Software Applications Engineering Manager

Job Title

Software Applications Engineering Manager

Role Summary

Lead a software applications engineering team responsible for design, integration and validation of Complex Device Drivers (CDDs) into customer AUTOSAR Basic Software (BSW) for Battery Management System (BMS) features. Serve as primary technical contact for customers and ensure solutions meet functional-safety and process standards.

This is a people manager role that coordinates across systems, marketing, sales and engineering to deliver software, documentation and customer support.

Experience Level

Senior — minimum 5+ years of relevant software/firmware development experience (as stated in the posting).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical leadership, customer integration, verification, and team management.

• Lead design, integration and validation of CDDs into customer AUTOSAR BSW (MCAL, OS, RTE).
• Collaborate directly with customers to define requirements and ensure vehicle-level BMS needs are met.
• Conduct CDD verification and system-level testing to support scalable architectures and customer use cases.
• Lead technical issue analysis, root-cause debugging and performance optimization.
• Ensure compliance with ISO26262 functional safety requirements and ASPICE processes to meet customer ASIL goals.
• Produce and maintain software requirements, design specifications, test reports and customer-facing documentation.
• Manage, mentor and develop a small engineering team; handle escalations and project execution with stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills extracted from the posting.

• Must-have: Minimum 5+ years of software/firmware development experience in embedded systems; strong proficiency in C/C++.
• Must-have: Experience with embedded architectures (MCU/MPU, ARM) and common peripherals (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN).
• Preferred: Experience with AUTOSAR BSW integration, MCAL drivers, OS concepts, and middleware (AutoSAR, Linux).
• Preferred: Experience with Linux, FreeRTOS, Code Composer Studio (CCS), and scripting languages such as Python.
• Preferred: Familiarity with functional safety (ISO26262, ASIL) and ASPICE.
• Preferred: Prior leadership experience (Technical Lead or Manager) and ability to manage a team of roughly 4–6 people.
• Preferred: Strong communication, stakeholder management, and time-management skills.

Education Requirements

The posting specifies a minimum education of a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) or Computer Science. The Job Info block also lists "Bachelor's Degree" as the degree level. No certifications or explicit "equivalent experience" language were provided.

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.