Engineering Group Manager - Software Deployment and Release

Overview

Engineering Group Manager - Software Deployment and Release. This role is at GM and supports products across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) including Battery Systems, Thermal Management, Charging, ETRS, PHEV, and Body Controls. The candidate will collaborate with Product Teams and Suppliers to ensure software deployment and release align with program milestones and work cross-functionally with Engine, Transmission, Electrified Propulsion, and Vehicle Dynamics to prevent siloed processes. This is a people-leader role with responsibilities for software deployment and release and for developing strategic action plans to support business goals as GM evolves from auto manufacturer to a tech company.

Work Classification : Hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to Milford at least three times per week.

The Role

The Vehicle Mechatronics Embedded Controls (VMEC) Build Factory department provides shared services to support development and delivery of key embedded controls. Responsibilities include architecture for software, quality and safety design, process leadership, quality assurance, software integration, and release. We are a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering customer value with safety and quality, while growing, innovating and excelling.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product integration and release plans are created and executed in adherence to engineering standard work.
• Enable empowered teams to deliver first-time-quality within an Agile framework.
• Guide the team in authoring comprehensive execution plans to assess software products at different system levels and identify software anomalies, missed requirements and performance issues early in the development processes.
• Proactively collaborate with all involved stakeholders and prioritize build requests.
• Connect with downstream users of builds to confirm initial build quality.
• Consult with Technical Experts to remove roadblocks for time-critical builds.
• Develop a team that can provide expertise and guidance to identify and resolve software problems.
• Guide the team's knowledge base so common software errors, corner case situations and other learnings can be retained and shared.
• Lead and support continuous process improvements, best practices, lessons learned, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Train, coach and mentor team members in areas of strong competency.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits & Relocation

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, HSA / FSAs, retirement plans, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, employee assistance, GM vehicle discounts, and more. This role may be eligible for relocation benefits. Upon program completion, you may participate in a company vehicle evaluation program with the option to drive and evaluate a GM vehicle; participants are expected to purchase / lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless exceptions apply.

About General Motors

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Equal Opportunity

GM is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other protected status.

Accommodations

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