Manager, Software Engineering
axon • Romania-Timisoara Office
Posted: August 25, 2026
Job Description
Your Impact:
You will manage a high-impact software engineering team that develops embedded software for devices connecting cameras and other peripherals, ensuring critical evidence is captured during mission-essential moments for our customers. This is an opportunity to work alongside talented software and firmware engineers and contribute to the creation of next-generation public safety products, including body-worn cameras, in-car cameras, wireless microphones, and more.
As an Engineering Manager on the Connected Devices team, you'll take on a wide range of responsibilities that will keep each day engaging. These include conducting code reviews, contributing to technical development, overseeing upstream and downstream integrations, managing projects, reviewing and shaping software architecture, ensuring engineering and security excellence, recruiting talent, and managing the team's growth.
In addition to navigating complex engineering trade-offs, your customer empathy enables you to propose innovative solutions to their challenges. You'll collaborate closely with product managers and designers to ensure we deliver the right solutions for our customers.
What You’ll Do:
Work Location: This role is based out of our Timisoara Office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.
- Lead and grow a high performing team that designs and develops platform firmware or embedded applications and network configurations for Axon's current and future products
- Manage a team, demonstrate empathy, and provide clear career growth for Engineers
- Collaborate and clearly communicate with global teams during all parts of the Product Development Life-Cycle to drive timely new feature and product launches
- Instill a culture within the team of continuous process improvement and adoption of metrics
- Set a high technical bar for the team by leading architecture, design and code reviews
- Collaborate across Product Management, Design, and Engineering teams to create integrated solutions that delight our customers
- Lead a team to build software that adheres to our high bar on quality, stability and latency in this mission-critical space
- Work to identify and integrate latest open source technologies to help meet our product requirements
- Improve our software engineering process, including long-term thinking, sprint planning/retrospective and stand-ups
What You Bring
- Minimum 3 years of experience Leading Teams with Empathy, Objectivity, and a Mentorship mindset
- Minimum 7 years experience primarily with Real-world Firmware / Embedded Engineering or related projects that went to market
- Experience implementing Engineering Processes that emphasize Quality, Security, Maintainability, Extensibility and Operational Discipline
- 5+ years experience of professional software development in C/C++, Go, Python and/or another systems programming language
- 5+ years experience writing unit, integration and/or system level tests
- Networking knowledge (such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, tunneling to support a diverse array of network configurations) is a plus
- Understanding of Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, run-time analysis, object-oriented design and code quality verification
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
Additional Content
Your Impact:
You will manage a high-impact software engineering team that develops embedded software for devices connecting cameras and other peripherals, ensuring critical evidence is captured during mission-essential moments for our customers. This is an opportunity to work alongside talented software and firmware engineers and contribute to the creation of next-generation public safety products, including body-worn cameras, in-car cameras, wireless microphones, and more.
As an Engineering Manager on the Connected Devices team, you'll take on a wide range of responsibilities that will keep each day engaging. These include conducting code reviews, contributing to technical development, overseeing upstream and downstream integrations, managing projects, reviewing and shaping software architecture, ensuring engineering and security excellence, recruiting talent, and managing the team's growth.
In addition to navigating complex engineering trade-offs, your customer empathy enables you to propose innovative solutions to their challenges. You'll collaborate closely with product managers and designers to ensure we deliver the right solutions for our customers.
What You’ll Do:
Work Location: This role is based out of our Timisoara Office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.
- Lead and grow a high performing team that designs and develops platform firmware or embedded applications and network configurations for Axon's current and future products
- Manage a team, demonstrate empathy, and provide clear career growth for Engineers
- Collaborate and clearly communicate with global teams during all parts of the Product Development Life-Cycle to drive timely new feature and product launches
- Instill a culture within the team of continuous process improvement and adoption of metrics
- Set a high technical bar for the team by leading architecture, design and code reviews
- Collaborate across Product Management, Design, and Engineering teams to create integrated solutions that delight our customers
- Lead a team to build software that adheres to our high bar on quality, stability and latency in this mission-critical space
- Work to identify and integrate latest open source technologies to help meet our product requirements
- Improve our software engineering process, including long-term thinking, sprint planning/retrospective and stand-ups
What You Bring
- Minimum 3 years of experience Leading Teams with Empathy, Objectivity, and a Mentorship mindset
- Minimum 7 years experience primarily with Real-world Firmware / Embedded Engineering or related projects that went to market
- Experience implementing Engineering Processes that emphasize Quality, Security, Maintainability, Extensibility and Operational Discipline
- 5+ years experience of professional software development in C/C++, Go, Python and/or another systems programming language
- 5+ years experience writing unit, integration and/or system level tests
- Networking knowledge (such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, tunneling to support a diverse array of network configurations) is a plus
- Understanding of Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, run-time analysis, object-oriented design and code quality verification
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.