Lely1·about 1 month ago
If you are a people manager and embedded software engineer rolled into one and if it gives you energy to raise your team to the next level, read on!
Our mission is to help farmers work more efficiently, enjoyably, and sustainably. By developing software for advanced robotics, you directly contribute to animal welfare, food quality, and the future of sustainable agriculture.
By joining us, you help create innovations that have a meaningful impact on farms around the world, improving safety, efficiency, and well-being for both farmers and animals. The exciting thing about this role is that you can directly influence the right choices for the new generation.
As a Lead Engineer Embedded Software at Lely, you will head a diverse team of at least ten embedded software engineers working on the ongoing development and maintenance of our Robotic cleaning and Barn solution (https://www.lely.com/solutions/manure/). Like any true people manager, you will coach your team in terms of their professional and social skills, liaising closely with every team member to monitor their career path. We are looking for a person who values different perspectives and encourages team members to share ideas, ask questions, and grow together. In addition, you will be responsible for developing and monitoring the technical roadmap, making sure that the needs of customers are effectively converted into technical specifications.
What will be your major tasks?
We are looking for a person with a proven ability to create and maintain a team environment where feedback is openly shared, curiosity is encouraged, continuous learning is valued, and team members feel safe to ask questions, raise concerns, and contribute constructively.
If you recognize yourself in most of the following points we encourage you to apply:
Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You help make the agricultural sector future-proof. We make sure you have the space, resources, and support you need to grow and do your best work.
Work-life balance
We are also proud that our efforts and vision have been rewarded by winning the Rotterdam Entrepreneur Award 2025!
Recruitment & selection agency, consultancy, and/or secondment agency?
We appreciate the interest, but we are looking for all our candidates directly. We understand that you, as an intermediary, want to present candidates for our great positions and thus contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we have set up our recruitment. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered on Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.