You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

The engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.

Job Description

Job Description

As the leader of the Consumer Software Platform Engineering team, you will lead a world class engineering organization delivering innovative experiences in consumer products family.  Our platforms include On The Go and In The Home platforms as well as Mobile and Cloud capabilities. These platforms collectively delivers  experiences like immersive audio, leading noise cancelling capabilities in products like headphones, earbuds, speakers, soundbars etc.  In this role, you will use your expertise in platform full stack development, embedded software development for platforms, mobile software specific developments and cloud capabilities. The SW platform leader will lead several managers managing teams of engineers underneath them. Delivering platform to support our product delivery as per roadmap (on-time/on-budget), scaling full stack teams including embedded development teams and building reusable software and applications to help Bose accelerate our consumer product strategy is a must.  You will work side by side with Consumer SW Delivery leaders and managers and talented engineers and researchers in a unique company culture that values innovation, great engineering and creating amazing customer experiences. Experienced SW Platform Development professionals with organizational leadership experience (manager of managers) and with an affinity for improving platform SW talents is required for this role.  

Responsibilities:

• Lead full stack SW platform organization to support consumer product delivery as well as partnership and alliances in line with the roadmap.
• Lead delivery of multiple Consumer SW platform releases namely Embedded On-The Go, In The Home, Mobile Apps & Cloud.
• Build SW platform capabilities and work with a team of world class software engineering managers to deliver innovation and SW engineering excellence in everything we do.
• Develop and nurture our high performing SW platform engineering team in Embedded, Mobile and Cloud space to deliver multiple SW platform releases in an agile manner
• Partner with SW product delivery leaders, SW Quality leaders, product managers, Advanced Development teams,  hardware, architecture and quality teams to define the platform priorities, refine processes, and deliver the maximum value for our customers
• Be a change agent, driven to continuously improve our ability to deliver world class experiences for our customers

Qualifications:

• Ability to inspire newly formed SW Platform organization in line with Bose culture is a must have
• 10+ years leading large SW platform development efforts is a must (leading multiple managers, organization of 100+ engineers supporting multiple complex SW programs)
• 10+ years of hands-on SW development and past coding experience is a must.
• Experience in Embedded, Mobile and Cloud space is required.  
• Experienced leading teams developing software in consumer electronics space desired
• Ability to spot check SW and codewalk throughs across SW teams will be expected.  
• Experience managing and developing teams globally across multiple regions
• Experience tightly managing software resources meeting schedules and delivery milestones with predictability 
• Experience developing software platforms on embedded platforms over Qualcomm, STMicro, NXP or other similar chipsets
• Experienced developing software platforms that works within complex ecosystem included but not limited to Android and iOS
• Experience delivering programs with a mix of fixed and flex resources globally
• Experience recruiting and growing SW platform talent at all levels of the organization    
• Track record of driving improvement cross functionally with hardware, UX, and Product management teams

Bose is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please review: (1) the EEO is the Law Poster (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf); and (2) its Supplements (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm). Please note, the company's pay transparency is available at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_PrescribedNondiscriminationPostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf. Bose is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application or employment process, please send an e-mail to Wellbeing@bose.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send a note to wellbeing@bose.com