VP of Software Engineering
The Company
Cubic provides advanced software-defined vehicle solutions to over 200 countries around the world. Our powerfully smart connectivity enables leading automotive, agriculture, and transportation OEMs to deliver innovative new services and fully compliant in-vehicle experiences that customers desire, regardless of local market requirements.
We believe in leadership that supports empowerment and responsibility, while recognising and developing leadership qualities across Our Team. Together we bring out the best in each other. So, whether you're interested in joining us as an individual contributor, manager, senior leader - or someone who aspires to growing into a leadership role - we look for people who are results focused, empathetic, visionary, empowering, and who 'champion' our cultures and values.
We are seeking a visionary Vice President of Engineering to lead Cubic's full Engineering organisation across Software Development and SIM Systems, driving the technical excellence, scalability, and reliability of all our platforms and products.
This role is for a strategic, peoplecentric, and technically strong executive who thrives in a fastpaced environment and can lead complex teams across multiple domains while shaping the future of global connected mobility.
The Role
The VP of Engineering is accountable for Cubic's entire engineering output, maturity, and longterm technology direction. You will lead a multidisciplinary organisation including Software Engineering, Platform/SRE, SIM Technology and QA/Automation ensuring that Cubic continues to deliver worldclass, highly available, secure, compliant, and innovative solutions.
You will partner closely with Product, Operations, IT, Commercial, and the Executive Leadership Team to define technology strategy, align on business priorities, and drive Cubic's roadmap across all customer segments. You will also be a key voice in shaping Cubic's platform evolution, SIM innovation, cloudnative architectures, and the next generation of connected intelligence services.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for organisational scale, engineering effectiveness, and the reliability of platforms used by global automotive OEMs and Tier1 partners.
Responsibilities
Executive Leadership & Strategy
Define and own Cubic's Engineering vision, strategy, and longterm technology roadmap across software, network, and SIM domains.
Lead a highperforming, multidisciplinary engineering organisation with clear structures, succession pipelines, and leadership development.
Work with the ELT to set business priorities, investment decisions, and multiyear strategic plans.
Champion engineering excellence, scalability, automation, and performance across all systems.
Technical & Architectural Ownership
Oversee architectural direction for Cubic's core platforms andSIM technologies, cloud services, and data systems.
Ensure robust engineering governance across security, compliance, quality, and operational readiness.
Drive modernisation initiatives such as cloudnative transformation, network virtualisation, microservices evolution, and advanced automation.
Delivery, Operations & Reliability
Ensure ontime, highquality delivery of major engineering programmes and customer commitments.
Own global platform performance, availability, reliability, and scalability in partnership with SRE and Network teams.
Oversee SIM lifecycle management, ensuring worldclass resilience and compliance with telecom standards.
Establish KPIs and engineering metrics across cycle time, quality, reliability, and operational health.
People Leadership & Culture
Foster a culture of innovation, empowerment, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Build and grow engineering leadership talent, ensuring strong management capability across all domains.
Promote crossfunctional collaboration and transparent communication.
Stakeholder & Customer Engagement
Act as the executive engineering representative with key customers, partners, and stakeholders.
Support commercial teams in presales and strategic customer engagements.
Ensure alignment between Product, Engineering, and Operations for efficient delivery and lifecycle management.
Requirements
Essential
12+ years in engineering leadership, including at least 5 years leading directors/managers in a multidisciplinary technology organisation.
Proven experience overseeing software, network, and/or telecom platform engineering at scale.
Deep understanding of cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP), distributed systems, and reliability engineering.
Strong expertise in telecom/IoT domains such as eSIM, core network technologies, or largescale connectivity platforms.
Demonstrated success running large engineering organisations (75+ people) with complex delivery portfolios.
Exceptional executive communication skills, stakeholder management, and crossfunctional leadership.
Experience leading transformation or largescale modernisation initiatives.
Desirable
Experience in automotive, IoT connectivity, or global telecom environments.
Knowledge of 4G/5G core network components, SIM/eSIM technologies, and connectivity lifecycle management.
Familiarity with highavailability architectures, Kubernetes, microservices, and CI/CD automation.
Background in data analytics, telemetry systems, or connected intelligence platforms.
PhD/M.Sc in Computer Science or Advanced degree an advantage.
New hires at Cubic are required to work onsite five days a week during their six-month probation period to get to know the company, their team, and our ways of working. After probation, we offer a flexible arrangement of up to eight work-from-home days per month, provided it aligns with business needs and performance standards. This arrangement is not a given for all roles.
Cubic is an equal opportunities employer and committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
