Eaton Corporation Looking for Software Engineering Supervisor at Quebec Full Time

Eaton’s EPG EAS Electrical Automation Solutions division is currently seeking a Software Engineering Supervisor, who is passionate about developing and managing a high-performing engineering organization focused on developing best-in-class software and system solutions that manage our proven smart grid technologies. Eaton is accelerating and leading the industry with its digital offerings to utility customers. This position is located at our office in Brossard and offers hybrid work opportunities. Candidates must reside within 80km of Brossard, Québec, Canada.

What you’ll do:

In this role, you will manage a software team responsible for the development and evolution of Eaton’s embedded devices and their software tools, which are used by hundreds of utility customers. We strive to deliver dependable, simplified, and best-in-class solutions to help utilities leverage their assets and manage a smarter grid.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Recruit, lead, manage and mentor an agile global engineering team, including Software Architects, Technical Leads, Developers, and Testers, which designs, implements, tests and supports features of one or more embedded products.

• Management responsibilities include technical facilitation, budget allocation, hiring, one-on-one meetings with directs, performance reviews, career guidance, technical capability assessments, software selection, and interfacing with internal and external partners.

• Managing budgets, project schedules, contracts, training, and staffing needs to support one or more projects of the portfolio.

• Contribute to the development of project specifications, ensuring their alignment with test specifications and test plans.

• Provide input to project planning by estimates of development activities.

• Ensure effective cooperation with other divisions and product lines, engineering/Innovation centers, as well as internal and external service providers/partners to meet requirements.

• Secure compliance with internal and CCoE standards and regulations as well as adherence of engineering processes to ISO 9001.

• Collaborate and engage across all software teams and CoEs throughout the Digital Organization to build a culture of code sharing, inner-sourcing, and reusable platform components.

• Collect data across software projects to effectively communicate viable metrics used to evaluated project statuses, customer defect agility, and on time to release.

• Align team to consistent SDLC process, tools, and metrics.

• Ability to manage geographically dispersed teams.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Information Systems

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manager role leading a software team with direct reports, with proven experience in resource leadership and task management

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development with knowledge of object-oriented design and programming skills

• Experience leading and coaching new and experienced software developers or engineers.

• Work proficiently in French and English. Fluency in French and English is required for this position to communicate with colleagues, customers, and partners located inside and outside of Quebec, as well as to understand technical documentation in the field of our industry.

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada without corporate sponsorship.

• No relocation is being provided. Candidates must live within an 80-kilometer radius of the Brossard, Québec facility.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading offshore software development teams.

• Prior experience developing software for embedded devices, creating APIs and desktop applications, including cybersecurity practices.

• Proven knowledge of embedded systems, operating systems, real-time multitasking, and communication protocols.

• Proven hands-on experience with C++.

Skills

Soft Skills:

• Teamwork, communication, strong interpersonal skills across cultural and organizational boundaries.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively explain complex technical.

• Strong communication and presentation skills needed, including presentations to C-Suite leaders’ concepts to a wide variety of audiences,

• Ability to communicate with multiple groups including marketing, product management, quality, and executive leadership.

• High learning agility, great follow thru in meeting commitments.

• Strong problem solving and reasoning ability, exhibiting technical innovation and creative solutions.

• Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills

• Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills

• Abreast of upcoming software development/engineering tools, trends, and methodologies

• Travel: up to 10%

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.