Software Platform Pilot

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

10d

About The Position

The Software Platform Pilot owns and manages all aspects of software delivery for a vehicle program. The role creates and manages a software delivery plan to ensure that vehicle, plant, quality, and engineering requirements are met on time and with the correct feature content. Before the X0 Phase, the pilot creates the delivery plan, aligns it with stakeholders, identifies new features, builds a feature rollout plan, groups features into release packages, and ensures each delivery phase has an appropriate validation plan. After the X0 Phase, the pilot coordinates software delivery to consumers, verifies validation is complete before package delivery, tracks and drives open issues to closure, owns the feature readiness glidepath, and ensures software at the correct maturity is supplied for plant builds, including SOP. The role adjusts plans and may recommend feature deferrals, while driving Tier 1 suppliers and internal software development teams to meet planned timing and delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
At least 8 years of experience in automotive product validation or design.
Experience with software specifications, development, and testing across the full V-cycle.
Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Knowledge of EEDP.
Working knowledge of corporate engineering, quality, and manufacturing processes and the systems that support them.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field.
At least 2 years of experience in project management, program management, or related fields.

Responsibilities

Create the software delivery plan before the X0 Phase and align it with key stakeholders.
Understand new features to be delivered and build a feature rollout plan (FROP).
Prioritize features into packages that can be released, validated, and delivered during development.
Ensure an appropriate validation plan supports each software delivery phase.
Coordinate software delivery to all consumers according to the feature rollout plan after the X0 Phase.
Ensure validation is complete before delivering software packages.
Track open issues, including defects and GIMS, and drive them to closure.
Create and own the feature readiness glidepath.
Ensure software of the correct maturity is supplied to all plant builds, including SOP.
Adjust planning as needed and recommend feature deferrals when appropriate.
Drive Tier 1 suppliers and internal software development teams to maintain timing and delivery according to the plan.