Technical Lead Build and Release Manager - COSMOS

About the Company
Embitel Technologies is a Volkswagen AG (VW) Group Company. VW is a German multinational automotive manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. VW is one of the world’s largest automaker by sales. VW sold 10.9 million vehicles in 2019. The group comprises of 12 brands from seven European Countries: Volkswagen, Audi, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti, Bentley, Ducati (motorcycles), Skoda, SEAT, Scania, MAN and Volkswagen commercial vehicles.

About CARIAD (Car, I Am Digital)

The automotive industry is in disruption. As a company, CARIAD is playing a part in multiple large trends at the same time: electrification, automation, and digitalization. The new name builds on changing customer needs. Automotive customers are demanding more comfort, more safety, more sustainability, and more connectivity. With its software platforms and digital features, CARIAD is developing solutions and products that will turn the car into a smart companion to accompany customers into the future with continuous updates and new digital features, even years later. The new company name reflects this zeitgeist: ‘Car, I Am Digital’. The brand profile can be found on its new website https://cariad.technology.

Currently, around 4,000 employees are working at CARIAD on the digital transformation of the car. CARIAD is working intensively on the software and technology platform for Premium Platform Electric (PPE). The first vehicles based on PPE will be the electric Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron. At the core of CARIAD is the development of the unified and scalable software and technology platform E³ 2.0 for all Group brands. E³ stands for ‘end to end electronics architecture’. The new software and technology platform is built from scratch and will be used first at the end of 2024 in Artemis, the lighthouse project of Audi. As of 2026, E³ 2.0 is due to be scaled by the Volkswagen brand with Trinity in the volume segment.

About our Group

CARIAD COE (Centre of Excellence) is setup in Bangalore, India working exclusively with CARIAD and associated VW groups with the focus on development of ‘VW.OS”. The areas of work involve development of platform components such as firmware, boot loaders, AUTOSAR, Linux/QNX BSP, Service oriented architecture-based middleware components.

Job Description:

Job Title: Build and Release Management

Experience: 7 to 10 years

Grade: A4/B2

Team: COSMOS
No of positions: 1

Job Overview:

We are looking for a highly motivated Build and Release Manager to lead and govern Build and Release activities for the COSMOS Project. The Build & Release Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and governing software build and release activities across the product lifecycle, ensuring timely, high-quality, and compliant deliveries aligned with Agile/SAFe PI and Sprint cadences. This role serves as the central point of coordination between development, integration, quality assurance, project management, and customer-facing teams to drive release readiness, build execution, repository synchronization, and delivery management.

The Build & Release Manager oversees end-to-end release planning, build candidate creation, versioning, packaging, quality gate compliance, release documentation, and deployment coordination. The role ensures that all software releases meet defined quality standards, traceability requirements, and project governance expectations through effective evidence collection, Software Release Readiness (SRR) management, and stakeholder approvals.

The successful candidate will possess strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, release management processes, Jira, Confluence, Git-based repository management, and software versioning practices. They will proactively manage release risks, coordinate hotfix and blocker releases, resolve build and integration issues with cross-functional teams, and continuously improve release automation, workflows, and operational efficiencies.

This position requires excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, a strong sense of urgency, and the ability to provide clear release status, risk assessments, and go/no-go recommendations while ensuring smooth collaboration between project management, development, QA, architecture, integration, and external customer teams.

Responsibilities:

·       Plan and align releases with PI/Sprint cadence: Plan release according to the release calendar and balance with available team capacity, align with PIs/sprints and program objectives.

•    Plan ad-hoc build requests on customer demand

• Build readiness and integration
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• Versioning and packaging
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• Delivery execution and repository sync
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• Quality gates and evidence
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• Release documentation and approval
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• Issue handling and communication
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• Process stewardship
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• undefinedRequired Skills:Release Management Processes & MethodologiesStrong understanding of Agile and SAFe release management practices, including PI planning, sprint alignment, release cadence management, scope freeze, release branching, and hotfix strategies. Experience in end-to-end software release management, including Software Release Readiness (SRR) preparation, release governance, and stakeholder approval processes. Knowledge of change management and defect management processes, with the ability to align critical change requests and high-priority defects to release planning and gating criteria.CI/CD, Build & Release ToolingHands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or equivalent build automation platforms. Proficiency in monitoring build pipelines, triggering releases, managing build promotions, and ensuring artifact traceability. Strong experience with Jira (DevStack/VWIF or equivalent), including Fix Versions, Release Hubs, JQL queries, dashboards, and release tracking. Proficiency in Confluence for maintaining release documentation, SRR records, release checklists, evidence repositories, and delivery logs. Good understanding of Git-based version control systems, repository synchronization, branching strategies, and release management workflows. Familiarity with static code analysis, security scanning, test automation frameworks, and quality gate validation processes.Technical SkillsUnderstanding Java-based applications, service-oriented architectures, and native build environments. Knowledge of software versioning, branching strategies, tagging, hotfix management, and reproducible build practices. Awareness of software integration processes, dependency management, and release integration constraints across distributed systems. Understanding software build artifacts, packaging, deployment preparation, and release distribution mechanisms.Quality, Compliance & TraceabilityExperience in release evidence management and end-to-end traceability from requirements and Jira work items to commits, builds, test results, and delivered artifacts. Ability to prepare comprehensive release packages, including SRR documentation, release notes, rollback procedures, known issues, and approval records. Understanding of software quality standards, compliance requirements, audit readiness, and release governance processes. Knowledge of data protection and information security practices related to release documentation and artifact management.Communication & Stakeholder ManagementStrong coordination and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across Development, QA, Architecture, Integration, Product Owners, Project Managers, and Customer teams. Excellent problem-solving skills to drive resolution of build, integration, and release-related issues. Ability to communicate release status, risks, dependencies, mitigation plans, and go/no-go recommendations to senior stakeholders. Strong documentation skills for creating release notes, delivery communications, and status reports. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.Behavioral CompetenciesStrong sense of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail. Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage multiple concurrent releases. Proactive approach toward risk identification, issue escalation, and continuous process improvement. Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities. High sense of urgency and commitment to meeting release timelines and delivery commitments. Continuous improvement mindset with focus on automation, efficiency, and process optimization. 
• Nice-to-have:•        Experience in automotive, IoT, or large-scale enterprise systems•        PMP, Scrum Master or similar project management certification•        Exposure to cloud technologies and infrastructure as code  

Working with Embitel
• Freedom to challenge norms, make mistakes, learn and grow
• There is no ‘I’ in word ‘Team’ and no hierarchy at Embitel
• Employees of Embitel are partners of our excellence and growth. And they are at the core of
organization’s Mission and Vision

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