Ecosystem Integration Engineering Manager

An Amazing Career Opportunity for an Ecosystem Integration Engineering Manager!!

Location: Cardiff, UK/ Krakow, Poland

Job ID: 48388

As Ecosystem Integration Engineering Manager, you will lead a new multi-disciplinary engineering team — spanning hardware, firmware, middleware, apps, and cloud services — dedicated to the integration of IDT Reader BU products into broader RFID identification ecosystems. The team will undertake the engineering activities required to deliver holistic end-to-end system solutions to IDT customers and their end-users. The scope extends well beyond reader product development and encompasses all the technical work needed for IDT Reader BU products to operate as part of comprehensive RFID-based identification systems.

Who are we?

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

Identification Technologies (IDT):

IDT is creating trusted identities for IoT applications through Smart Components and Enabling Services.

HID’s Identification Technologies powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things through smart components and cloud services. We make it possible for people and organizations to transact safely, work productively, and travel freely. Our contactless identification and sensing (RFID, NFC, and BLE) components and solution enabling technologies address the dynamic requirements across multiple industries to wirelessly connect, identify, collect and manage data quickly and accurately across virtually any IoT application.

As our Ecosystem Integration Engineering Manager , you’ll support HID’s success by:

Integration Architecture and Engineering Execution

• Translate the ecosystem roadmap defined by Product Management into engineering plans, integration architectures, and delivery commitments
• Establish reusable engineering frameworks and shared platforms across hardware, firmware, middleware, apps, and cloud services that support integration into specific RFID identification ecosystems
• Define reference architectures and integration patterns for use by the wider Reader BU and by the partner ecosystem
• Incorporate integration considerations into product design from the outset, ensuring that integration requirements inform hardware, firmware, middleware, apps, and cloud architecture decisions early in the development lifecycle

Cross-Disciplinary Technical Leadership

• Provide technical guidance across the team's five disciplines, covering hardware integration validation and reference designs; firmware integration of credentials, secure elements, and ecosystem protocols; middleware components that connect reader-side firmware to higher-level services; client and partner applications that consume the integration capability; and cloud services for key management, issuance, and data exchange
• Lead design reviews and trade-off discussions that span the full end-to-end system, from reader hardware through to cloud services
• Maintain a working knowledge of relevant standards, including ISO 14443/15693, OSDP v2, FIDO2, CSA Aliro, mobile credential standards (NFC, BLE, UWB, Apple Wallet, Google Wallet), ISO/IEC 18013-5 (mDL), and applicable IAM standards (OAuth, OIDC, SAML)

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager for Ecosystem Strategy and Portfolio Management. Product Management will define the product roadmap and portfolio priorities; under your leadership, the team will design the integration architecture and deliver the technical execution

Delivery, Quality, and Compliance

• Implement a predictable delivery cadence aligned with the Reader BU's broader operating rhythm
• Comply with the Product Development tools and processes facilitated by HID's APMO (Agile Program Management Office), ensuring that the team adopts and follows the corporate engineering governance model
• Define and report on the metrics relevant to an integration team, including partner certification velocity, integration defect escape rate, time to onboard a new ecosystem partner, and reference-architecture adoption
• Ensure that the team's deliverables meet HID's quality, security, and compliance standards across all of the team's disciplines
• Define the integration testing strategy, including end-to-end test environments, reference customer deployments, and continuous validation against partner platforms
• Partner with QA and Security teams on threat modelling and certification activities for ecosystem-facing components

Team Establishment, Leadership, and Capability Transfer

• Define the structure, remit, and operating model of the new engineering team within the IDT Reader BU
• Recruit, develop, and retain engineers across the team's five disciplines (hardware, firmware, middleware, apps, and cloud services), with particular attention to candidates who bring cross disciplinary breadth

Your Experience and Background include:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 10+ years of professional engineering experience across the broader product stack, including at least 3+ years managing or leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Demonstrated experience building or significantly growing a new engineering team, including defining its structure, recruiting its engineers, and establishing its working practices. This is particularly important given that the team described in this role is to be created from the outset
• Demonstrated breadth across the RFID identification ecosystem. The role requires fluency across multiple facets — readers, credentials, key management, issuance, mobile credentials, middleware, and data services — rather than deep expertise in only one area
• Direct delivery experience spanning multiple of the team's disciplines (hardware, firmware, middleware, apps, and cloud services) is highly valued
• Demonstrated experience in system or solution architecture responsibilities for projects implementing smartcard, NFC, or RFID technologies
• Strong working knowledge of identification, access control, RFID, or adjacent IoT domains
• Familiarity with relevant industry standards and with the HID Credentials product portfolio is a significant advantage

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds

Why apply?

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted