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Role: Principal Engineer – Software Team Lead
Company:  Global Automotive
Job Type: Permanent
Salary:  Competitive salary and benefits package
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

As the Team Leader with a global automotive company you will be responsible for providing leadership of the development of the software to achieve the project objectives and milestones

Principal Accountabilities:

Ensure the technical aspects of the system meet the system and software requirements   :
o Ensure adherence to the development process (including tools and methodologies) inline with company processes and ensure all required resources are available and working.
o Understand the system requirements and ensure the software requirements are complete, testable and unambiguous.
o Manage and direct the technical development of the software (design, implementation and test).
o Provide technical input into reviews (including the impact of electronics and system design and changes).
o Reporting technical status to the  engineering managers and software team leaders.
o Develop software modules for critical aspects of the system (including design, implementation and validation activities when necessary).
“ Manage software development
o Define and monitor the development schedules in line with company and customer deadlines.
o Report progress to management and customers.
o Provide planning input into the Change Review Board (CRB) both within software and at a project level.
o Ensure the software builds are baselined and built correctly.

Manage the introduction of process improvements:
o participate in process improvement initiative. Implement agreed process improvements within the project.

Support the customer to ensure successful product introduction is achieved:
o participate in / support technical meeting when required.
o Represent the company at customer sites to investigate issues as required.
o Participate in requirement and design reviews with customer experts
“ Management of third party suppliers to ensure process compliance, technical correctness and on time delivery.
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Personal Characteristics:
Degree or similar qualification in Electronic Engineering/Software Engineering
Extensive experience in automotive embedded software engineering
Experienced in managing a team
Full understanding of the software development process to ensure the definition and implementation of the software for a high integrity, low cost automotive product.
Understanding of the interactions between the electronics, microprocessor and software i
Understanding of SPICE, ISO26262 and AUTOSAR
IEE chartered member

n.b. To apply for this role you must be able to live and work unrestricted in the UK. Should your application be successful, you will be contacted within the next 7 days.

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