DIRECTOR EMBEDDED SOFTWARE (M/F/D)
Date: Aug 4, 2025
Location: Neckartenzlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE, 72654
Company: Belden, Inc
Belong. Believe. Be You. Belden.
Propel your career surrounded by a diverse team of innovative, goal-oriented individuals who are pursuing the next generation of connectivity solutions. At Belden, you’ll participate in work that will challenge you and position you to excel. You’ll collaborate with colleagues from around the world, gaining exposure to a broad base of expertise and perspectives.
Together, we’ll continue on a journey of innovation, creating a connected world and paving the way for automation. Join us and let’s build the future.
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Director Embedded Software
(m/f/d)
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Place: Neckartenzlingen
Type: Hybrid, Full-Time
Level: Senior
You will make an impact in the following way:
- Line management of a multi-site team of several hundred international employees and partners in cross-functional agile teams
- Build skilled, well-composed teams, adapt processes and tools in compliance with regulations and define and roll out strategies for embedded software development
- Drive efficiency and on-time delivery by leveraging synergies through strategic supplier and partner selection, contract negotiation, and tailored collaboration models
- Development of competencies within Belden, and expansion through development and technology partnerships with external companies in various work models
- Responsible for efficient work models in embedded software development considering rigid cybersecurity and safety requirements
- Strategic and operative guidance for the embedded software platforms considering future trends and technologies in cooperation with product management and technology office
- Continuous and disruptive improvements of tool chain and processes as the basis of a portfolio wide release process
- Responsible for the compliance of processes and products with the required certifications
What you will bring:
- Education – MSc or PhD in Computer Science or comparable studies
- Experience – 10+ years of engineering leadership in large organizations, including second and third level management
- Knowledge & skills – Deep expertise in several of the following topics: Embedded software, distributed systems, communication, cybersecurity, functional safety, DevOps, open-source software and tools, experience in rigid yet efficient processes in embedded software development, including tool chains
- Personality – Visionary and strategic leader with a strong commitment to innovation, delivery, and efficiency who excels at aligning and communicating vision across cross-functional and international teams, maximizing synergies, and building strong networks to drive sustainable impact
- Language proficiency – Fluency in English and German
Let’s Write the Next 100 Years Together.
Join a global community striving to improve connectivity and security. The work we’re doing puts our people on the front lines of impacting lives and shaping the future. Propel your story of innovation by helping Belden write the next chapter in ours. Shape your future at BeldenJoin a global community striving to improve connectivity and security. We offer you hybrid and remote work practices where feasible, flexible working hours, an employee stock purchase plan, parental leave benefits, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, multiple and frequent training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health and well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability.
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