The Software Product Engineer (SPE) is a senior feature delivery leader within in-vehicle infotainment, responsible for translating product vision and design intent into executable software backlogs and driving end-to-end delivery across the in-vehicle digital experience. This includes the User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) layers, as well as supporting middleware, services, and vehicle integration—particularly for electrification-related features such as charging, energy management, range insights, and battery status.
Operating at the intersection of Product, Design, Engineering, and Electrification, the SPE plays a critical leadership role in aligning cross-functional teams and ensuring high-quality feature execution. This role requires a strong understanding of engineering systems and EV domain concepts, enabling effective translation of product, technical, UX/UI, and electrification requirements into clear, actionable work items and solutions.
The SPE owns and drives backlog strategy and execution within Jira, including story creation, refinement, grooming, and triage. By incorporating Product Owner responsibilities, the SPE ensures well-defined acceptance criteria, alignment with program priorities, and readiness for implementation across multiple teams. This role is accountable for cross-team coordination, dependency and risk management, and integrated validation from concept through launch, ensuring predictable program execution and high-quality release outcomes.
With broad organizational influence, the SPE partners closely with Product Management, Digital Product Design, Electrification teams, engineering scrum teams, and testing organizations to ensure seamless integration, feature readiness, and a consistent, customer-centric experience across vehicle platforms.
What you'll do...
- Own the end-to-end engineering lifecycle for a set of features or digital experience domains from concept through release sign-off, including electrification-focused features
- Define the product execution path by answering: “What should we build, why does it matter, and how do we build it the right way?”—with consideration for both UX excellence and EV customer needs.
- Translate PRDs, design artifacts, system behavior requirements, and electrification use cases into clear software deliverables—epics and sprint-ready user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria in Jira.
- Lead feasibility assessment, scope definition, and backlog readiness for PI planning; manage change/churn while protecting milestones.
- Drive cross-functional alignment with Product, Digital Product Design, Architecture, Engineering, and Test teams to ensure shared understanding of intent, priorities, dependencies, and Electrification/EV-specific behaviors.
- Define and manage feature dependencies and blockers across HMI, services, platform, vehicle signals, and electrification systems.
- Validate end-to-end feature behavior on bench/vehicle through demos and product truth sessions; ensure implementation matches UX intent, functional expectations, and real-world EV usage scenarios.
- Lead defect triage and prioritization for owned features; drive issues to closure through root-cause direction, retest strategy, and stakeholder communication.
- Maintain clear execution visibility via epic status summaries, risk registers/mitigation plans, and regular stakeholder updates.
- Ensure test coverage alignment by reviewing/confirming that test cases map to story acceptance criteria, edge cases, and electrification scenarios (e.g., charging interruptions, low battery states).
- Identify and define logworthies and analytics instrumentation required for each feature, including EV-specific telemetry (charging sessions, energy usage, range accuracy).
