[Hiring] Engineering Manager II @Samsara

Role Description

Samsara is looking for an Engineering Manager II to lead a Platform Firmware team focused on new hardware programs and partner execution. This team works at the intersection of firmware, hardware, quality engineering, product, field engineering, and external technical partners to bring new connected operations devices from early bring-up through production readiness.

In this role, you will own the execution pipeline for partner-driven hardware programs, including:

• Milestone planning
• Validation readiness
• Quality gates
• Escalation paths
• Cross-functional delivery

You will lead a team of firmware engineers and build the operating cadence, relationships, and technical strategy needed to ship high-quality hardware programs at scale.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant software, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent engineering experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading firmware, embedded, platform, hardware, or hardware-adjacent engineering teams.
• Experience working with external technical partners such as JDMs, ODMs, contract manufacturers, silicon vendors, or hardware vendors.
• Experience delivering new hardware, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent programs from prototype through production readiness.
• Strong understanding of firmware development, hardware bring-up, validation, release quality, and cross-functional delivery.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear status, frame tradeoffs, and escalate risks with data.
• Ability to work effectively with product, hardware, quality, field, manufacturing, and engineering leadership stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience with EVT, DVT, PVT, MP, or similar hardware development milestones.
• Experience managing firmware programs involving Linux, BSPs, device drivers, bootloaders, wireless modules, power management, or embedded platform software.
• Experience working with globally distributed design, manufacturing, or silicon partners.
• Experience balancing speed, quality, customer impact, and long-term platform reliability in hardware programs.
• Experience improving team execution through AI-assisted engineering tools, automation, or developer productivity workflows.
• A product-driven mindset with strong customer empathy and persistent follow-through.

Benefits

• Flexible working model that caters to diverse needs.
• Professional development stipend.
• Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
• Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance.
• Above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity.