Senior Technical Lead - Systems and Software Engineering - Indaiatuba/SP
John Deere1 day ago
Indaiatuba, BrazilStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead embedded systems and software projects from concept through integration, validation, release, and product support.
- Provide technical direction for architecture, design, implementation, and complex problem solving.
- Translate customer and product needs into requirements, interfaces, technical solutions, and verification strategies.
- Coordinate software, electronics, systems, verification, product engineering, and global teams while managing dependencies, risks, and technical issues.
- Participate hands-on in design reviews, implementation, integration, testing, field activities, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Mentor engineers, provide feedback, share knowledge, and strengthen team capability and ownership.
- Use and validate AI-assisted workflows to improve engineering analysis, development, testing, reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Promote traceability, maintainability, automated verification, technical reviews, and continuous engineering improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong experience in software engineering or complex software-intensive systems.
- Experience leading technical projects, major product features, or engineering teams.
- Experience with systems engineering, including requirements, architecture, interfaces, integration, and verification.
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience involving software, hardware, systems, and test environments.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing teams without formal authority.
- Strong communication skills, advanced English proficiency, and effective collaboration with global and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, make sound decisions, deliver with limited supervision, learn quickly, and work beyond the current area of expertise.
- Preferred experience with C/C++, Python, RTOS, Linux, model-based development, or embedded communication technologies such as CAN, ISOBUS, Ethernet, or Bluetooth.
- Preferred knowledge of ASPICE, V-Model, functional safety, ISO 25119, CI/CD, test automation, or requirements traceability.
- Preferred hands-on experience with electronics debugging, Hardware-in-the-Loop systems, machine testing, field validation, AI assistants, automation, or agent-based engineering workflows.
- Availability to travel approximately 15% of the time and work in Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Benefits
- Variable compensation.
- Health, dental, life insurance, and vision care benefits.
- Private pension plan.
- Vaccination reimbursement and pharmacy assistance.
- Corporate University and TotalPass.
- Depending on location, on-site cafeteria, meal voucher, or food allowance.
- Flexible working hours with up to one remote workday per week.
- Approximately 15% travel is required.
About John Deere
John Deere designs and manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment, engines, and turf/golf machinery, along with precision agriculture software and connected services. It sells machines, parts, and subscriptions through a worldwide dealer network and offers customer financing via John Deere Financial. Founded in 1837 and headquartered in Moline, Illinois, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE (ticker: DE).