medical products. You will have previous h