Hardware Chief Engineer Project Manager Hardware - NR Consulting LLC

 
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