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Engineering Manager - RoadCheck

TomTom

TomTom

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Posted on Dec 18, 2024
Shape the future of autonomous driving with us!
Join us as we pioneer innovation with our industry-leading RoadCheck product, enabling advanced Operational Design Domain solutions. Lead a highly skilled team and play a pivotal role in integrating cutting-edge digital maps for autonomous vehicles.
Are you ready to drive meaningful change, work in a stable, established company, and advance your career with a clear growth path? Let’s connect!
What you'll do
  • Lead and mentor: Manage a team of 5 software engineers, fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented culture that encourages learning and team success.
  • Drive engineering excellence: Lead design processes, technical reviews, and ensure engineering best practices are followed for consistent, high-quality output.
  • Ensure operational excellence: Own production SLAs and ensure on-time delivery and smooth operations.
  • Provide technical direction: Drive complex architectural designs, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned with long-term goals.
  • Collaborate strategically: Partner with Product Management to define priorities, align on requirements, and deliver solutions that meet customer needs.
  • Cross-team coordination: Manage dependencies across multiple teams and serve as a representative in organizational initiatives.
What you will need
  • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering, with strong problem-solving abilities.
  • 1+ years of leadership experience in managing and mentoring engineers.
  • Proven success designing and delivering complex technical solutions.
  • Proficiency in Java (other programming languages are a plus).
  • Full ownership of the software development lifecycle: concept, design, implementation, and production.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure).
  • A passion for team growth, coaching, and building a healthy, high-performing team dynamic.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management in complex environments.
  • A proactive mindset with a focus on ownership and accountability.
What’s nice to have
  • Experience leading multi-team solutions with cross-functional dependencies.
  • Roadmap management and stakeholder alignment in large organizations.
  • Front-end development expertise.
  • Experience driving product discovery and building scalable, future-proof solutions.
What we offer
A competitive compensation package, of course.
Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e-learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning.
Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities.
Work flexibility, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It’s all about getting the best out of both worlds – we ask TomTom’ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location.
Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance.
Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we’re mapping.
Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.
Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world.
Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom!
Find out more about our global benefits and enjoy additional local benefits tailored to your location.
Meet your team
We're PU Customer Onboarding & Delivery. We develop digital map solutions for navigation and autonomous driving applications. In our team, you'll strive to find the best ways to compile, publish and/or stream terabytes of map content for critical cloud services, advanced autonomous vehicles and large innovative tech companies around the world.
At TomTom...
You’ll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first-ever real-time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet.
Work with a team of 3,700 unique, curious and passionate problem-solvers. Together, we’ll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them.
After you apply
Our recruitment team will work hard to give you a meaningful experience throughout your journey with us, no matter the outcome. Your application will be screened closely and you can rest assured that all follow-up actions will be thorough, from assessments and interviews all the way through onboarding. To find out more about our application process, check out our hiring FAQs.
TomTom is an equal opportunity employer
TomTom is where you can find your place in the world. Every day we welcome, nurture and celebrate differences. Why? Because your uniqueness is what makes you, you. No matter your culture or background, you’ll find your impact at TomTom. Research also shows that sometimes women and underrepresented communities can be hesitant to apply for positions unless they believe they meet 100% of the criteria. If you can relate to this, please know that we’d love to hear from you.
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