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Title: Software Engineer - Monterrey
Primary Location: Monterrey
Function: Product Engineering (CA)
John Deere is a foremost leader in the ag equipment business, and we continue to put a solid stamp on other industries. For over 185 years, the company’s portfolio of groundbreaking products has grown to include industries related to and outside of agriculture, including Turf, Construction and Forestry and Wind Technologies. The image of John Deere is no longer that of a signature green tractor meandering across a field; it’s been replaced with an image of acceleration, swift progress, and innovative leaping toward the company’s 200th year. The product line alone serves as proof with advances in machine performance, equipment automation, fleet management, and John Deere’s ongoing investment in emerging markets.
Note: All candidates should have their tax situation certificate (Constancia de Siituación Fiscal) up to date with the salary regime to be eligible for the hiring process.
- Embedded software engineers in this space contribute high-quality, secure, and innovative solutions for enabling global telematics on an embedded development scrum team.
- Develop and test high-quality software features in C++ on embedded controllers in a Linux environment
- Investigate embedded software issues and implement sustainable solutions
- Collaborate with system engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, analyze potential impacts, and drive for results
- Operate on an Agile scrum team on a variety of features with direction from technical leads.
- Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard and create backup files to ensure instant recovery in the case of problems.
- Develop personal skills, knowledge, technical competencies, and behavioral competencies to ensure that they are relevant to current and future role or organizational requirements, to enhance personal performance, to support innovation and new developments, and to fulfill personal potential.
- Design, test, and validate engineering solutions that deliver on design briefs (e.g., functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost). Ensure all solutions conform to organizational and regulatory standards.
- Define the engineering standards and specifications that must be adhered to by the organization and/or its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
- Carry out change management and innovation activities to reach the organization's goals. Activities can be simple or complex, ranging from implementation support and process improvement diagnosis to designing, developing, and delivering the organization's overall objectives for innovation and change.
- Collaborate with professional teams and partner organizations across boundaries to ensure service users receive cohesive, seamless support tailored to their needs.
- Design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems, specifying the methods, process steps, and plant machinery and equipment required to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
- Manage and deliver projects of varying sizes and complexity. Depending on seniority, may be responsible for designing overall project management strategy.
- Carry out inspections to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and specify the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Bash, CMake, etc.).
- Experience in a Linux environment.
- Experience with real-time, embedded, multithreaded systems.
- Understanding of wireless communications (Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth).
- Experience in Agile software development processes.
- Exposure to Internet of Things (IoT) and telematics.
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt, and communicate cross-functionally.
- Mechatronics, Computer Science, Information Systems or similar Engineering Degree
Candidates must have the necessary work permits to work in the country.
Skills Required
- Mechatronics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar engineering degree
- Necessary work permits to work in the country
- Current Constancia de Situación Fiscal with the applicable salary regime
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or CMake
- Experience in a Linux environment
- Experience with real-time, embedded, and multithreaded systems
- Understanding of cellular, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth communications
- Experience with Agile software development processes
- Exposure to IoT and telematics
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt, and communicate cross-functionally
John Deere Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about John Deere and has not been reviewed or approved by John Deere.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with union‑represented employees retaining high‑value plans with no premiums or deductibles under the 2021–2027 agreement. Company materials also highlight broad medical options, wellness resources, and inclusive care navigation.
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with company match and, for many represented roles and some salaried groups, access to a defined‑benefit pension. Contract updates and company filings indicate sustained retirement programs with enhancements for covered employees.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation scales up to five weeks with additional holidays, and some units allow purchasing extra time off. Materials also reference paid parental and caregiver leave alongside flexible work arrangements where roles allow.
John Deere Insights
What We Do
Life can’t evolve without innovation. That’s why we’re ideating to help feed the planet, build smarter, and help our farmers and growers to sustainably optimize their land. The mission is underway, but we need the right people to continue bringing it to life. From coders to assemblers and from engineers and tech experts to marketers and field teams. All find a purpose to drive them, a culture to thrive in, and a world of opportunities.
Why Work With Us
Our company is more than just a place to work. For John Deere employees, it’s where we dream, design, and deliver machines and technology that help feed a rapidly growing world and build critical infrastructure in villages, towns and modern megacities.
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