Senior Software Release Engineer

Job Description

Join the DVE Release Engineering team in owning the CCU and VCU software release trains. You will be a part of the technical team that owns software releases to and from the VCU or CCU line. This includes being a key part of integration activities creation of full VCU/CCU SW images decision making around strategy in terms of branching / cherry picks and other topics to land at designating a final software build as a release candidate to go out to our various vehicle programs.

Key responsibilities

• Own the VCU and CCU release trains: release calendar cadence and the definition/scope of each software release.
• Decide which supplier drops GELOS version and GM components are included in each release incorporating input from Supplier Management and Release Engineering individuals on your team.
• Own release readiness and gating (criteria go/nogo); communicate release contents known issues and supported programs.
• Own technical integration and builds for both: (a) Supplier drops into GM branches/environments and (b) full CCU/VCU images
• Manage branching strategies merges cherrypicks and CI/CD pipelines for CCU and VCU images
• Coordinate initial integration and sanity checks; designate builds as release candidates from a technical perspective. Provide readiness input to Release Management and technical evidence to Supplier Management when issues must be escalated to their relevant supplier.

Required qualifications

• 4 years experience in software release engineering build & integration or related role (automotive or embedded preferred).
• Strong experience with release train management and complex multi-consumer releases.
• Handson with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or similar) and build systems.
• Proficiency with Git and large monorepo or multirepo workflows.
• Experience building and integrating BSPs SoC drops or embedded Android/Linux/platform images.
• Scripting proficiency (Python Bash or similar) for automation and tool development.
• Excellent communication skills for crossfunctional coordination with suppliers developers and program teams along with the ability to communicate succinctly with various levels of an organization.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Android OS and ASB/Pastry integration
• Familiarity with automotive OS/platform stacks and release schedules
• Experience with test automation telemetry and release gating processes.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with JIRA and utilization of JIRA Releases Plans JQL and other features

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

The salary range for this role is (148000 and 220000). The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

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