Data Engineer - Vehicle Configuration Optimization

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing Coverage

Family Building Benefit

Generous Paid Time Off

Competitive Retirement Savings Plans

Income Protection & Insurance Options

Company Vehicle Lease Program

Growth & Giving Back

Volunteer Hours

Job summary

Stellantis in Auburn Hills is seeking a Data Engineer to build and scale the data foundation for the Vehicle Configuration Optimization initiative. You will ingest, transform, and structure data from enterprise sources (e.g., Snowflake data lake) into Databricks to enable analytics and modeling downstream.

Ideal for an early‑to‑mid‑career engineer who thrives on reliable, scalable data systems at the intersection of automotive data and advanced analytics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering or a similar role.
• Bachelor's Degree.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks (critical requirement).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred, but AWS/GCP acceptable).
• Solid understanding of data modeling and medallion architecture concepts.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines that ingest data from Snowflake into Databricks
• Design and implement data transformations aligned to the medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold layers)
• Ensure pipeline health, stability, monitoring, and performance optimization
• Develop robust ETL/ELT workflows using Python and SQL
• Create clean, curated datasets to support analytics, simulation, and machine learning use cases
• Partner closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data needs
• Implement data quality checks, validation processes, and governance standards

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Python

Snowflake

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Medallion architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Spark/PySpark

Job description

We are seeking a Data Engineer to help build and scale the data foundation for our Vehicle Configuration Optimization (VCO) initiative. This role will focus on ingesting, transforming, and structuring data from enterprise systems (e.g., Snowflake data lake) into Databricks, enabling advanced analytics and modeling downstream.

This is an ideal role for an early-to-mid career engineer who thrives in building reliable, scalable data systems and wants to work at the intersection of automotive data and advanced analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines that ingest data from Snowflake into Databricks
• Design and implement data transformations aligned to the medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold layers)
• Ensure pipeline health, stability, monitoring, and performance optimization
• Develop robust ETL/ELT workflows using Python and SQL
• Create clean, curated datasets to support analytics, simulation, and machine learning use cases
• Partner closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data needs
• Implement data quality checks, validation processes, and governance standards

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering or similar role
• Bachelors Degree
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks (critical requirement)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred, but AWS/GCP acceptable)
• Solid understanding of data modeling and medallion architecture concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake and data lake architectures
• Exposure to automotive, connected vehicle, or IoT datasets
• Experience with Spark / PySpark
• Familiarity with pipeline orchestration and monitoring tools

Understanding of downstream analytics or ML use cases

Our Benefits — Designed With You In Mind

Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage

From your very first day, you’ll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.

Family Building Benefit

We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.

Generous Paid Time Off

We believe in work-life balance. That’s why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.

Competitive Retirement Savings Plans

We Help You Plan For The Future With

• An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans
• An employer contribution, even if you don’t contribute

Income Protection & Insurance Options

Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.

Company Vehicle Lease Program

Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.

Support for Your Growth and Giving Back

We believe in investing in your future and your passions:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan refinancing programs
• 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community

And so much more!

When you join us, you’re not just building a career — you’re joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.

At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.

EOE / Disability / Veteran