Engineering Manager Embedded
No salary listed
Mid
Munich, Germany
HybridHybrid schedule split between the Munich office and home; workation is possible within the EU.
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership
About the job
Requirements
- Several years of experience managing embedded, firmware, or hardware-adjacent engineering teams, including hiring, performance reviews, and difficult personnel conversations.
- A solid engineering background in embedded systems, with experience shipping firmware or devices to production and the ability to hold technical discussions with senior engineers.
- Comfort with the physical aspects of products, including electronics, electromagnetic compatibility, test laboratories, and manufacturing.
- Demonstrated experience working with certification bodies, notified bodies, or regulated products, or the ability to take ownership of this work quickly.
- Strong self-organization to reliably follow through on parallel workstreams involving people, releases, audits, vendors, and factories.
- A track record of building self-managing teams by delegating, developing technical leads, and avoiding becoming a critical path.
- Excellent communication skills in English for interacting with firmware engineers, executives, and external auditors.
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of 6–8 engineers across embedded software, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering through one-on-ones, performance reviews, compensation input, hiring, and structured performance management when needed.
- Own delivery by planning quarterly goals and OKRs with leadership, translating requests from country organizations into scoped and estimated engineering work, and declining work with a rationale when needed.
- Own the firmware release train across development, canary, and production for the charger fleet, and be accountable for fleet-impacting incidents alongside operations teams.
- Drive certification and compliance as an ongoing workstream, including Eichrecht Modul B and Modul D, CE and EMC campaigns, VDE and TÃœV interactions, DSO assessments, and upcoming regulations and technologies such as vehicle-to-grid and AFIR changes.
- Manage key vendors and partners across the bill of materials, including the EVCC board supplier, meter vendors, payment terminal providers, the contract manufacturer, and upstream open-source partners.
- Keep production shippable by managing end-of-line testing, bill-of-materials changes and cost analysis, supply-chain risk, and same-day escalation support when the factory line stops.
- Build a resilient team structure by developing technical leads, keeping the manager off the critical path of individual-contributor work, and reducing dependence on individuals for certification and hardware knowledge.
Desired Qualifications
- German language skills, as supplier, certification, and authority communications frequently take place in German.
- Experience in EV charging or e-mobility, including OCPP, ISO 15118, Eichrecht, or smart charging.
- Familiarity with embedded Linux (Yocto), EVerest, open-source contributions, Rust, or modern C++.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and owning production or end-of-line testing.
- Experience managing multi-generation products, with legacy fleets and new platforms running in parallel.
About the company
Qwello runs a pan-European public EV charging network focused on urban areas in countries like Germany, the UK, France, and the Netherlands. Users locate, reserve, and pay for pay-per-use charging through a proprietary mobile app, with ad-hoc credit card payments supported at the charger where available. The system emphasizes AFIR-compliant hardware and payment flows, offering a subscription-free experience powered entirely by the app. The goal is to build a wide, reliable urban charging network across Europe that makes it easy for drivers to find, reserve, and pay for charging on demand, funded to accelerate expansion.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$126.5M
Headquarters
Munich, Germany
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- EIB signed €40 million venture debt on 5 January 2026 across seven countries.
- Qwello closed €65 million debt financing with ABN AMRO and Investec in 2024.
- Banque des Territoires backed Qwello France’s Rennes rollout with €537,000 in 2026.
What critics are saying
- Munich’s 2017 dispute still delays permits; first sites slipped into late 2026.
- City procurement battles can freeze deployments, starving revenue and partner confidence.
- If municipalities keep choosing incumbents like Stadtwerke München, Qwello’s growth stalls.
What makes Qwello unique
- Qwello won Copenhagen contracts in 2025 for 140 urban AC chargers.
- Its Munich court fight defends street-rights access, not just procurement.
- Qwello’s CP22 targets dense cities with dual-vehicle charging and small footprints.
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Benefits
- Remote Work Options
- Paid Vacation
- Flexible Work Hours
- Wellness Program
- Conference Attendance Budget
- Professional Development Budget
- Employee Discounts
- Company Social Events