Software Engineering Team Lead – Vehicle Communication Gateways
Job Description
The Software Engineering Team Lead is responsible for the software engineering team members located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, supporting the development of vehicle communication gateway and connectivity modules. A central part of the role is improving how software activities are planned, tracked, and executed, and strengthening how the team collaborates with counterparts in the United States.
The Team Leader is expected to establish solid engineering and project execution practices locally, and to drive alignment on ways of working across both locations. The role also carries a forward-looking scope: involvement in the technologies and architectures coming next in the industry, including Zone ECUs, remote edge nodes, and the broader shift toward software-defined vehicles.
This role reports to the Engineering Manager, is responsible for a team size of ~15 team members, and the work model is hybrid (3 days in office, 2 remote).
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the software engineering team by hiring, evaluating performance, supporting development, and retaining talent.
• Assess team competencies against the current and upcoming technologies, identify gaps, and build training and ramp-up plans to address them.
• Improve how software development activities are planned, tracked, and executed: effort estimation, milestone and deliverable tracking, risk identification and escalation, and transparency of status.
• Provide guidance to the team, evaluate the development framework, tool chains, and CI/CD practices, and propose improvements.
• Strengthen collaboration with the software and project teams in the United States, creating clear interfaces, sharing best practices, and creating a common view of the project status.
• Interface with other disciplines, including system engineering, V&V;, quality, and project management, making sure the software engineering team is aligned with them.
• Participate in regional initiatives and support new business acquisition activities (technical input for quotations and customer proposals).
Requirements
Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level