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Form of workJob Title:Hardware Chief Engineer Project Manager Hardware (12 to 16 yrs Exp)
Job Description:
- Functional project leader of Headlamp and Rear Lamp during the product development.
- Responsible for the development and the validation of components for exterior vehicle lighting.
- Coordinate the Cross functional team of hardware, layout, software, electro-mechanical, functional safety and validation.
- Electronic leader for components PCBAs / Drive and integration with complete lamps development.
- Electronic requirements analysis and management.
- Manage the changes applied during the development and launch phase.
- Manage quality, cost and time of electronic development.
- Manage the different development phases and optimizations of the lighting respecting the project schedule and milestones, and internal requirements, customer requirements and legal requirements.
- Customer, suppliers and internal communications about the project status.
- Set up and coordination of a cross-functional project team and cooperation with the responsible and department.
- Responsible to define the project milestones for electronic development and validation comply the AL/Customer requirements
- Samples planning for project development (hardware, software, EMC etc…)
- Customer management for electronic (Voice internally and in customer understand customer needs)
- Coordination of all electronic activities
- Coordinate and release all electronic documentation
- Electronic system integration to light system and vehicle in cooperation with customer.
- Coordination skills
- Electronic system architecture definition
- PCBA industrialization track
- Cost, time and quality track, monitoring the impact of changes
- Define and evaluate project concepts (quotation phase to final design)
- Perform analysis on simulations, components and assembled products.
- Make customer presentations and attend meetings
- Create reports in all here mentioned matters internally (e. g. for internal communication, release processes/project gates) and externally (e. g. for customers, suppliers)
- Functional organization of electronic engineering team
- Review and release the plan for electrical, environment and EMC tests
- Support offer team and sales department in offer phase providing technical expertise, feasibility checks and technical premises regarding the customer specifications and AL requirements
- Other duties as assigned
- Representing own team or department management as a proxy
- Release of project concepts (CR, QRC, status 1 / 2, B-C-D samples)
- Manager the development cost of the product
- Allocate resources to work packages
- Customer communication and transmit the message internally in our company defining the development strategy
- Definition of tool and process optimizations for relevant parts
- Design release for RFQ and tool kick off.
- Guide the development team to follow the design and project time plan
- Technical release for samples construction
- Assigning tasks to team members
Skills:
- Team management (experienced level).
- Very good communication skills for customer/supplier interface.
- Interdisciplinary know-how about software-hardware-engineering, lighting engineering, mechatronic design, electronic validation methodologies and EMC
- Operating development rules (experienced level).
- Analytical thinking and problem solving.
- CAD system Catia V5 and NX (Basic level).
- ECAD tools preferable CADENCE (Basic level).
- Electronic circuit and component knowledge of complex electronic systems
- Microsoft Office (experienced level – MS-office and project).
- Design and industrialization processes (e. g. DFMEA).
- Problem and change management with clearQuest, JIRA and/or similar task-tracking-Tools
- Fluent English is mandatory, other languages appreciated.
Qualification: Graduated from an electronic or Mechatronic school (minimum Engineer, Master preferred) or comparable studies
Experience:
- At least 5 years of work experience in electronic development (designing and industrializing) exterior lighting products for vehicles. (LED-CPBAs, Drive-PCBAs and drives).
- At least two projects developed and industrialized
- Experience in leading and organizing an engineering team is of advantage
- Manage electronic development
- International exposure of advantage
