Engineering Manager

The interest in flight simulation is soaring, and so are we! Navigraph is currently looking for a Engineering Manager to join our team in Gamla Stan, Stockholm (soon Norra Bantorget as we’ve grown out of our current office space). This is a newly created, excellent opportunity for someone who wants to work in a mid-size albeit growing company, serving 1.3 million passionate flight simulator pilots worldwide. 🌍✈️

About Navigraph

Navigraph is where the flight simulation community finds its wings! ✈️ We’re a SaaS company providing aviation fans and aspiring pilots with charts, navigation data, flight planning tools, and training material. Our users fly everything from Microsoft Flight Simulator to X-Plane. With our Electronic Flight Bag, virtual avionics, flight planning tools, performance calculators, and teaching material we’re the trusted co-pilot for any serious virtual aviator. We have a modern tech stack for our main apps based on React and Angular, and also specialized GIS data pipelines and highly performant simulator integrations based on Rust and WASM—all with a strong focus on usability and modern design. Our mission? To make flight simulation as realistic and immersive as possible by making data, software, and tools like those available to the aviation industry accessible for flight simulation gaming. Check out our career site for more information on who we are ✨.

As Engineering Manager at Navigraph, you’ll lead and grow one of our two Software Development departments of currently 6 team members plus some international long-term consultants. You’ll manage and mentor our software developers, contributing to our technical and product strategy, and ensuring the delivery of your departments' high-quality, scalable solutions.

You’ll work closely with our Management team, your peers, Tech Leads, Product Owner as well as teams at Navigraph who are maintaining key projects such as our Charts, Hub and Simlink applications, our developer portal, and the APIs powering the large third-party ecosystem. You will play a vital role in developing our passionate and inclusive culture. 

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and Mentor: Inspire, guide, and develop a team of talented software developers incl. Tech Leads.

• Foster a Positive and Inclusive Team Environment: where individuals feel valued, empowered, and motivated to perform at their best.

• Promote Cross-functional Collaboration: ensuring seamless communication and alignment with other departments.

• Resource & Team Planning: Ensure workload distribution across teams, support internal mobility, and help resolve staffing challenges.

• Conflict Resolution & Coaching: Address team dynamics, resolve conflicts, and ensure developers feel supported.

• Enable a Creative Learning Culture: Encourage innovation and experimentation, cross-collaboration, and knowledge sharing with continuous feedback and reflection, ensuring everyone contributes to their best level.

• New Talent: Provide and collaborate with management regarding hiring decisions and undertake recruitment processes.

• Onboarding: Oversee onboarding and mentorship for new employees.

Who You Are:

• A strong leader with a passion for team development best practices. 

• Proven experience in people management.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to connect with both technical and non-technical team members.

• Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with problem-solving.

• Experience in scaling teams – You’ve worked in agile or hybrid-agile environments and have built high-performing teams.

• Experienced in agile development.

• We have a diverse team. English and an understanding of cultural differences will be crucial.

Bonus If You Have:

• Technical background with experience as a tech lead, or engineering manager (e.g., software engineer, architect, or similar role).

• An active flight simulation interest

What We Offer:

• Flexible Work Options: Choose between on-site and hybrid.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible hours and part-time remote options.

• Perks Galore: A great benefits package; please check out our career site.

• Professional Growth: We’ll support your continuous learning and development with the resources you need to thrive.

How to Join the Team:

We’re reviewing applications faster than a Cessna on takeoff - so don’t leave us hanging in a holding pattern too long! 🚀✈️ Apply now and help us take Navigraph - and flight simulation - to the next level!