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Job 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.
Roles & Responsibilities:
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
