HMI Software Product Engineer

**In this position...** The HMI 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. Operating at the intersection of Product, Design, and Engineering, 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 artifacts, enabling effective translation of product, technical, and **UI/UX** requirements into clear, actionable work items. 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, engineering scrum teams, and testing organizations to ensure seamless integration, feature readiness, and a consistent, customer-centric **UI/UX** experience across vehicle platforms. In this role, the SPE leads delivery of Driver Information HMI, owning **UI and UX** elements such as layouts, animations, themes, drive modes, and feature integration across Build, Thrill, and Adventure domains. This includes ownership of Welcome and Farewell screen experiences, ensuring a seamless, engaging, and high-quality **User Experience** across all in-vehicle displays. The SPE ensures design intent is accurately realized through execution while maintaining consistency and performance across domains and vehicle platforms. **What you'll do...** - Own the end-to-end delivery for a number of vehicle features sets from concept through release sign-off. - Translate PRDs, design artifacts, and system requirements into epics and sprint-ready user stories with clear 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 to ensure shared understanding of intent, priorities, and dependencies. - Define and manage feature dependencies and blockers across HMI, services, platform, and validation. - Validate end-to-end feature behavior on bench/vehicle through demos and product truth sessions; ensure implementation matches UX intent and functional expectations. - 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 and key edge cases. **You'll have...** - **Experience:** 5+ years (or equivalent) delivering complex, cross-functional software features in embedded, automotive, or adjacent domains; demonstrated ownership across multiple teams and releases. - **Backlog leadership:** Proven ability to author high-quality epics and user stories (clear scope, testable acceptance criteria, dependency mapping) and drive Agile execution (grooming, PI planning, sprint delivery). - **Systems integration mindset:** Ability to reason about end-to-end behavior ac…