Manufacturing Software Development Engineer Technical Specialist

Job Description

Global Manufacturing Electrical & SDV is looking for innovators who thrive in tough challenges and are passionate about tackling meaningful work that will shape the future of the automotive industry. This isnt a role for those looking for an easy pathits for those who embrace change push through obstacles and take ownership of complex problems. While there will be long days and moments that test your resilience youll find purpose in your work flexibility to prioritize your family and the support of a people-first culture. If youre ready to grow thrive and make a real impact wed love to hear from you.

WHY: The purpose of this role is to support todays EOL systems while enabling the future of manufacturing through scalable forwardlooking technical solutions that strengthen quality efficiency and readiness for nextgeneration capabilities.

WHAT: As a Manufacturing Software Development Engineer you will execute technical solutions for endofline (EOL) software by building subsystem expertise supporting crossfunctional alignment and contributing to the teams generational technical knowledge.

HOW: Supporting the plants to make it happen for our customers.

Work Arrangement - Onsite

The successful candidate is expected to report to the Warren Tech Center on a full-time basis. This role requires up to 10% domestic and international travel.

What Youll Do (Responsibilities):

• Foster a forward-thinking work culture that embraces change and navigates future organizational and industry challenges.
• Build and nurture strategic relationships across various functions including software manufacturing and program management to synergize efforts towards future innovations.
• Contribute to a forwardthinking technical cultureby embracing change sharing ideas and supporting continuous improvement across endofline (EOL) and manufacturing software systems.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional partnersin software manufacturing and program teams to solve problems exchange technical information and support the development of future solutions.
• Build understanding of key vehicle subsystems and how they interact with endofline (EOL) software incorporating this knowledge into clear internal documentation and shared technical references that strengthen generational knowledge within the team.
• Support global EOL system initiativesby contributing to technical direction documenting engineering milestones and maintaining accurate technical plans for assigned work-streams.
• Ensure alignment across functionsby coordinating with Manufacturing Product Engineering Software and plant teams to clarify requirements identify risks and support integrated system execution.
• Represent Manufacturing as a technical contributor communicating clearly with assembly plants and leadership on system status issues and upcoming needs within your scope.
• Develop technical components of scalable EOL system architectures participating in design reviews and ensuring solutions meet current requirements while preparing for future enhancements.
• Execute endtoend engineering tasksfor EOL system solutions including concept development technical planning validation and deployment support into plant operations.
• Support todays EOL systems while contributing to nextgeneration capabilities ensuring system stability continuous improvement and readiness for future manufacturing needs.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Handson C development experiencebuilding and modifying productionquality software; ability to implement wellscoped changes with clean code unit tests and code reviews.
• Foundational understanding ofvehicle electrical systemsand how software interacts withendoflineprocesses and plant tooling.
• Ability totranslate requirementsinto small design updates or tasks estimate effort and deliver increments that integrate with existing systems.
• Experiencedebugging and resolving defectsusing logs debuggers and structured troubleshooting; comfort reproducing issues and validating fixes.
• Familiarity withversion control and branching workflows(e.g. Gitbased) and participation inpeer reviewsfor code and design.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; ability todocument changes author runbooks/FAQs and collaborate with software product engineering and plant partners.
• Learning mindsetdemonstrated curiosity openness to feedback and willingness to grow toward deeper system understanding and broader ownership over time.
• Ability to followstructured engineering processes(work tracking test evidence acceptance criteria) and maintain accuracy in technical documentation.
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related technical field.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience implementingC changes in distributed or multiprocess systems including interprocess messaging configuration or I/O drivers used at endofline.
• Exposure todiagnostic communicationsand subsystem interactions (e.g. basic understanding of how test applications talk to controllers at the end of line).
• Practical experience withintegration testinghardwareintheloopor bench testing and creatingtest casesthat validate software changes against plant requirements.
• Experience contributing todesign discussions(sequence diagrams interface updates) and proposing small technical improvements under guidance.
• Familiarity withrisk/defect analysistechniques (e.g. identifying failure modes documenting mitigations) and writingclear reproducible bug reports.
• Exposure tomanufacturing environmentsor collaboration with assemblyplant personnel to support deployments triage issues and gather feedback.
• Working knowledge ofJira(or similar) for work tracking andGitHub(or similar) for pull requests code reviews and CI signals; willingness to deepen expertise.
• Experience creating or maintaininginternal documentationthat captures how it works change notes and day2 support tips for operations team

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