Staff Deploy Software Engineer

Job Description

The Role:

The Staff Deploy Software Engineer is responsible for driving the strategic vision, deployment, automation, and cross-functional integration of software applications used globally in GM’s manufacturing and Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) plants that build the next generation of transportation.  The successful candidate will architect robust solutions for software test automation which includes multiple software applications, programable logic controllers and hardware, while fostering adoption and alignment with global tools, engineering processes, and organizational objectives.

This role champions the evolution and implementation of software applications —guiding its vision, advancing technological integrations, and embedding it across all plants. The position demands both strategic foresight and hands-on execution, with a cross-functional influence spanning development, testing automation, manufacturing optimization, controls, and Program/ Product and Engineering management.

The ideal candidate leads with innovation, technical agility, and systems thinking, driving adoption of software applications across engineering disciplines while connecting the dots between tools, platforms, and product architectures.

The Staff Deploy Software Engineer will work hands-on building out full-stack application environments based on detailed requirements and system specifications. Deployment activities will include gathering high-level requirements from manufacturing and CCA plant(s), updating existing software installations and/or configuring applications to the specific needs for the plant, testing and troubleshooting issues that may arise relating to either the new code or plant configuration. This role will need to have strong development background to help with process and test automation.  This role will also need to identify AI opportunities and implement AI solutions. This role will contribute to security lifecycle maintenance by ensuring that all third-party applications and operating systems are compliant with the GM IT statement of technical direction. This role will also work closely with the development teams and support teams to ensure 100% uptime, reliability, and security.

We are seeking an Information Technology professional who:

• Have a steadfast drive for excellence 
• Challenge themselves and their peers 
• Enjoy working collaboratively in cross-functional teams 
• Demonstrate a excellent work ethic 
• Have a strong ability and willingness to learn 
• Excel in a variety of job assignments 
• Understand fundamental physics and math concepts, and can apply them to real applications 
• Having led lean and agile teams
• Desire to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems 
   

What You'll Need (Responsibilities):

• Manage and maintain technical vision and direction for software applications.
• Deliver dashboards to show project details relevant to senior managers.
• Define, manage and implement processes to enhance deployment and testing.
• Manage day to day tasks for a team of deployment resources in order to meet project timeline.
• Work closely with IT infrastructure delivery teams to install and configure virtual servers in plant data centers with minimum supervision.
• Work closely with IT Project Management to ensure launch and deployment activities are tracking for on-time delivery and, escalating any risks as necessary with minimum supervision.
• Implement repeatable deployment actions for automation via scripting or CI/CD pipelines.
• Work closely with in-plant resources to validate application functionality with physical systems.
• Provide analysis and site-specific business configuration required to meet launch and deployment initiatives.
• Coordinate testing with upstream and downstream plant software applications to validate data continuity.
• Investigate IT system integration problems and provide technical input in problem resolution.
• Have knowledge of software monitoring tools for uptime and performance.
• Have knowledge or experience in software development.
• Maintain technical documentation to reflect accurate and current production installations.
• Learn new technical concepts and practices quickly and apply them across multiple types of applications and software.
• Must possess a high degree of business insight, creativity, decision making skills, a drive for results, the ability to negotiate, the ability to develop strong peer relationships, and a strong technical learning capability and focus.
• You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex system software, is very customer-centric, understands