Software Release Manager, Automotive Electronics Integration

Who we are:

The EDAG Group is a globally leading, independent engineering services provider that combines excellent engineering with the latest technology trends.

With a global network of some 60 branches, the EDAG Group realizes projects in the Vehicle Engineering, Electrics/Electronics and Production Solutions segments. Drawing on more than 50 years of engineering experience, EDAG's proprietary 360-degree development approach has become a hallmark of quality in the holistic development of vehicles and smart factories. The company's interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of software and digitization provides it with crucial skills to actively shape dynamic transformation processes as an innovative partner.

With an interdisciplinary team of around 8,600 experts, the EDAG Group develops unique mobility and industrial solutions for customers that include the world's leading automotive and non-automotive companies. The company is listed on the stock exchange since 2015 and generated revenues of € 796 million in 2022.

This is how you will grow:

•  Work with Vehicle Program Managers to identify Vehicle milestones and build phases with impact on Software release plans and feature timing 
• Identify software that needs to be introduced into the vehicle assembly line for upcoming vehicles builds 
• Work with Manufacturing planning to identify Factory milestones with impact on Software release plans and feature timing
• Work with the Engineering Leads and PMO to cover needs in / adjust Integration Release Plans per the agreed Digital Feature Roadmap 
• Develop, release, and publish revisions and communicate updates of the Integration Release Plan considering multiple programs and cross-program dependencies, as well as scope (regions, targeted variants etc.) 
• Set up the release tooling to manage planned Integration releases and bundles 
• Perform milestone reviews to enable verification and validation teams to progress with their test plans 
• Communicate OTA SW deployment to Communications, PMO, Service, Customer Care and others 
• Work with ECU Leads to identify and approve ECU specific SW deliveries into Integration bundles 
• Host Integration meetings to align on weekly priorities 
• Configure the OTA campaign deployment, using the existing process and guidelines 
• Work with Verification and Validation leads and SW Quality, as well as other critical stakeholders incl. Homologation to share campaign planning details and to review progress on validation and signoffs 
• Manage the creation, review and release of customer facing release notes 
• Perform Release to Customer milestone review and release OTA SW campaigns to customers after full signoff 
• Liaise with the OTA team to monitor the campaign rollout 
• Work with the EE and End-of-Line test (EOL) teams at the vehicle assembly facility to introduce changes to EOL 

Requirements

This is how you will take us forward:

•  A minimum of 5 years of experience program/project managing large systems development programs 
• A minimum of 8 years in complex embedded (software and electronic) systems development and integration. 
• A proven track record of delivering complex electronic products. 
• Experience software and hardware development methods/workflows. 
• Experience bringing highly integrated software/hardware products from the early development phase to production. 
• Experience engaging, working and managing the output of third-party suppliers. 
• Experience in automotive electronic systems integration and architecture. 
• Experience with test and build aspects of software development. 
• BS degree minimum in an engineering discipline (computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or similar