Software Engineer

Your Career. Your Impact. Your Future.

At Gentherm, we believe the next big breakthrough begins with you. As a global leader in thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies, we develop advanced systems that deliver meaningful solutions to enhance health, wellness, comfort, and efficiency in everyday life. Our products and innovations are created for you, by you.

Be part of our team where a human-centric mindset drives everything we do-from the technologies we build to the careers we support. With decades of expertise, we have pioneered advanced solutions that have become a standard expectation for consumers around the world.

The same thoughtful approach we take in developing our technologies guides how we support your career: purposeful, impactful, and tailored to you. Because when you thrive, innovation thrives.

Software Engineer

Impact and Opportunity

Gentherm is transforming the future of personalized passenger comfort with the smart, integrated solutions through our Heating, Cooling and Pneumatic products. Software will be the key driver for the transformation of Gentherm across all our product lines. Gentherm is seeking qualified candidates for Software Engineer roles in the Expert Engineering Organization based in Novi, MI. This role will support the software development activities for projects across multiple product lines and customers.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for automotive products, contributing to a robust and quality product.
• Support technical feasibility reviews and provide development effort estimates for assigned work packages.
• Participate in system requirement analysis with product management and the project team.
• Communicate task and work package status on an ongoing basis and raise risks to the team lead/project lead.
• Break down assigned work packages into implementable tasks and track personal progress against project milestones.
• Participate in project and Scrum meetings (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives).
• Contribute to delivery of software per the release plan and milestones defined by the team/project lead.
• Coordinate with cross-functional peers (systems, hardware, test) to align on task dependencies.
• Support communication with the customer on software topics as directed by the project lead.
• Design and develop embedded software features, drivers, and services within the assigned platform architecture.
• Conduct and participate in design and code reviews for own and other team members work.
• Work with testing teams to ensure requirement coverage for assigned features and review/address test results.
• Adhere to Gentherm APQP and ASPICE requirements; track relevant task-level KPIs.
• Follow defined software task and evaluation criteria in accordance with Gentherms software platform architecture for re-use.
• Ensure correctness and quality of own work products through self-review and adherence to team standards.
• Apply best-practice software development processes and technical solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers, interns, or co-ops on specific tasks and process adherence, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 2-5 years of experience in embedded software development, preferably in an automotive setting.
• Experience contributing to software development projects within a team environment.
• Experience interfacing with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Basic knowledge of project management fundamentals.
• Proficient with (MISRA C) development of embedded real-time software using automotive standard tools (debuggers, emulators, compilers).
• Familiarity with automotive process standards (ASPICE, CMMI, ISO-26262).
• Experience with development, integration, and test of drivers and services in a platform architecture.
• Experience with Vector tools (CANalyzer, CANoe, etc.).
• Familiarity with automotive electronics hardware, software and systems requirements, functional objectives, and validation methods and tools.
• Experience with agile tools and methods.
• Experience in problem identification and resolution.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automotive process standards (ASPICE, CMMI, ISO-26262)
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for software planning and task management
• Experience in use of Siemens PLM tools such as Polarion
• Experience with automotive communications protocols such as CAN, LIN

Nice to Know

Travel: Up to 10%, Local / Global

Competencies:

Deliver Results

• Understand the mission and output of your team; set SMART objectives and deliver

Drive Change

• Focus on agility and commitment to continuous improvement; Understand and act on internal and external drivers of change

Build Capability

• Foster a culture of learning and development; Support individual growth through continuous feedback to achieve personal and professional goals

Cultivate Innovation

• Openly embrace, create, implement and support new and innovative ideas, processes and technology that deliver business results

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT (US):

All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. In order to best serve our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation. Gentherm is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.

Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building an inclusive culture through Our Network of Engagement (ONE) where we value our differences and work together to positively impact the lives of our employees, customers, and communities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.