Cambridge Consultants · 3 weeks ago
Technical Leader, Embedded Software and Electronics
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $210K/yrCambridge Consultants is a technology innovation partner that excels at solving the world’s most complex engineering challenges. They are seeking a Techno-Commercial Leader for their Energy and Industry team, responsible for bridging embedded software, electronics, and hardware systems to drive the delivery of world-first technologies.
Innovation ManagementProduct Design
Responsibilities
Lead the "What" and the "Why": Act as a trusted technical advisor to our clients, validating that the embedded architecture directly supports their commercial goals. You have the credibility and confidence to advise a client to pivot their technical strategy when new realities emerge—before sunk cost sets in
Shape the Commercial Relationship: Look beyond fixed-scope delivery to identify long-term, shared-risk partnership opportunities. You help design technical roadmaps that elevate the client’s market position—proposing novel embedded solutions that create defensible competitive advantage, and helping structure the commercial terms that reflect the value being created
Bridge Technical Disciplines: Draw on your background in embedded software and electronics to guide architectural decisions and interrogate client assumptions. You partner with clients to reframe their requests based on technical reality—protecting their investment by ensuring the system architecture is sound before significant capital is committed
Navigate Ambiguity: Thrive in the highly uncertain early stages of innovation, defining clear technical paths forward when requirements are unknown or shifting. You translate extreme complexity—firmware constraints, hardware–software trade-offs, silicon maturity—into digestible commercial risk that gives client executives the confidence to make bold bets on unproven technologies
Think Like a Founder: Collaborate with business development to define new market offerings grounded in embedded systems innovation. You help shape the technical direction of our Energy and Industry practice—identifying where advances in edge compute, connectivity, and intelligent control create genuine new value for clients, and building the business case to pursue them
Qualification
Required
Possess a deep technical foundation in embedded software and electronics—firmware architecture, hardware–software integration, real-time systems, and connected device design—using a 1st principles approach to transform complex problems into viable solutions
A proven track record of leading complex technical programmes where the technical strategy and the commercial outcome were inseparable. You set direction, manage client expectations at the executive level, and know when to challenge the brief rather than execute it
You prioritize value delivery over technical perfection. You can articulate why a technical decision matters to the client's bottom line, their future valuation, or their competitive position—and can identify shared-risk partnership opportunities that extend the relationship beyond fixed-scope delivery
Experience delivering systems where embedded software and hardware are tightly coupled and where the value lies in the intelligence—control algorithms, connectivity, edge compute, and sensing—as much as in the physical design. You can articulate that value in commercial terms, not just engineering ones
A resilient communicator who can translate firmware constraints and hardware trade-offs into boardroom-level commercial risk—while retaining the credibility and respect of deep technical SMEs. You engender the trust that allows clients to make bold bets on unproven technology
Benefits
Choice of medical dental and vision plans
Flexible spending accounts
22 vacation days for full time employees
Competitive base salary
Pay for performance
Profit-share bonus plan based on company and individual performance
401K with discretionary company match
Life Insurance
Relocation assistance, if applicable
13 weeks fully paid Parental Leave
Company
Cambridge Consultants
Cambridge Consultants provides product development consultancy services to well-established companies and start-ups. It is a sub-organization of Capgemini.
Founded in 1960
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Cambridge Consultants has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
80%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Customer Service and Support
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2022 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.23MKey Investors
Barclays Investment Bank
2021-06-24Acquired
2015-03-12Series Unknown· $9.23M
Leadership Team
Ruth Thomson
SVP - Global Consumer Commercial Head
Frances Metcalfe
Head of Commercial Development, Industrial, Consumer and Energy Division
Recent News
2026-01-22
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