Assignment Description

Our client in the automotive industry is currently seeking a Tech lead.

At Software Factory, they are building a community with highly skilled personnel. They are harmonizing workflows and developing tools to be used across R&D with the aim of accelerating software development for our client. They are responsible for:

• Developing continuous integration (CI) architecture and infrastructure.
• Maintaining the complete software build and CI flow.
• Enabling high utilization of infrastructure, test objects, and test artifacts.
• Creating automated tools and applications to ensure an efficient flow.
• Supporting traceability to fulfill all legal requirements.
• Applying manufacturing principles and techniques to software development to mimic the benefits of traditional manufacturing and create a software product line.

Main Responsibilities

• Drive and organize project events and assist teams in delivering value to the larger solution/system.
• Oversee execution, track feature/capability completion, and report status.
• Champion continuous improvement and drive change throughout the entire solution.
• Work to remove and escalate impediments, manage risk, and ensure the delivery of value.
• Act as a bridge between car program project planning and the development teams delivering the software to their cars.
• Have a clear delivery focus with value of outcome as the main driver.
• Challenge processes and be part of the way forward.
• Assist with decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation and tracking by teams.
• Help manage and reduce risks, dependencies, and impediments, including escalation.
• Work with product and solution management, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution alignment.

Required Qualifications

• Long experience as a Project Lead in large-sized organizations.
• Leadership skills.
• Ability to lead change focusing on flow.
• Ability to drive performance and improvements.
• Experience in interpreting strategies.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Planning and release experience.
• Business acumen.
• Skilled in managing complex software/deliverables.
• Business-driven prioritization.
• Skilled in managing stakeholder interfaces.
• Time management skills.
• Conflict management skills.
• Prior knowledge of embedded software product development and/or release.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Experience and interest in software build and CI flow, working in an agile organization following DevOps practices and Scrum.

Meritorious

• Basic knowledge and understanding of CI/CD for embedded systems.
• Experience working as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) in a SAFe setup.

Desired Attributes

• Team player.
• Outspoken.
• Natural facilitator.
• Service-oriented mindset.
• Curiosity to understand “why”.
• Result-oriented with a disposition to do things.
• Structured with a systematic approach.
• You have a passion for coaching teams working within embedded software systems and large-scale software development organizations.