Lead Software Engineer

Become a Part of the Marelli team. We are a global independent automotive supplier with a passion for performance and speed. We are pioneers of the future of mobility. Our story is built on innovation and manufacturing excellence.

Every day, we drive change and co-create what comes next. Our purpose is simple yet ambitious: "Let’s push the boundaries together. We aspire to shape future mobility dreams and turn them into reality.”

Joining the Marelli(Division)team means becoming a part of something bigger, a place where you can explore your potential, pioneer innovation, (insert here division definition).

As a global yet fast-evolving company, we're looking for team members who want to grow and evolve with us.

Job description:

Become a Part of the Marelli team. We are a global independent automotive supplier with a passion for performance and speed. We are pioneers of the future of mobility. Our story is built on innovation and manufacturing excellence.

Every day, we drive change and co-create what comes next. Our purpose is simple yet ambitious: "Let’s push the boundaries together. We aspire to shape future mobility dreams and turn them into reality.”

Joining the Marelli(Division)team means becoming a part of something bigger, a place where you can explore your potential, pioneer innovation, (insert here division definition).

As a global yet fast-evolving company, we're looking for team members who want to grow and evolve with us.

About the Position:

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to serve as the senior-most technical authority and single point of accountability for all software engineering work executed out of our Mexico site. This is a technical leadership role, not a project management role.

Your Responsibilities will be: Technical Leadership & Ownership

• Serve as the responsible and accountable owner for all technical tasks, deliverables, and outcomes executed out of the site.

• Personallyleadthe diagnosis and resolution of complex technical problems rather than delegating problem-solving.

• Set technical direction for the team and make sound engineering judgment calls in real time, escalating only when a decision genuinely requires leadership input.

• Review andvalidatethe technical quality, accuracy, and completeness of work produced by the team before it is considered done.

Team Coordination & Guidance

• Guide,monitor, and coordinate the daily work of software engineers, ensuring effort is focused on the right priorities.

• Act as the first line of technical mentorship for the Mexico team — unblocking engineers, reviewing designs and code, and building technical capability within the site.

• Maintain visibility into the status, risks, and blockers of all active work streams running through the Mexico site.

US-Mexico Interface

• Participate in coordination calls with leadership and other stakeholders,representingthe team's technical status and perspective.

• Accurately understand and interpret requests, requirements, and priorities, and translate them into clear, actionable direction for the team.

• Proactively communicate progress, risks, and technical trade-offs back to leadership so that decisions are made with full and current information.

Delivery Quality & Timeliness

• Drive the team to complete assigned tasks on schedule, without sacrificing technical quality or accuracy.

• Identifyand correct quality gaps or misunderstandingsearly, beforethey propagate into downstream defects or missed commitments.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering practices at the site (code quality, review discipline, defect prevention).

What Qualifications you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, includingsignificant experiencein embedded or automotive software systems.

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex technical problem-solving from symptom to confirmed root cause, not just to a plausible hypothesis.

• Proven experience informally or formally leading, mentoring, or technically directing other engineers.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, sufficient to represent the Mexico team clearly and confidently in calls with US leadership and stakeholders..
• Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and accountability, with minimal day-to-day supervision from management.

Other skills that we would welcome:

• Automotive instrument cluster (IPC) or similar embedded display/HMI software experience.