Sr. Director, Software Engineering; Embedded

Position: Sr. Director, Software Engineering (Embedded)
Grow With Us

Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We’d love for you to team up with us to “innovate every day,” put “people first,” and take the “no‑shortcuts” approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

Stay Awesome

Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the Tandem Mobi system and t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control‑IQ+ technology — an advanced predictive algorithm that automates insulin delivery. But we’re so much more than that. Our company’s human‑centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Because many of our own team members live with diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause.

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Day In The Life

Senior Director, Software Engineering – Pump Software will be responsible for overseeing the development, deployment and maintenance of embedded firmware integrated with our state‑of‑the‑art insulin pumps t:slim and Mobi. Pump Software is a critical component to our Tandem Diabetes automated insulin delivery system. The Senior Director will ensure our pump products are reliable, user‑friendly, and compliant with all relevant medical and regulatory standards.

Leadership & Management

• Defines and drives the technical vision and strategy for pump software development teams.

• Leads, mentors, and develops a high‑performing team of software engineers and engineering managers.

• Fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.

• Effectively represents as its leader the pump software team to Senior Leadership and Executive Management.

• Collaborates with cross‑functional teams, including product management, program management, test and systems engineering, and mobile software engineering to deliver integrated solutions.

Embedded Firmware Development

• Ensures firmware is secure, scalable, and meets the highest standards of quality and cybersecurity.

• Ensures seamless integration to Tandem’s automated insulin delivery system including hardware, mobile, and digital health.

• Provides technical leadership and embraces the philosophy of strong architecture and design of embedded software.

• Implements robust processes for code reviews, testing, and continuous integration and test.

• Ensures the team adheres to coding standards, documentation, and best practices.

• Stays current with the latest embedded development technologies, trends, and best practices.

Regulatory and Compliance

• Ensures all embedded software complies with relevant medical device regulations and standards (e.g., FDA, BSI).

• Works closely with the regulatory and quality assurance teams to support compliance and audit activities.

• Ensures compliance with company policies, including Privacy/HIPAA (when applicable), and other legal and regulatory requirements.

Organizational and Project Management

• Directs long‑ and short‑term planning of department personnel and budgets.

• Builds and maintains strong relationships with software engineering services vendors in‑country, nearshore and offshore.

• Defines high level project scopes, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Develops and manages project plans, ensuring timely delivery of milestones.

• Identifies and mitigates risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.

When & Where You’ll Work

Hybrid:
This role will be a mix of in‑office work at our corporate headquarters in Del Mar, CA and remote work. This position is expected to be in office 2‑3 days per week but may vary depending on business demands.

What You’ll Need

• Strong leadership and people management skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead cross‑team collaboration in an engineering organization.

• Ability to influence and inspire teams to achieve ambitious goals.

• Proven experience in leading teams that design, develop, test, and deploy embedded firmware on Real‑Time Operating Systems (ex. SafeRTOS,…