Staff Software Release Engineer

General Motors • Milford, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the DVE Release Engineering team in owning the CCU and VCU software release trains. You will be a part of the technical team that owns software releases to and from the VCU or CCU line. This includes being a key part of integration activities, creation of full VCU/CCU SW images, decision making around strategy in terms of branching / cherry picks and other topics to land at designating a final software build as a release candidate to go out to our various vehicle programs.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in software release engineering, build & integration, or related role (automotive or embedded preferred).
• Strong experience with release train management and complex multi-consumer releases.
• Hands‑on with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar) and build systems.
• Proficiency with Git and large mono‑repo or multi‑repo workflows.
• Experience building and integrating BSPs, SoC drops, or embedded Android/Linux/platform images.
• Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation and tool development.
• Excellent communication skills for cross‑functional coordination with suppliers, developers, and program teams, along with the ability to communicate succinctly with various levels of an organization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Android OS and ASB/Pastry integration
• Familiarity with automotive OS/platform stacks and release schedules
• Experience with test automation, telemetry, and release gating processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with JIRA and utilization of JIRA Releases, Plans, JQL, and other features

Responsibilities

• Own the VCU and CCU release trains: release calendar, cadence, and the definition/scope of each software release.
• Decide which supplier drops, GELOS version, and GM components are included in each release, incorporating input from Supplier Management and Release Engineering individuals on your team.
• Own release readiness and gating (criteria, go/no‑go); communicate release contents, known issues, and supported programs.
• Own technical integration and builds for both: (a) Supplier drops into GM branches/environments and (b) full CCU/VCU images
• Manage branching strategies, merges, cherry‑picks, and CI/CD pipelines for CCU and VCU images
• Coordinate initial integration and sanity checks; designate builds as release candidates from a technical perspective.
• Provide readiness input to Release Management and technical evidence to Supplier Management when issues must be escalated to their relevant supplier.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level