Director, Embedded SW Platform Development

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia C01 Cochlear Limited (Australia) Full time

Cochlear is the global market leader in implant hearing solutions. Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. A Cochlear Implant is an electronic device that is surgically implanted under the skin near the ear that restores hearing to those who suffer from severe hearing loss. It's an incredible piece of engineering and the only product in the world that restores a sense through technology. Imagine using your experience to help people around the world to hear again. We can offer a unique opportunity to join Cochlear, an iconic Australian company, leading the world in implantable hearing solutions. Our mission is to help more people to hear.

The Opportunity

Cochlear has an opportunity for an Embedded SW Platform Development Director based in our Sydney, Australia office.

In this role, the successful candidate will lead and drive transformation of the Embedded SW platform development team to efficiently deliver releases for an increasing number of product variants across our acoustic and cochlear implant product lines.

  • Drive and support the VP, Embedded Software on strategic and transformational initiatives in own team and across ES and R&D departments, that;
  • Grows our people and leadership capabilities to support a growing organization and a growing system complexity of our products
  • Improves processes and ways of working to tame the complexity of an increasingly interconnected and growing product portfolio
  • Drives new technology and innovation leadership to deliver solutions exceeding expectations of our customers
  • Supports our growth ambitions as a market leader in implantable hearing devices.

The Director, ES platform Development will act as a local delegate to the global VP, Embedded SW, in our Australian R&D location in relevant governance forums as requested.

Responsibilities include yet not limited to:

Strategy Leadership - define and implement transformative strategy for scalable ES platform development, this role is accountable for translating and implementing the ES department strategy for efficient and scalable development using approaches like product family engineering to ensure maximum reuse across product lines and variants.

People Leadership- mentor and build capabilities supporting growth, identify and develop technical and people leaders to support the platform development and Cochlear's growth journey as well as identify future capabilities and skills required within team to ensure timely delivery of innovation against strategic priorities and to ensure robustness of team.

Results Leadership- Lead the deliveries of configurable ES platform releases according to agreed quality standards and supporting priorities in the ES portfolio across product deliveries and new (next) platform development, and continuously review ES portfolio plan and new platform development plans and update resource plans and forecasts.

What makes this opportunity unique?

This is a unique opportunity to lead R&D teams in state-of-the-art medical device technologies, driving large and complex transformational changes through and with other leaders. In this role you will work with senior and executive leaders to drive strategy and impact of team deliveries and act as a representative of the global VP ES in our R&D offices in the APAC region as required.

About You.

As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

  • Experience in leading large, embedded device development teams distributed across multiple time zones in electrical HW, embedded SW and/or SW area
  • Strong track record of developing managers and leaders to perform and take wider responsibilities in complex R&D organisations
  • Change Management Practice experience leading large-scale transformations (ideally combined with formal training)
  • Product development experience for safety-critical applications in a regulated environment, preferably in Medical Devices or other highly regulated industries such as Automotive, Aerospace etc.
  • Experienced working with Agile methodologies in large scale, complex new development projects
  • Experience in platform co-development alongside technology partners and outsourced design partners both locally and globally
  • Experience with stakeholder management of senior leaders to influence outcomes and strategic direction.
  • Ability to travel up to 30 days/year

Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a life full of hearing. We aim to give people the best lifelong hearing experience and access to innovative future technologies. We collaborate with the industry's best clinical, research and support networks. That's why more people choose Cochlear than any other hearing implant company. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to hear and experience life's opportunities.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.

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How we recognise your contribution

We want Cochlear to be a place where our people truly enjoy coming to work. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.

For more information about Life at Cochlear, visit

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. We offer flexible working arrangements, and we understand flexibility is not the same for everyone. We're open to a conversation about what flexibility means for you.

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