System Discipline Manager

The company is an automotive supplier and partner to automakers around the world. They design innovative solutions for smart mobility while aiming to lower CO₂ emissions.

Role:

• Manages competencies, trainings, methods, and tools of engineers in the region system organization
  • System technical project management, system architecture, system requirement engineering (textual requirement-based and model-based system engineering, FUSA, cybersecurity)
• Accountable, together with his/her product line colleagues, for on-time/quality/within-cost generation of system deliverables in projects
• Functionally manages (directly or indirectly) all system engineers/System Technical Project Managers/FUSA engineers/CS engineers in Japan

Responsibilities:

Accountable for:

• Securing the capability of system Japan organization to deliver on-time, quality, and cost-efficient deliverables expected from the system teams in projects
  • i.e. (1) architecture and function specification in each system release, and (2) technical consistency of the overall project, monitored through the on-time delivery of key mandatory deliverables on each engineering gate
• Apply in projects of the “state of the art” standards, processes, methods, and tools in his/her department

Support operations in:

• Defining outsourcing/offshoring strategies and footprint of system activities in Japan, as per BG guidelines, together with regional operations product lines
• Solving critical project issues
• Participating in technical discussions in RFQ with customer on system topics or on product functional topics
• Passing Aspice audits in projects
• Managing priorities for system topics
• Propose trainings and career evolutions

Budget:

• Responsible for his/her department budget; build, propose, and follow budget
• Contributes to project budget construction and monitoring: involved in workload estimations process and methods applied in System Japan activities, and in closing the loop between estimation and reality to improve forecast method
• Defines and monitors efficiency improvement activities for System Japan, in accordance with strategic guidance from BG, and local product line/region needs

Competence management:

• Ensures the right level of capabilities, competencies, and expertise of Japan System engineers by being closely involved in hiring, outsourcing, off-shoring, training roadmaps, and plans of these engineers (i.e. approves hiring of employees)
• Prepares and proposes candidates

Process, Methodology, Tools, Equipment:

• Contributes to the improvement of the standards, process, methods, and tools in the System discipline in relation to the System discipline network, especially the System discipline PGS and BG directors
• Check/audit the implementation of the standards (vs SiPH)
• Ensure the full deployment of 5 axes methodology

Networking

• Participate in and support the network of the System discipline
• Develop relationships with customers' system teams

Resources/Footprint

• Centralize information on all existing system resources in Japan
• Identify, create synergies, and ensure optimum use of all resources in Japan
• Identify the needs in terms of dedicated and shared resources. Organize the availability of shared resources with corresponding R&D Managers
• Continuously work with System Discipline Manager/Director to improve his/her footprint and performances

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in the related System discipline in automotive engineering or relevant industries
• Familiarity with ADAS system architecture, sensors, and functions is preferred
• Experience dealing with HKMC (development process, organization, specifications, etc), or eventually Japanese OEMs is preferred
• Model-based development
• English: good command
• Good to have: Korean fluent