Manager, Embedded Platform Engineering

Here at Scout Motors, we're carrying forward the heritage of one of the most iconic American vehicles in history. A vehicle dating back to 1960. One that forged the path for future generations of rugged SUVs and trucks and will do so once again.
But Scout is more than just a brand, it’s a legacy steeped in a culture of exploration, caretaking, and hard work.
The Scout brand is all about respect. Respect for the past and the future by taking an iconic American brand that hasn’t been around for a while, electrifying it, digitizing it, and loading it with American innovation. Respect for communities by creating a company that stands for its people and its customers. Respect for both work and play, with vehicles that are equally at home at a camp site, a job site, or on a Tuesday commute. And respect for our customers by developing two powertrains that meet their requirements — an all-electric powertrain as well as the Harvester™ range extender powertrain which includes a built-in gas-powered generator with an estimated 500 miles of combined range.
At Scout Motors, we empower our talented, inclusive, and entrepreneurial teams to innovate. What makes a Scout employee? Someone who is a visionary and a leader, who seeks new paths and shares lessons learned. A knowledgeable doer who collaborates across the company to build better. A go-getter with unrivaled passion.
Join us at Scout Motors and be part of shaping the future of transportation. If you're ready to drive change and make history, apply now!
Overview
We are seeking a Manager, Embedded Platform Engineering to lead a team focused on making platform engineering successful where it matters most: with the engineering teams building and operating our products.
The Embedded Platform Engineering team partners directly with product, application, data, integration, and other engineering teams to adopt and evolve shared platform capabilities. Rather than operating as a traditional support organization, the team works alongside engineers to establish modern engineering practices, accelerate platform adoption, remove developer friction, and bring real-world feedback into the platform roadmap.
This is a high-profile, highly collaborative leadership role with significant visibility across the technology organization. The manager will engage with engineering leaders, architects, product teams, security, infrastructure, and other stakeholders to execute platform strategy.
Success is not simply measured by deploying tools. It is measured by creating an amazing developer experience in which teams can build, deploy, observe, operate, and improve their services safely and efficiently.
The Embedded Platform Engineering team is a dedicated engineering organization, not floating or ticket-based support. Its role is both technical and cultural: helping teams adopt self-service capabilities, golden paths, and SLO-driven operational practices while developing sustainable ownership within product teams.
What you’ll do
Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:
Lead and Grow the Embedded Platform Engineering Team
Lead, coach, and develop a team of platform engineers working directly with engineering organizations.
Establish clear technical direction, priorities, engineering standards, and expectations for the team.
Create a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer-focused engineering.
Support professional growth through mentoring, feedback, technical leadership, and career development.
Build a team capable of balancing hands-on engineering, technical consultation, platform enablement, and stakeholder engagement.
Establish clear operating models among Embedded Platform Engineering, Core Platform Engineering, and product engineering teams.
Keep the team focused on repeatable platform improvements rather than becoming a long-term substitute for product-team ownership.
Drive Platform Adoption
Partner directly with engineering teams to understand delivery challenges and help them adopt common platform capabilities and practices.
Embed platform engineers with teams when needed to accelerate adoption and establish sustainable engineering patterns.
Help teams move from bespoke, manually operated implementations toward reusable, automated, and self-service platform capabilities.
Promote paved roads and golden paths that make secure, reliable, and supportable delivery the easiest option for engineers.
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