Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!
The Director of the Embedded Software Center of Excellence (CoE) will lead a global team focused on delivering world-class embedded software solutions for commercial cooking equipment. This role is responsible for establishing best practices, driving innovation, and ensuring high-quality software development across multiple product lines. The Director will define strategic direction, foster collaboration across global engineering teams, and implement processes that enable scalability, reliability, and compliance with industry standards.
What We Offer:
- An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service.
- Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
- Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
- Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
- Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
- A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
- Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
- Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
- Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner
What You'll Be Doing
- Establish and lead the Embedded Software CoE to standardize development practices across global teams.
- Define and implement software architecture guidelines, coding standards, and quality assurance processes.
- Drive development of embedded software for commercial cooking equipment, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Collaborate with hardware, systems engineering, and product management teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Implement advanced testing frameworks, including automated unit, integration, and system-level testing.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives, including CI/CD pipelines tailored for embedded environments.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent; create career progression paths within the CoE.
- Evaluate and adopt cutting-edge technologies to enhance software performance and reliability.
- Manage global resource allocation, budgeting, and capacity planning for embedded software projects.
- Represent the CoE in cross-functional leadership forums and external technical communities.
- Consistently models the Company values and expected behaviors.
- Other duties as assigned.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor of Science (B.S) Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field Required
- Master of Science (M.S) Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field Preferred
- 8+ years Embedded software development, with at least 5 years in a leadership role Required
- Proven track record of managing global engineering teams and delivering complex embedded systems.
- Expertise in C/C++, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and hardware-software integration.
- Strong knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
- Experience with CI/CD tools, static/dynamic code analysis, and automated testing for embedded systems.
- Familiarity with regulatory standards for commercial or industrial equipment (e.g., UL, IEC).
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Ability to travel internationally as required (up to 20%).
About Us
We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.
We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.
Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
