IoT Engineering Manager

About JLG an Oshkosh company

JLG began in 1969 when our founder John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company and our productsincluding mobile elevating work platforms telehandlers utility vehicles and accessoriescan be found all over the world.

As part of our Connected Solutions engineering group you will lead a team responsible for designing building and testing cloud-based applications that enable and improve machine connectivity and control through advanced IoT technologies. The IoT cloud engineering team manages how backend cloud services ingest manipulate aggregate and egress data. Working with our Global Product Development team you will develop and maintain systems at the core of our IoT platform helping deliver smarter more connected products to the market.

This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days onsite at the Hagerstown MD Site.

YOUR IMPACT

• Evaluate new Internet of Things (IoT) products and practices and identify software system designs and solutions
• Plan develop and implement improvements and changes to existing architecture and applications
• Coordinate system development and execution in a team environment
• Manage a team of cloud engineers providing oversight and technical direction for their day to day operations
• Define and implement software development processes and procedures
• Research study and propose use of new software/technologies to be used in the development of new and improved products and features
• Establish regular interactions with your team focusing on employee development and growth
• Prepare technical solution design proposals and presentations

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent
• 8-plus years related experience
• Proficiency with cloud native development languages sand techniques
• Experience w/ one or more major cloud platforms (e.g. Azure/AWS/Vercel)
• Experience w/ SQL (e.g. Azure SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Experience w/ CI/CD tools and test automation.
• Experience w/ DevOps tools and principles
• Experience w/ Agile development methodology and tools (e.g. Jira)
• Experience leading a team of software engineers

STANDOUT QUALIFICATION

• Experience w/ C# Python JavaScript Go or similar programming language(s).
• Experience w/ web-based applications to store and access complex big data
• Experience w/ Azure Data Explorer or Log Analytics and the Kusto Query Language
• Understanding of common IoT architectures and tools
• Understanding of microservice architecture and scalability
• Experience w/ system design considering cyber security and SecOps principles
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience w/ automotive or heavy-duty construction/industrial equipment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience w/ MQTT and other IoT messaging systems
• Ability to thrive in a startup like culture excels in ambiguous situations and embraces technical challenges

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division) and the gathering of factual information; may include the communication of sensitive or confidential information.
• External Contacts: Limited external contact to gather information answer queries or ask assistance.
• Communication Skills: Read write and comprehend simple instructions short correspondence and memos; Read and interpret safety rules operating/maintenance instructions and procedure manuals; Write routine reports correspondence and speak effectively before both internal and external groups; Read analyze and interpret business manuals technical procedures and/or government regulations: Read analyze and interpret scientific and technical journals financial reports and legal documents.
• Decision-Making: Significant responsibility for decisions and final results affecting more than one function or a function with multiple unites. Substantial analysis is required and many factors must be weighted before a decision can be reached.
• Complexity Judgment and Problem Solving: Work requires the ability to plan and perform work in light of new or constantly changing problems work from broad instruction and deal with complex factors not easily evaluated. Decisions require considerable judgment initiative and ingenuity in areas there is little precedent.
• Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing scheduling and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work. Acts as lead worker.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Physical Demands: Frequent: Standing Walking/Running Sitting Reaching Hearing Talking Visual Typing; Occasional: Driving Fine Dexterity Manual Dexterity; Upper Extremity Repetitive Motion; Seldom: Lifting/Carrying 25lbs. Pushing/Pulling 25llbs.
• Non-Physical Demands: Frequent: Analysis/Reasoning Communication/Interpretation Math/Mental Computation Reading Sustained Mental Activity (i.e. auditing problem solving grant writing composing reports) Writing.
• Environmental Demands: Frequent: Work Alone Frequent Task Changes Tedious/Exacting Work; Occasional: High Volume Public Contact.
• Work Schedule: Routine shift hours. Infrequent overtime weekend or shift rotation.
• Demands/Deadlines: High volume and variable work demands and deadlines impose strain on routine basis or considerable stress intermittently; OR regular direct contacts with distressed individuals within the immediate work environment; and/or exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.

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Pay Range:

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range individual pay is determined by various factors including the scope and responsibilities of the role the candidates experience education and skills as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

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