Job Description
Workplace Classification:
Hybrid : This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary location (Austin, TX or Warren, MI) at least three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business
The Team:
General Motors' (GM) Vision and Automation Services (VAAS) is distributed across Austin, TX and Warren, MI. We are the group within GM building innovative IT solutions supporting manufacturing, leveraging current and emerging technologies. Our focus includes many different technologies around computer vision, robotics, augmented reality, and AI. Our work supports GM manufacturing goals to build quality products with zero defects.
To achieve our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, we are building a team of people who are passionate about creating safer, better, and more sustainable solutions. This bold vision won't happen overnight, but just as we transformed how the transportation in the last century, we are committed to transforming how we move today and in the future.
Are you a driven professional with fresh ideas, a passion for immersive technologies, and a desire to challenge the way things are traditionally done? Can you build creative, scalable, content driven solutions that can guide users through complex tasks in multiple areas of the automotive industry? If so, this is your opportunity to work in a team with a truly diverse background that includes AI, Robotics, XR, real-time 3D tools, and where innovation is at the center of everything we do.
If you want a place that challenges you to bring your curiosity, enthusiasm, desire to learn, grow, and succeed every day, to build automotive solutions that are the benchmark for other automotive companies and suppliers, then this is the place for you.
The Role:
The Senior Deploy Software Engineer is responsible for leading a team of people in deploying and updating software applications used globally in GM's manufacturing and Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) plants that build the next generation of transportation. The Senior 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 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.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities):
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.
Identify 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 the big picture and feels strongly not only about building good software but about making that software achieve its goals
Review Pull requests, cross-collaborate with the developers for user stories and test cases.
Actively engage in development team activities associated with brainstorming new solutions and refining current solutions. Drive technical efforts that lead to success in software project delivery.
Possess technical depth and applied experience in multi-layer solutioning, performance tuning, solution debug, incident triage/remediation, and usability improvement.
This role will require you to travel to physical plant locations for workshop or deployment activities.
This role may require you to work during manufacturing plant downtime (weekends, second shift, third shift, holidays).
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field; or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience
OS: Linux, UNIX, Windows Server, Cloud technology
Tools: Team Foundation Server (Azure Dev Ops), IT Service Manager, PowerBI, Jenkins, Chef, GitHub, Fortify, SonarLint/SonarQube, Artifactory, Jira
Strong Java and C# development experience
Strong Python or PowerShell Scripting
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL, or other databases
Web Application Servers: WebSphere, WebLogic, TomCat, IIS
Infrastructure: Server Provisioning, Virtual Machines, Networking, Cluster servers
Experience in leading technology teams with strategic and tactical responsibilities
Experience with Agile teams that have regularly delivered software while practicing code review
Knowledge in end-to-end applications hosted on Kubernetes with a focus on scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance
Proven experience diagnosing issues from browser to infrastructure to network to database and all the way back
Experience in IT Enterprise Security concepts and implementation
Kepware: configuring IoT Gateway to allow a PLC to talk to an upper level application through Kepware, importing tags, automatic tag generation
People Skills:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions
Creative problem-solving skills that deliver elegant solutions to complex issues
Strong teamwork focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams
Drives results through a strong work ethic
Challenges themselves and their peers
Enjoys working collaboratively in a cross-functional teams
Has a strong ability and willingness to learn
Desires to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems
Has a strong attention to detail
Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proven experience creating and presenting solution proposals and technical proposals.
You will need to hold yourself and others accountable for demonstrating GM behaviors and actively contribute to building a winning culture.
What Will Give You A Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications):
Manufacturing experience
5+ year
