Software Defect Data Analyst - 37232445 (1272)

An exciting opportunity for a Software Defect Data Analyst to join a leading automotive engineering team in Warwickshire, supporting the analysis, tracking, and reporting of software and systems defect data across complex vehicle programmes. This role focuses on JIRA defect management, Tableau dashboard reporting, data integrity, KPI analysis, and stakeholder communication to improve defect visibility and support data-driven engineering decisions. Ideal for candidates with experience in data analysis, defect management tools, reporting and visualisation, and software or systems engineering environments within automotive or technology sectors.

Location: Warwickshire

Duties:
This role is focused on ensuring the integrity, consistency and usability of software and systems defect data across all areas of the business. The defects are created and managed in JIRA and visualised in Tableau. This role bridges the gap between the testing engineers, the defect resolution engineers and the releasing teams by analysing the complex datasets, resolving tooling issues, and preparing high-quality data for decision-making and reporting.

Skills:

• Ability to support project planning with data-driven insights.
• Ability to create transparent weekly Senior-Management Reporting
• Ability to interact with key engineering stakeholders to ensure metrics are aligned and correct
• Ability to interpret the data to determine the key messages that should be shared.
• Ability to ensure data integrity is maintained, by monitoring tickets for common errors
• Ability to coach other users with the best practice on defect tooling, data consistency and cleanliness
• Visualisation tool (e.g. Tableau) experience would be beneficial

Education:

• Degree or equivalent experience