Tech Lead-Connected Systems

About Pratt Miller an Oshkosh company

Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports defense and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development engineering prototype manufacturing test & validation and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster.

The Tech Lead Connected Systems is responsible for providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary software initiatives spanning embedded systems IoT devices cloud services and user-facing applications. This role combines hands-on software development with architectural ownership technical direction and team mentorship.

The Tech Lead drives architectural decisions ensures quality and scalability of technical deliverables and guides engineering teams through the full software development lifecycle. This position partners closely with program management product stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-performance secure and reliable software solutions aligned with organizational objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & SKILLS:

• Provide technical leadership across projects establishing architectural direction and ensuring alignment with long-term platform strategy.
• Design test and implement scalable secure and high-performance software systems across embedded edge and cloud environments.
• Lead technical planning break down complex problems into actionable workstreams and guide teams to effective solutions.
• Maintain ownership of technical deliverables ensuring quality performance maintainability and security standards are met.
• Write review and debug code across the full stack when necessary setting the example for engineering excellence.
• Mentor and develop engineers through code reviews design reviews and structured technical guidance.
• Collaborate closely with project managers to maintain schedule alignment set team priorities and proactively mitigate risks.
• Drive adoption and improvement of internal frameworks design patterns standards and best practices.
• Participate in cross-functional design discussions to ensure integration across mechanical electrical embedded and cloud systems.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across distributed architectures.
• Support team development activities including performance feedback technical growth planning and hiring input as needed.
• Research emerging technologies and assess their applicability to current and future product initiatives.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION/EXPERIENCE:

• BS degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Information Systems or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible software engineering experience including technical leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering complex distributed systems.
• Experience working in collaborative cross-functional environments with distributed teams.
• Experience with embedded systems automotive engineering robotics or cloud-based platforms (AWS Azure GCP) preferred.

DESIRED SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages such as C# Python Java C/C and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Deep experience Core/.NET and modern backend architectures.
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (SQL Server PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Cassandra etc.).
• Experience with messaging and communication protocols including MQTT RabbitMQ Kafka gRPC DDS RESTful APIs and WebSockets.
• Hands-on experience with Docker Kubernetes Terraform and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps GitLab CI/CD Jenkins).
• Cloud platform experience:
• Azure (AKS App Service Azure Functions Event Hub/Service Bus API Management Cosmos DB Azure SQL Key Vault Managed Identities Azure DevOps Monitor/Application Insights IoT Hub/IoT Edge)
• AWS (EKS ECS/Fargate Lambda API Gateway S3 DynamoDB/RDS SNS/SQS Kinesis IAM CloudWatch IoT Core)
• Experience with IoT and embedded platforms such as Raspberry Pi Arduino ROS2 and CAN bus.
• Understanding of DevOps practices infrastructure as code monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus Splunk etc.).
• Knowledge of application security practices including OAuth/SSO encryption TLS SAST/DAST and secure coding standards.
• Advanced analytical troubleshooting and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly.

EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK:

This is an exempt position at 40 hours/week. Must be flexible with schedule to accommodate fixed deadlines.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrated ownership mentality and ability to drive initiatives from concept through deployment.
• Passion for software development and continuous improvement.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to engineering excellence.
• Reliable self-motivated and results-driven.
• Team-oriented with the ability to foster collaboration and accountability.

Pay Range:

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