Release Manager with German

Project Description:

DXC-Luxoft is an industry-leading software integrator and solution house for automotive OEMs and suppliers. There are millions of cars on the road today with solutions designed by DXC-Luxoft.

DXC-Luxoft is currently supporting several German OEMs in building their next-generation battery-electric vehicle platforms. We help industrializing, integrating and testing the platform and functional software, especially during critical integration phases approaching start-of-production. For expanding our business offering in the European market, we seek to establish experienced automotive engineers.

DXC-Luxoft is happy to receive applications from self-motivated and self-disciplined applicants who communicate well, like to work in teams, and are highly motivated to bring value to our automotive customers.

For the successful candidate we offer the opportunity to enhance and develop your career with the following benefits:

• Join a highly competent and motivated international team
• Apply your talent into creating the mobility solutions of the future
• Gain hands-on experience working with well-recognized customers
• Personal growth and promotion options
• Make an impact on the overall growth of DXC-Luxoft
• Our interesting project connected with cutting edge automotive technologies

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the release schedule for projects and ensure alignment across key partners and stakeholders;
• Use your technical experience to interface between verification & development teams, Heads of Software, external partners and stakeholders;
• You need to learn the deep system dependencies continuously to enhance your understanding of the system and the release package
• Close collaboration with Build Managers, Configurations Managers & DevOps Engineers;
• Continually work towards making improvements in the overall release process;
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between cross-functional teams at different locations;
• Interface with all stakeholders to synchronize efforts against a schedule and deliverables.

Mandatory Skills Description:

• Education: Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Communication Technology or a comparable qualification;
• Minimum 2 years of software development or software verification experience, preferably embedded systems;
• Minimum 2 years of release- or project management experience;
• High degree of expertise and technical understanding for complex IT projects and software architecture;
• Experience in conducting release readiness reviews, milestone reviews etc.
• Familiarity with modern release management tools.
• Automotive background

Personal skills:

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills;
• Proven leadership and ownership;
• Excellent organizational, time management, prioritization and multi-tasking skills;
• Proficiency in problem solving and troubleshooting;
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment;
• Personal initiative, commitment, perseverance and resilience;
• Proficient in English. German is a must.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Experience with large-scale agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale);
• Understanding of challenges and constraints within automotive development projects;
• Familiarity in automotive specifically infotainment sector;
• Experience with automotive processes, e.g. Automotive SPICE.

Languages:

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate
• German: B2 Upper Intermediate