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General Motors lists this Senior Software Design Release Engineer opportunity in milford, Connecticut. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Description
The Role:
The Software Design Release Engineerrepresentsan exciting and challenging leadership position related to the development and launch of embedded controller products.Is project management your strong suit?As a SW DRE you willbe responsible forcreating, communicating, and leadingvarious typesof ‘product’ plans and ensuring the on-time delivery of an embedded controller and/or its sub-components. The role requires a balanced mix of technical engineering skills and leadership skills, where you will havea high levelof responsibility with limited formal authority,providingexcellent opportunities for developing and honing the skill of influencing others!
This role can bea good wayto explore the transition from more technical roles to more managerial type skills and is perfect to develop the following competencies (ref. Career Development Website):
Project Management - Considers project goals, makes plans,identifiesstakeholders, and marshals resources to meet project deadlines.
Informative Communication - Provides relevant information to individuals for decision-making purposes.
Persuasive Communication - Sells an idea or changes perspectives through oral or written communication.
Relationship Management - Develops andmaintainsconstructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
Negotiations - Engages in a collaborative dialoguein order toreach an agreement that satisfies the joint interests of involved parties.
Delegation - Empowers others totake actionand make decisions for both routine and important tasks.
Experiences to be gained/practiced through this role include:
Management: Program and project management experience
Exposure: Experience working on cross-functional initiatives
Technical: Software, hardware, and calibration integration
Leadership: Experience leading diverse, global, and cross functional teams
Interpersonal: Change management
WhatYou’lldo:
Contribute ideas to a culture and organization that continues to try new ways of working, managing programs, and collaborating with product engineering and vehicle manufacturing.
Ensure that the product development and release plans are created and implemented in alignment to engineering standard work for the purpose of on-time high quality delivery of VMEC embedded control products.
Manage part number proliferation for the embedded controller (end model part number, software, and calibration parts)
Track and report status of work. Escalate issues as required and drive team effort to mitigate timing or quality risk.
Lead and support product issue investigations (Problem Resolution Tracking System – PRTS), continuous process improvements, standard methodologies, lessons learned, and quality improvement initiatives.
Support standard meetings related to specific responsibilities (e.g., Software Execution Team Meeting and agile meeting ceremonies)
Provide technical leadership ensuring issue resolution andappropriate technicaldirection for products of responsibility.
Train, coach, mentor other team members in areas of strongproficiency.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering,Mathematicsor a related technical degree
Minimum of 5 years of combined experience in at least three of the embedded controls development areas or equivalent such as: controller hardware design, sensor and actuator design, algorithm design, software development, calibration, integration, testing and validation, electrical architecture design, FMEA experience, HW or SW DRE, etc.
A solid foundation in at least a few of these skills: taking initiative, working towards results, solving problems, and analyzing issues particularly where the problems are unusual and sophisticated, dealing with ambiguity, planning and organizing including shown skills in project management, building relationships, collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking, experience leading meetings.
Proven Experience in Root Cause Analysis
Understanding of HIL Bench Testing
What Will Give YouACompetitive Edge (Preferred Skills)
Master’s degree in engineering or computer Science
5+ years of automotive experience
Understanding of AUTOSAR software constructs and their implementation
Knowledge and experience with diagnostic parameter (DIDs, RIDs, DTCs)
Experience with Agile Product Development
Experiences with program and project management
Understanding of the Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP)
Experience working on cross-functional initiatives
Understanding of the software, hardware, and calibration integration process
Experience leading diverse, global, and cross functional teams with a focus on change management
Familiarity with usage of Generative AI
Design Release and/or Calibration experience
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
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milford, CT, 06466, US
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