Manager, Embedded Software Engineering

Manager, Embedded Software Engineering

Location: Antwerp or Amsterdam

Experience: 5+ years in embedded software development, including 2+ years managing embedded or firmware engineers

Lead the firmware that makes our earwear smarter

At Loop, our products are moving beyond passive earplugs into connected and intelligent earwear. Behind every one of them is firmware that has to work flawlessly, from the first board bring-up to the millionth unit off the line and every update after that.

As our Manager, Embedded Software Engineering, you’ll lead the team that makes that happen. You’ll own how firmware gets engineered across Loop’s connected and standalone products, from development and launch through sustaining releases in the field.

This role is for someone who is equally comfortable growing engineers and challenging a firmware design on its merits. You’ll set the standard, build the team, and make sure what we commit to actually ships, on time and at quality.

You’ll lead embedded software across Loop’s product portfolio, owning predictable delivery, engineering quality, and team capability.

You’ll combine technical credibility with people leadership. Product defines what we build, Programme Management defines when it lands, and you define how it’s engineered. Detailed architecture and subsystem design authority stay with our senior engineers, and part of your job is growing them into that technical leadership.

You will line manage the growing team of embedded software engineers directly. While the team is small, you’ll stay hands-on where it matters. As the team grows, you’ll delegate more, while making sure you never become the critical-path dependency.

You won’t

You deliver what you commit to. Firmware milestones land within the agreed window, and when something does slip, people hear it from you early. Manufacturing and test firmware is locked ahead of every design-validation build and stays that way. Critical defects don’t reach production, and every issue reported from the field gets triaged within a sprint with a clear decision to fix or accept it.

Your team gets stronger with you. Every critical subsystem has a second engineer who knows it, every engineer has a development plan, and new joiners have their first contribution reviewed and merged within four weeks. People want to stay and grow here.

You use AI where it really speeds up development and verification, and you hold its output to the same review, test, and traceability standards as everything else. You reason from first principles, work through complex firmware and system issues, and drive cross-functional decisions to a conclusion.

Still listening?

Good. We’re not looking for someone to keep firmware ticking over. We’re looking for someone who can build a team and an engineering standard that take Loop’s connected products from first prototype to millions of ears, and keep them working long after launch.

Loopers step in, speak up, and go for more. More firsts. More growth. More: “I can’t believe we did that.”

If that sounds like you, press that beautiful apply button and let’s talk.

Hiring process