Software Engineer - Configuration, POWER

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configuration Strategy & Planning:* Develop and maintain the Configuration Management (CM) Plan by synthesizing inputs such as the Project Scope, Function Implementation Plan, Project Handbook, and Release Plan.

• Ensure compliance with overarching standards, regulations, and internal policies

• Software Baseline Control & Release Management:* Maintain and update the Software Configuration Item (CI) List for all project deliveries.

• Assemble and verify software delivery packages, ensuring all mandatory components (A2L, HEX, Test Reports, SW Release Notes, Traceability Reports, and Bootloaders) are present and accurate.

• Execute delivery baselining following internal Process Instructions.

• Repository & Version Control:* Manage the Stage Repository for secure data archival and strict version control of software collections.

• Implement and manage branching and baselining strategies using industry-standard version control systems.

• Auditing & Monitoring:* Conduct Configuration Monitor and Audit Activities to verify strict adherence to the project release plan and configuration strategy.

• Generate and present Configuration Audit Reports to stakeholders.

• Change & Issue Management:* Evaluate inputs such as Defects and Change Requests (CRs) to maintain accurate configuration identification.

• Monitor missing delivery items via issue-tracking tools and coordinate directly with Software Managers and cross-functional teams to drive resolution.

Key Deliverables (Outputs):

• Configuration Management Plan

• Configuration Item List and Status Report

• Configuration Audit Report

• Product Baseline

• Traceability Report

Key Interfaces & Stakeholders:

• Global & Regional Teams:System CM teams in Erlangen, Cergy, and Shanghai.

• Project Leadership:Project Managers, Project Management Offices (PMOs), Technical Project Managers (TPMs), and L3 Managers.

• R&D Métiers:Methods & Tools Officers (M&TOs) across Quality Management (QM), Mechanical Design (MD), Software (SW), Integration & Application (I&A), and Test Engineering & Validation (TE&V).

• Cross-Functional:Ongoing coordination with all other engineering and project disciplines.

Required Tools & Methodologies:

- Software & Tools:

• Polarion (Task and issue management)

• GIT & Tortoise SVN (Version control)

• Teamcenter / Target PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)

• Stage Repository or equivalent archive tools.

- Software & Tools:

• Policies:CM Policy (POL047), Traceability Policy (POL032), CM Process Instruction (PI0065).

• Methods:Branching, Baselining, Configuration Identification, Configuration Audits.

• Templates:Utilization of standard CM Plan and CI List templates, alongside Delivery Baselining Process Instructions.

Candidate Profile:

• Education: B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience: 0-3 years of experience in embedded software development (internships and academic projects count).

• AI: Excellent Generative AIadoption, Agentic AIexperience, and LLM fundamentals. Machine Learningis a plus

• Required Skills & Profile: - Precision & Accuracy: High attention to detail in document versioning, baseline assembly, and change logging.

  - Process-Oriented: Deep understanding of software lifecycles, configuration identification, and release management.

  - Collaboration: Strong communication skills to effectively track issues and align a diverse, global set of stakeholders.

• Programming: Strong proficiency in any programming language.

• Microcontrollers (is a plus): Deep understanding of microcontroller architecture (memory map, registers, interrupts, timers).

• Embedded Fundamentals (is a plus): Knowledge of RTOS concepts, Low-level Software, and Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL).

• Automotive Standards (is a plus): Familiarity with AUTOSARarchitecture and methodology) and Functional Safety ISO26262is a plus.

• High problem solving skills, and debugging.

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Join Us !

Being part of our team, you will join:

- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development

- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration

- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth

- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com