Course Overview
This practical two-day course helps embedded engineers successfully transition into engineering management roles. You’ll learn essential people management skills, understand how to allocate resources in hardware-constrained projects, manage vendor relationships effectively, and scale embedded development teams. Designed specifically for the unique challenges of managing embedded systems development, from resource constraints to hardware dependencies.
The transition from engineer to manager is particularly challenging in embedded systems, where technical depth matters and you can’t fake expertise. This course addresses the real struggles: how to stay technical enough to earn respect while developing the people skills to lead effectively, how to manage when your team includes both software developers writing algorithms and hardware engineers debugging oscilloscope traces, and how to navigate the unique budgeting challenges when a single development board might cost more than a developer’s laptop. You’ll learn from instructors who’ve made this transition themselves in embedded organizations.
Learning Objectives
- Navigate the transition from individual contributor to engineering manager
- Master performance management for hardware and software teams
- Allocate resources effectively in constrained embedded projects
- Build strong vendor and supplier relationships
- Create realistic budgets considering hardware and tooling costs
- Scale embedded teams while maintaining technical excellence
- Balance technical depth with management responsibilities
Topics Covered
- Engineer to Manager Transition - Mindset shifts for embedded professionals
- Performance Management - Reviews and feedback for technical teams
- Resource Allocation - Balancing people, hardware, and tools
- Vendor Management - Silicon vendors, tools, and contractors
- Budget Planning - Hardware, software, and tooling costs
- Team Scaling - Growing without losing embedded expertise
- Technical Leadership - Staying technical while managing
What You Get
- Management toolkit for embedded engineering leaders
- Resource allocation strategies for constrained projects
- Vendor relationship management techniques
- Real case studies from embedded organizations
- Networking with other engineering managers
- Certificate of completion