Job Title: Delivery Head – Automotive & Embedded Engineering (AUTOSAR / DevOps)
Location: Pune (Onsite)
Industry: Engineering IT Services / Product Engineering Services (Automotive)
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Summary
We are seeking a Technical Delivery Head to lead and scale our Automotive Embedded Engineering delivery portfolio from Pune. This leader will own end-to-end program delivery, customer success, engineering excellence, and growth for multi-project engagements in areas such as AUTOSAR (Classic/Adaptive), ECU software, middleware/BSW, diagnostics, functional safety, cybersecurity, toolchains, CI/CD, and DevOps for embedded.
You will be accountable for delivery governance, quality, cost, timelines, customer satisfaction, and team capability building, while partnering closely with Sales, Pre-sales, and Solution Architects to grow accounts and improve win rates.
Key Responsibilities
1) Delivery Leadership & Program Governance
- Own end-to-end delivery for multiple automotive embedded programs (fixed-bid / T&M / hybrid models).
- Establish delivery governance: project planning, RAID management, milestones, reporting, steering committees, and executive stakeholder updates.
- Ensure predictable delivery outcomes across schedule, effort, budget, scope, quality, and risk.
- Drive delivery transformation using best practices from Agile, SAFe, and hybrid engineering delivery models.
- Build a culture of engineering discipline, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer-first execution.
2) Automotive Embedded Engineering Ownership (Technical & Execution)
- Provide technical leadership for delivery in:
- AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive architecture, configuration, integration
- BSW, RTE, MCAL, ECU integration and validation
- Diagnostics (UDS), CAN/LIN/FlexRay/Ethernet, bootloaders, OTA
- Embedded C/C++, RTOS, microcontrollers, BSP/driver integration
- Model-based development (MATLAB/Simulink) where applicable
- Review key technical decisions and ensure solution integrity with architects/tech leads.
- Ensure adherence to automotive standards and quality expectations such as:
- ASPICE, ISO 26262 (functional safety), ISO/SAE 21434 (cybersecurity) (as applicable to scope).
3) DevOps / CI-CD for Embedded & Engineering Productivity
- Drive adoption of DevOps for embedded: automated builds, static analysis, unit testing, integration testing, and release pipelines.
- Establish CI/CD practices using relevant tools (example ecosystem):
- Git (GitLab/GitHub/Bitbucket), Jenkins/Azure DevOps, artifact repositories
- Testing frameworks, code quality gates, and automation dashboards
- Define and enforce Definition of Done, quality gates, traceability, and release hygiene.
- Improve engineering throughput via automation, reusable accelerators, and platform/tool standardization.
4) Customer Success & Stakeholder Management
- Act as primary escalation point for delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Build strong relationships with customer engineering leadership (Director/VP/Program Managers).
- Ensure high CSAT/NPS, transparent communication, and proactive risk mitigation.
- Support account growth through:
- Identifying whitespace opportunities
- Proposing roadmap initiatives
- Renewals and expansion planning
5) Financial, Commercial & Contract Management
- Own program financials: GM%, leakage control, utilization, billing, forecasting.
- Manage scope changes, change requests, contract adherence, and commercial negotiations in partnership with Sales/BD.
- Run periodic reviews: revenue, margins, delivery health, staffing, and corrective actions.
6) People Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead and mentor engineering managers, tech leads, Scrum Masters, and project managers.
- Build scalable teams: hiring plans, onboarding frameworks, competency matrices, and training roadmaps.
- Drive performance management, succession planning, and leadership development.
- Create and maintain strong engineering culture: knowledge sharing, communities of practice, tech forums.
7) Pre-sales & Solutioning Support
- Partner with pre-sales on:
- RFP/RFQ responses, estimation, solution design, delivery plans
- Due diligence, technical workshops, discovery engagements
- Transition-to-delivery planning and project kickoffs
- Contribute to creation of offerings/accelerators in AUTOSAR/embedded/DevOps space.
Success Metrics (KPIs)
- On-time delivery rate and milestone predictability
- Quality: defect leakage, rework %, customer-reported issues, audit outcomes
- Financial: gross margin %, utilization %, revenue realization, leakage control
- Customer success: CSAT/NPS, escalations reduction, renewals/expansions
- Engineering productivity: cycle time, automation coverage, pipeline stability
- People: attrition %, team capability index, hiring closure rate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s in engineering (CS/IT/ECE/EEE/Instrumentation) or equivalent.
- 15+ years of experience in Engineering/IT services delivery, with 8+ years leading large automotive engineering programs.
- Strong experience delivering in Automotive domain (OEM/Tier-1/Tier-2 ecosystem).
- Proven leadership delivering embedded software and AUTOSAR programs end-to-end.
- Experience scaling teams (multi-project / multi-customer) and running delivery governance.
Must-Have Technical Expertise
- AUTOSAR Classic (and/or Adaptive): architecture, integration, configuration, BSW/RTE concepts.
- Embedded development & integration: C/C++, RTOS basics, microcontroller ecosystem, ECU integration.
- Automotive protocols: CAN/LIN/FlexRay/Ethernet, UDS diagnostics.
- DevOps / CI/CD for engineering: build automation, testing automation, quality gates, traceability.
- Familiarity with ASPICE/ISO 26262/ISO 21434 expectations and how they affect delivery and documentation.
Nice-to-Have
- Exposure to SDV (Software Defined Vehicle) programs, zonal architecture, OTA pipelines.
- Experience with cloud connected vehicle platforms, edge gateways, or vehicle data pipelines.
- Experience with tools such as Vector (CANoe/CANalyzer), ETAS, dSPACE, EB tresos, DaVinci (depending on customer stack).
- Experience leading global teams and multi-site delivery (India + EU/US/APAC).
Core Competencies
- Executive stakeholder management and communication
- Strong program management, risk management, and decision-making
- Financial acumen and contract/commercial understanding
- Hiring, team building, coaching, and performance management
- Customer-first mindset with strong escalation handling
- Strategic thinking + hands-on problem-solving
Work Model
- Base location: Pune
- Offsite/Onsite as per program needs (customer workshops, PI planning, major releases)
- Travel: Up to 10–20% depending on customer geography