Senior Engineering Manager Trimble Cloud Platform

Senior Engineering Manager – Trimble Cloud Platform

Drive Our Connected Future as Senior Engineering Manager at Trimble in Munich. You will spearhead the evolution of digital construction by bridging the physical and digital worlds, championing AI‑native development, and leading cross‑border teams to build a seamless cloud ecosystem.

About Trimble

Trimble is an industrial technology company that transforms the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable our customers to thrive. We create technologies that connect the digital and physical worlds, helping our customers increase productivity, quality, safety and sustainability across construction, geospatial, government, transportation and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and manage distributed engineering teams across European hubs (including Norway, Finland, Romania), overseeing performance and professional growth.
• Drive the execution and foundational development of Field‑to‑Cloud initiatives to achieve a seamless hardware/software ecosystem.
• Translate overarching platform goals into actionable, localized engineering roadmaps for the EU teams, aligning roadmaps across sectors and collaborating tightly with global technology teams.
• Champion the integration of artificial intelligence into core engineering practices, evangelise AI‑driven development tools, optimise workflows utilizing machine learning, and foster an innovative culture that builds intelligence natively into platform capabilities.
• Oversee the design, development and deployment of scalable, secure, and reliable cloud‑based solutions and architecture.
• Establish clear governance mechanisms, drive decisions across technical, process and people dimensions, and maintain transparency through effective stakeholder communication and operational reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes and practices using Agile methodologies, managing team resources, scopes and timelines effectively.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience in software engineering management, with a proven track record of leading, growing and building distributed or multi‑national engineering teams.
• Solid understanding of full‑stack development and scalable cloud‑based architectures and technologies; prior Cloud Engineer or Cloud Architect experience and ability to make technical decisions regarding platform architecture.
• Experience or strong strategic vision for leveraging AI‑assisted engineering tools, automation, intelligent agents and AI‑native practices across the software engineering lifecycle.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills to effectively present technical plans and manage risk with senior stakeholders.
• Expert‑level experience navigating Agile development methodologies.

Bonus Points

• Strong engineering background in Horizontal and Vertical Construction, BIM (Building Information Modelling) or Infrastructure software domains.
• Deep familiarity with modern model workflows and Common Data Environment (CDE) integrations.
• Experience managing distributed development teams specifically in Norway, Finland or Romania.

Location & Travel

Munich, Germany – On‑site with regular travel to global locations initially, transitioning to occasional travel.

Why You’ll Enjoy Working With Us

At Trimble, we build innovative solutions designed to solve the world’s most critical challenges. You will work on projects that truly matter, collaborating with a supportive and visionary team that encourages ownership and proactive innovation.