Embedded Software Manager Jobs in Temecula, CA (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
Nice North America is a subsidiary of Nice S.p.A., an Italian multinational leader in Home and Building Automation. They are seeking an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to design and develop user interfaces for next-generation security and IoT control panels, focusing on performance optimization and quality in Android development.
Responsibilities:
• Rapidly and independently develop robust, high-performance application UI components from wireframes, prototypes, and product specifications.
• Actively participate in software architecture discussions, clearly identifying technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and proposing practical solutions.
• Conduct meticulous and meaningful code reviews, strictly enforcing clean code standards, architectural consistency, SOLID principles, and best practices.
• Proactively integrate and validate new designs with a focus on early detection of integration issues.
• Develop comprehensive verification and validation testing strategies to ensure a smooth transition to production, emphasizing testability and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely and efficiently with engineering managers, software QA, and cross-functional engineering teams to swiftly diagnose, debug, and resolve product issues.
• Continuously monitor, profile, and optimize application performance and resource usage, rigorously addressing RAM, memory leaks, CPU load, and UI lag.
• Provide clear, structured, and actionable documentation and diagrams to ensure maintainability and clarity in post-production support.
• Implements and maintains department policies and standards
• Understand, support and execute all work according to the established procedures of the organization
• Project based assignments as requested
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum of 4 years Android UI development experience, with a proven record of delivering complex UI solutions independently.
• Minimum of 3 years developing Android applications using Kotlin, demonstrating deep expertise in OOP principles, coroutines, and Flow API.
• Minimum of 2 years of solid production experience with AndroidX Jetpack Compose, including advanced knowledge of Compose internals, optimization techniques, recomposition analysis, and adaptive layout approaches.
• Deep understanding of performance profiling and optimization strategies (RAM, memory usage, CPU profiling, UI lag analysis).
• Strong, proven experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD), unit tests, and automated UI tests, ensuring consistently high code coverage.
• Demonstrated proficiency in iterative refactoring methodologies using deprecation annotations and clear migration strategies.
• Expert-level proficiency in Android Studio tooling and debugging tools, including advanced usage of hotkeys, profiling tools, and memory analyzers.
• Proven practical knowledge and regular application of design patterns and SOLID principles.
• Ability to independently solve problems related to build processes, continuous integration, and release configurations.
• Advanced knowledge of version control systems (Git, GitHub, Bitbucket), including managing complex branching strategies and integration workflows.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Jira, and Confluence.
• Outstanding clarity and efficiency in communication, documentation writing, and architectural diagramming.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and pride in delivering results quickly and reliably.
• Proven ability to multi-task, set project priorities, establish department/discipline goals and objectives for self.
• Computer literacy required; including advanced skills in Microsoft applications (i.e. Excel, Word, PPT, etc.).
• Strong attention to detail.
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and eager to succeed.
Preferred:
• Experience developing for embedded Android environments with strict performance constraints
• Familiarity with Android framework internals including NDK, JNI, HAL/HIDL, and Android Binder
• Knowledge of additional languages or technologies such as C++, Python, JSON, YAML, XML
• Additional UI/UX tooling experience (Adobe XD, Zeplin)
Company:
Founded in the early 1990's, Nice is a global leader in Home Management Solutions, offering a complete range of integrated solutions for gate automation, garage doors, solar shading systems, parking systems, wireless alarm systems and home security, for residential, commercial and industrial applications; smart and connected systems for residential and commercial applications, for the security, access control, AI (Artificial Intelligence), comfort & wellness, control and power/AV sectors. Founded in 1993, the company is headquartered in Oderzo, ITA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.