LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Marelli; Aguascalientes; Hybrid; MXN 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Global engineering team

Job summary

Marelli is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Mexico site to serve as the senior technical authority for software work. This role is a hands-on leadership position, not a project manager role, and requires steering complex engineering efforts with autonomy and accountability.

You will mentor the Mexico team, set technical direction, and ensure quality and timely delivery while coordinating with US leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering in embedded or automotive domains.
• Experience leading complex technical problem-solving end-to-end.
• Experience mentoring/leading other engineers and guiding teams.
• Strong English communication for US leadership interactions.
• Autonomy with high accountability and minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Own all technical tasks, deliverables, and outcomes for the site.
• Lead diagnosis and resolution of complex technical problems.
• Set and communicate technical direction; escalate when needed.
• Review quality and completeness of team work before closure.
• Mentor engineers, unblock issues, and build site capability.
• Monitor status, risks, and blockers across work streams.
• Coordinate with US leadership and translate requests into direction.
• Ensure on-time delivery without compromising quality.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

Embedded/Automotive software

Technical leadership

Mentoring/leadership

English communication

Autonomy & accountability

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Renesas R-Car

Infineon Traveo

Linux Yocto BSP

GHS MULTI/IDE toolchains

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Become a Part of the Marelli team. We are a global independent automotive supplier with a passion for performance and speed. We are pioneers of the future of mobility. Our story is built on innovation and manufacturing excellence.

Every day, we drive change and co-create what comes next. Our purpose is simple yet ambitious: Let's push the boundaries together. We aspire to shape future mobility dreams and turn them into reality.

Joining the Marelli[Division]team means becoming a part of something bigger, a place where you can explore your potential, pioneer innovation, [insert here division definition].

As a global yet fast-evolving company, we're looking for team members who want to grow and evolve with us.

About the Position:

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to serve as the senior-most technical authority and single point of accountability for all software engineering work executed out of our Mexico site. This is a technical leadership role, not a project management role.

Your Responsibilities will be:

Technical Leadership & Ownership

• Serve as the responsible and accountable owner for all technical tasks, deliverables, and outcomes executed out of the site.
• Personally lead the diagnosis and resolution of complex technical problems rather than delegating problem-solving.
• Set technical direction for the team and make sound engineering judgment calls in real time, escalating only when a decision genuinely requires leadership input.
• Review and validate the technical quality, accuracy, and completeness of work produced by the team before it is considered done.

Team Coordination & Guidance

• Guide, monitor, and coordinate the daily work of software engineers, ensuring effort is focused on the right priorities.
• Act as the first line of technical mentorship for the Mexico team - unblocking engineers, reviewing designs and code, and building technical capability within the site.
• Maintain visibility into the status, risks, and blockers of all active work streams running through the Mexico site.

US-Mexico Interface

• Participate in coordination calls with leadership and other stakeholders, representing the team's technical status and perspective.
• Accurately understand and interpret requests, requirements, and priorities, and translate them into clear, actionable direction for the team.
• Proactively communicate progress, risks, and technical trade-offs back to leadership so that decisions are made with full and current information.

Delivery Quality & Timeliness

• Drive the team to complete assigned tasks on schedule, without sacrificing technical quality or accuracy.
• Identify and correct quality gaps or misunderstandings early, before they propagate into downstream defects or missed commitments.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering practices at the site (code quality, review discipline, defect prevention).

What Qualifications you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience, including significant experience in embedded or automotive software systems.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex technical problem‑solving from symptom to confirmed root cause, not just to a plausible hypothesis.
• Proven experience informally or formally leading, mentoring, or technically directing other engineers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, sufficient to represent the Mexico team clearly and confidently in calls with US leadership and stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and accountability, with minimal day‑to‑day supervision from management.

Other skills that we would welcome:

• Automotive instrument cluster (IPC) or similar embedded display/HMI software experience.
• Experience with automotive SoCs/MCUs such as Renesas R-Car or Infineon Traveo, or comparable embedded silicon platforms.
• Linux/Yocto board support package (BSP) development, including DRM/KMS display pipelines and systemd service architecture.
• AUTOSAR, UDS/diagnostics, and functional safety (ASIL) development experience.
• ASPICE process environments (Level 2 or 3).
• CAN and related automotive middleware/communication stacks.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, and standard embedded toolchains (e.g., GHS MULTI or equivalent compiler/IDE toolchains).

Expectations from you in this position:

The successful candidate will be a hands‑on expert who can personally drive complex technical problem‑solving, while also guiding, monitoring, and coordinating the Mexico‑based engineering team on a day‑to‑day basis. They will represent the Mexico team in coordination calls with leadership, translate incoming requests from the leadership into clear technical direction, and ensure that all work executed in Mexico is completed on time, with quality, and with accuracy.

What does this position offer you:

• Fast‑paced yet supportive and high‑performing international team with an inspiring ambition to transform the future of mobility.
• Support in onboarding and further training that will set you up with Marelli's speed.
• A hybrid work model, helping you to achieve work‑life balance - combining the best of both spending time working remotely, benefitting from focus time, and purposeful co‑creation time in the office.
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Take the next step:

Together, we will drive the world towards a safer, greener, and better‑connected future.

About Us:

Marelli is one of the world’s leading global independent suppliers to the automotive sector, with a strong and established track record in innovation and manufacturing excellence. Our goal is to change the future of mobility by working with our customers and partners to create a safer, greener, and more connected world.

Our team supplies all major automotive manufacturers in Asia, Europe, and North and South America and the top racing teams in motorsport world championships. Our technology is purpose‑driven and meticulously designed to deliver tangible value that truly matters to our customers.

Our business areas are automotive lighting and sensing, thermal solutions, electronics, green technology solutions, interior experience, propulsion solutions (e‑powertrain and powertrain), ride dynamics, motorsport, and aftermarket business.

Within the walls of Marelli, we believe in enabling people to do their best work. Our cultural attributes - Drive Results, Accountable, Entrepreneurial, Inclusive, Innovative, and Aware - are the cornerstones of a new Marelli culture. Be part of it!

At Marelli, we believe in the importance of diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We are committed to nurturing talent in our diverse environment, and we take pride in our various employee resource groups, such as Marelli Women, Brains & Hearts Wellbeing, All Cultures, and Marelli's Rainbow. We believe these groups foster creativity and innovation through the unique perspectives of a multicultural community.