Head of Embedded Software & Tools - India

Allison Transmission; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Allison Transmission in India seeks an Embedded Software & Tools Lead to guide multiple software teams designing embedded control system software and tools. You will drive technical direction, build autonomous software centers of expertise, and oversee recruitment and career development for India-based engineers.

The role interfaces with US, Italy, and Belgium teams, requiring coordination across time zones and strong leadership to deliver strategic objectives across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering/Technology in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Strong oral and written business communication skills in written & spoken English.
• Ability to organize & manage multiple software development & testing projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated performance managing several first-line managers of software engineers.
• Technical capabilities to set & evolve architectural, environment, tool, language, and process capabilities across embedded, connected, web, and PC-based software products.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a team of managers and software developers who design, develop, test and document embedded control system software and associated engineering tools for commercial duty mobility applications.
• Work with cross-functional engineering teams to develop existing and new products.
• Establish autonomous core software centers of expertise & leadership for Allison India.
• Overlap with Eastern Standard Time for few hours as needed.
• Describe & present work results to peers and managers as needed.
• Archive work products to document process compliance and for future maintenance needs.
• Deploy and help maintain software development, software test, and coding best practices with Software Quality Assurance group.
• Conduct reviews, audits, tests and other SQA activities to ensure compliance with Allison software development standards & policies.
• Responsible for recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and career development of software developers & managers in India.
• Monitor & apply industry innovation in software tools, methods, and processes to the Allison software organizations.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Leadership of managers

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

CMMI

ASPICE

DevSecOps

Job description

Allison Transmission in India seeks an Embedded Software & Tools Lead to guide multiple software teams designing embedded control system software and tools. You will drive technical direction, build autonomous software centers of expertise, and oversee recruitment and career development for India-based engineers.

The role interfaces with US, Italy, and Belgium teams, requiring coordination across time zones and strong leadership to deliver strategic objectives across the enterprise.