Principal Python Engineer

• Drive technical roadmap & process improvements within our organization for software developed the end-to-end (E2E) vehicle ecosystem (embedded, cloud, mobile app).
• Enhance release pipelines, maintaining high quality standards for code quality, quality assurance (QA) & operations.
• Product cybersecurity technical thought leadership in the research, design, development, manufacturing, and/or operations of the Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified mobility solutions and digital services.
• Individual contributor executing the roles and responsibilities of an engineering technical lead across multiple projects, processes, and teams. Support activities include:
  • Working with stakeholders to understand timeline, input/output, dependencies, etc.
  • Technical experience to understand any impediments the team may experience
  • Work with external stakeholders to remove impediments from the team
  • Enforce release policies to ensure releases meet cybersecurity & quality standards.
• Execute the roles and responsibilities of an individual contributor across multiple projects and teams independently with very little oversight required.
• Liaise with line of business leaders and general other risk functions to deliver program needs within business units.

Requirements

• 6+ years experience in a software development / release management role, with an emphasis on hands-on software development, CI/CD, automation, & release engineering.
• 2+ years experience in automotive, manufacturing, internet of things (IOT), and/or software industries.
• Experienced software developer on Python.
• Identify opportunities for process enhancements via automation & realize these synergies by performing the automation development.
• Create & maintain comprehensive documentation for software release process & deployment standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to technical peers and management.
• Strong technical competence in MS tool suite (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Fluent in English (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions.
• Demonstration of the following behavioral competencies:
• Delivering results as an individual and as a team
• Respect for peers and customers
• Customer service and relationship management
• Ability to understand both the individual and group role, recognize when problems impact other roles, and collaborate with group leadership as well as other impacted roles to solve complex problems
• Ability to understand management roles (group, project) and provide the appropriate information to management
• Ability to identify when tasks are at risk of getting completed on time and coordinating with management to address appropriately
• Initiative to identify and improve aspects of the business policies, processes, procedures, technologies, reports, and templates as needed
• Self-education to continuously learn and invest in skills and knowledge relevant to the team and the position
• Going above and beyond by understanding the business, anticipating needs, and delivering results that meet all quality expectations
• Pro-active management and creation of tasks, definitions of done, and deliverable dates for tasks requested of you and projects you manage