Software Download OTA Engineering Team Manager

Help shape the future of mobility.

Your Role

Owns the SWDL/OTA domain strategy and portfolio, creating a scalable, reusable and secure software-update capability across products, platforms and customer programs.

RFQ / Concept

Set pursuit strategy, platform fit, make/buy decisions and executive commitments.

Planning / Architecture

Approve portfolio roadmap, governance, capacity and architecture direction.

Implementation / Integration

Steer critical programs, platforms, reuse and cross-domain dependencies.

Verification / Release

Make release and customer decisions for systemic update risks.

Production / Operations

Oversee field performance, corrective action and long-range capability evolution.

Key Responsibilities

• Define domain strategy, reference-platform roadmap and investment priorities.
• Own portfolio capacity, sourcing, succession and leadership pipeline.
• Set technical-authority and release-governance expectations.
• Drive cross-program reuse, productization and reduction of engineering rework.
• Represent update capability and risks with customers and executives.
  
  

EDUCATION B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation, or a related engineering discipline

EXPERIENCE 15+ years

Your Background

Required Competencies

• Extensive automotive embedded-software leadership and portfolio accountability.
• Strong bootloader, diagnostics, OTA, cybersecurity, functional-safety and lifecycle understanding.
• Business planning, organizational design, customer negotiation and strategic supplier governance.
• Evidence of measurable transformation and delivery improvement.
  
  

Preferred Competencies

• ISO 24089/UNECE R156 leadership, platform commercialization and global CoE experience.
  
  

Expected outputs / measures of success

• Domain and platform strategy
• Portfolio investment plan
• Executive dashboard
• Technical governance model
• Capability and succession plan
  
  

Why join Aptiv

• You grow at Aptiv.
  
  

Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win. 

You make an impact at Aptiv.

One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

You have support at Aptiv.

We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

• Higher Education Opportunities (UDACITY, UDEMY, COURSERA are available for your continuous growth and development);
• Life and accident insurance;
• Well Being Program that includes regular workshops and networking events;
• EAP Employee Assistance.
• Access to fitness clubs (T&C apply);
• Shift allowances are applicable. Will discuss during the interview process.
  
  

Meet the next generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!

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