Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:
Responsible for the overall financial impact of Telematics and Infotainment subsystems within a larger scale project. Expert in all engineering processes and responsible for their effective application, improvement, and mentoring less experienced engineers on the effective use of the processes. Champions development/communication/employment of engineering “best practices” - drives effort to "make things better".
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
- Primary contact within engineering to interact with customers to define the engineering scope for telematics, infotainment technology and screens.
- Collaborate the definition of Connectivity Systems architecture and interfaces between connectivity products, vehicle platforms, projects, and applications.
- Leads product development and release process development through new hire training, lunch and learns, and one on one development.
- Work with the telematics, infotainment and Product teams to define digital solutions which integrate into the existing and future vehicle architectures and consider long term business goals.
- Mentors lead engineers.
- Coach/mentor other functions to improve project execution.
- Drives communication across departments and outside the company.
- Regular communication across industry with responsibility for representing Club Cars interests.
- Makes strategic technical decisions that consider long term business goals.
- Scope of decisions covers all active projects.
- Insures appropriate level of “engineering” is applied to problem solving.
- Assesses impact of risks across project and product lines; facilitates/champions risk assessment “best practices”.
- Frequently requested to give technical assessments of situations outside normal scope of influence.
- Responsible for the development of project timelines, engineering resource requirements, and expenditure estimates for AOP.
- Responsible for leading large complete system projects having strategic platform impact.
- Informal delegation of minor tasks to individuals in functional departments.
- Drives application of advanced engineering concepts.
- Ensures long-term direction for capability matrix training aligns with LRP.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintains safe and productive work environment by assuring the work area is clear of tools, brooms, debris, and other items that may present a hazard.
- Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB
Education:
- BS in engineering field or other technical degree (ex: computer science, chemistry, physics, metallurgy, etc.)
Experience:
- 15+ years of experience.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Demonstrated mastery of infotainment screens and telematics ecosystems.
- Experience with digital and analog electronic circuit design, electronic systems, as well as embedded software development.
- Experience with power systems and/or mixed signal design a plus.
- Understanding of RF (Radio Frequency) electronics.
- Experience with communication protocols: CAN, TCP/IP, USB, Bluetooth, Cellular and/or Wi-Fi.
- Design and analysis experience with high-speed digital systems, including multi-gigabit transceivers.
- Familiar with best design practices for safety, EMC and compliance agency approvals, FCC, CE etc.
- Self-Directed.
- Job-related decisions are made independently and communicated to the manager as required.
- Ability to keep a "calm head" in tough situations.
- Able to independently lead external resources including seeking new relationships, scoping work, negotiating contracts, ensuring accountability, quality of deliverables, etc.
- Identify capability gaps and lead capability projects to improve project execution.
- Able to integrate outside resources into the team.
- Strong technical understanding of all vehicle systems, system interactions, and vehicle level requirements.
- Identifies opportunities to improve engineering capabilities and leads.
- Owns the development and documentation of vehicle level requirements and specifications.
- Process owner for the cascade of vehicle level requirements and specifications to all systems, subsystems, and components in the vehicle and responsible for the execution for this cascade within projects.
- Broad range knowledge in multiple subject matters.