Engineering Manager- OTA

embIND Embitel Technologies (India) Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Embitel Technologies in Bengaluru is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead OTA platform and software updates for connected vehicles. You will oversee engineering teams, drive end-to-end delivery, and ensure secure, scalable OTA capabilities across global programs.

The role requires strong leadership, hiring and mentoring, cross-functional collaboration with product, security, cloud and vehicle software teams, and a track record of delivering high-quality software on time.

Qualifications

• Lead, develop, and scale high-performing software engineering teams.
• Drive hiring, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and career development.
• Foster ownership, accountability, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of OTA features and engineering commitments.
• Drive execution plans, milestones, resource allocation, release readiness, and risk management.
• Ensure predictable, high-quality, on-time delivery.
• Manage dependencies across product, architecture, cybersecurity, validation, cloud, and vehicle software teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Delivery management

Job description

About the Company Embitel Technologies is a Volkswagen AG (VW) Group Company. VW is a German multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. VW is one of the world’s largest automaker by sales. VW sold 10.9 million vehicles in 2019.

The group comprises of 12 brands from seven European Countries: Volkswagen, Audi, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti, Bentley, Ducati (motorcycles), Skoda, SEAT, Scania, MAN and Volkswagen commercial vehicles.

About CARIAD (Car, I Am Digital) The automotive industry is in disruption. As a company, CARIAD is playing a part in multiple large trends at the same time: electrification, automation, and digitalization. The new name builds on changing customer needs. Automotive customers are demanding more comfort, more safety, more sustainability, and more connectivity. With its software platforms and digital features, CARIAD is developing solutions and products that will turn the car into a smart companion to accompany customers into the future with continuous updates and new digital features, even years later.

The new company name reflects this zeitgeist: ‘Car, I Am Digital’. The brand profile can be found on its new website https://cariad.technology. Currently, around 4,000 employees are working at CARIAD on the digital transformation of the car. CARIAD is working intensively on the software and technology platform for Premium Platform Electric (PPE). The first vehicles based on PPE will be the electric Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron.

At the core of CARIAD is the development of the unified and scalable software and technology platform E³ 2.0 for all Group brands. E³ stands for ‘end to end electronics architecture’. The new software and technology platform is built from scratch and will be used first at the end of 2024 in Artemis, the lighthouse project of Audi. As of 2026, E³ 2.0 is due to be scaled by the Volkswagen brand with Trinity in the volume segment.

About our Group CARIAD COE (Centre of Excellence) is setup in Bangalore, India working exclusively with CARIAD and associated VW groups with the focus on development of ‘VW.OS’. The areas of work involve development of platform components such as firmware, boot loaders, AUTOSAR, Linux/QNX BSP, Service oriented architecture-based middleware components.

Job Description

Engineering Manager – OTA Platform & Software Updates

Lead the development, delivery, and operational excellence of OTA (SOTA/FOTA) platforms and services for connected vehicles. The role combines engineering leadership, program execution, stakeholder management, and organizational development to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable OTA capabilities across global vehicle programs.

Must Have Engineering & People Leadership

• Lead, develop, and scale high-performing software engineering teams.
• Drive hiring, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and career development.
• Foster ownership, accountability, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Program & Delivery Ownership

• Own end-to-end delivery of OTA features and engineering commitments.
• Drive execution plans, milestones, resource allocation, release readiness, and risk management.
• Ensure predictable, high-quality, on-time delivery.
• Manage dependencies across product, architecture, cybersecurity, validation, cloud, and vehicle software teams.

Stakeholder & Global Collaboration

• Serve as key interface for global stakeholders, customers, and leadership.
• Communicate delivery status, risks, mitigations, and engineering KPIs.