Software Engineer Manager, Poly OS (Android & Linux)

About The Role

HP is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead teams developing and maintaining software for Poly video collaboration products across Android and Linux platforms. This role is responsible for building high-performing engineering teams, driving technical direction, ensuring software quality, and delivering critical capabilities throughout the product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering leadership with practical experience in platform development, hardware/software integration, and new product introduction (NPI) programs. This leader will work closely with engineering, product management, program management, customer support, and quality teams to deliver innovative solutions that meet customer expectations and business objectives.

This role also serves as a key driver of customer issue management, leading cross-functional efforts to assess business impact, establish priorities, coordinate resolution activities, and ensure successful delivery of customer-focused outcomes.

Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead and develop software engineering teams delivering solutions across Android and Linux platforms for Poly products.
• Establish clear technical priorities, quality expectations, and delivery commitments while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain engineering talent while supporting career growth and organizational capability development.
• Define and execute technical strategy, evaluating technologies, frameworks, and development practices that improve quality, efficiency, and scalability.

Product Delivery & NPI Execution

• Drive software execution across multiple product programs from concept through launch and lifecycle support.
• Partner with Product Management, Program Management, Hardware Engineering, and Quality Engineering to ensure successful execution against business and product objectives.
• Coordinate hardware and software dependencies, integration activities, and issue resolution to maintain alignment with product milestones and release schedules.
• Manage project plans, staffing, budgets, schedules, and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Provide clear communication of program status, technical risks, trade-offs, and mitigation plans to leadership and stakeholders.

Customer & Escalation Management

• Lead customer defect management by coordinating triage efforts, assessing business and customer impact, establishing priorities, and driving timely resolution.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Support, and Quality teams to address customer escalations and improve product reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Champion data-driven prioritization and ensure customer issues are effectively translated into engineering actions and product improvements.

Software Quality & Operational Excellence

• Drive software quality, performance, reliability, and maintainability across the portfolio.
• Identify and remove bottlenecks affecting product performance and release execution.
• Manage relationships with external development partners and suppliers, ensuring alignment on quality, schedules, and deliverables.
• Continuously improve engineering processes, development workflows, and operational efficiency.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 7-10 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Typically 5+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams.
• Experience delivering complex products on Android and/or Linux platforms.
• Experience working across hardware and software development organizations.
• Experience supporting product launches, NPI programs, or embedded/device software development environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with video collaboration, conferencing, embedded systems, or device software development.
• Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Experience driving customer escalations and defect management processes.
• Experience leading software releases through full product lifecycle ownership.
• Working knowledge of cloud-connected device ecosystems and modern software development practices.

Knowledge & Skills

Technical Leadership

• Software Engineering Leadership
• Android Platform Development
• Linux Platform Development
• Embedded Systems
• Software Architecture
• System Debugging and Root Cause Analysis
• Performance Optimization
• Reliability Engineering

Product Development

• New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Hardware/Software Integration
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Release Management
• Risk Management
• Agile Development Methodologies

Delivery Excellence

• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Program Execution
• Customer Escalation Management
• Defect Triage and Prioritization
• Stakeholder Communication
• Vendor and Partner Management

Engineering Practices

• Automation and CI/CD
• DevOps
• Test Strategy and Quality Engineering
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Data-Driven Decision Making

Salary: $130,000- $205,000

Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)

The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills.

Benefits

At Hp, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)