Firmware Engineering Lead - The Netherlands

Take your next career step at ABB E-Mobility and drive the future of our EV Charging software.  We're looking for a Firmware Engineering Lead for the Netherlands, with deep firmware expertise and a track record of delivering complex hardware/software products. You'll challenge unnecessary complexity, champion smarter architectures, and navigate tough engineering trade-offs — driving your team to ship robust, maintainable, high-quality software on demanding timelines, while helping build the charging technology that will power tomorrow's mobility. You'll shape the software backbone of next-generation EV charging infrastructure — leading an embedded firmware team across the full product lifecycle, from architecture and requirements through implementation, integration, verification, release, and field support What will you do: Lead & Develop the Team –  Lead, develop, and coach the local firmware engineering team in the Netherlands, setting a high bar for technical quality, ownership, and delivery. Own the Full Firmware Lifecycle –  Own firmware execution end-to-end, from requirements and architecture through implementation, integration, verification, release, and field support. Drive Technical Excellence –  Provide hands-on technical leadership by reviewing designs, challenging assumptions, reducing unnecessary complexity, and proposing smarter architectural solutions. Make Decisive Technical Calls –  Drive timely decisions when teams are blocked, requirements are unclear, or architecture and implementation trade-offs need to be resolved. Collaborate Cross-Functionally –  Work closely with system architecture, hardware engineering, test automation, product management, manufacturing, and field support to deliver reliable firmware for complex HW/SW products. Define Scope & Delivery Priorities –  Define firmware scope, estimates, plans, and delivery priorities for new product development and improvement initiatives. Enable Maintainable Software –  Ensure firmware development practices, documentation, support material, and knowledge sharing enable maintainable software and effective execution. To succeed in this role, we’re looking for a a decisive technical leader with: Pragmatic and independent leadership style, with the ability to separate signal from noise, keep teams focused on technical outcomes, challenge assumptions, resolve trade-offs, and ensure engineering processes support effective delivery. 10+ years of experience in embedded firmware or software engineering for complex industrial products, including significant experience leading technical teams. Proven track record of delivering production-quality firmware for complex HW/SW products, preferably in power electronics, industrial automation, energy systems, automotive, or comparable embedded domains. Hands-on experience with embedded firmware development, software architecture, debugging, integration, and…