Technical Project Lead Embedded Systems

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COMPANY:

Dana Belgium NV designs, produces and assembles vehicle drivelines for Light Vehicle, Commercial Vehicle, Off Highway vehicles and power technologies in different sectors. They are a thought leader in their market. The company employs about 500 persons. For their embedded systems and software department, part of the Electrification and Mechatronics Engineering Group that is headquartered in their facility in Bruges, they are looking for a Technical Project Lead Embedded Systems.

FUNCTION:



As Technical Project Lead Embedded Systems your main responsibilities are:

• Plan, budget and monitor the assigned projects in order to run all projects as efficiently as possible. This involves activities of Dana employees & agencies in a multi-project environment, both in the Dana Bruges development site and in other Dana development sites (mainly US, Italy & India).
• Manage the assigned projects in order to meet customer needs and commitments in terms of time of delivery, cost, safety and quality.
• Realize, deliver and support the different variants of the model based software solutions to meet the requirements of the end-users and customers (external) on time. This is achieved by combining project management and actively contributing to hands-on development and testing. As the technical project leader, you are also the main technical contact in order to translate the relevant customer requirements into technical requirements and support the customer deployment of the model based software solutions. Due to the global nature of different projects, you will need to travel occasionally to visit customers and suppliers in order to analyze, specify, support & follow-up the model based software development activities.
• Manage and follow-up of project team and employees through delegation and in consultation with superior, in order to optimize their individual performance and that of the company.
• Continuously improve the organization, structure, methodology, methods and procedures of the software development processes as well as to secure its compliance in accordance with the relevant standards in order to make projects and activities of the department efficient and optimal. Selection and implementation of the necessary tools to support the methodology, methods and procedures.
• Offer the necessary knowledge and support where needed to both internal and external projects / people to help solve problems, and to let the development and introduction of new products or improvements run smoothly.
• Monitor state-of-the-art and scout the areas of model-based software design of embedded systems in order to increase team knowledge and experience for the application of new state-of-the-art ideas into the existing business activities.

PROFILE:

• You have a Master in Mechatronics/Informatics/Electronics.
• You have knowledge of and experience in software development tools and processes (software design, bug tracking, version control, ...)
• You have knowledge and experience in Model Based Software Development, auto code generation and doing the integration with legacy code.
• You have knowledge and experience with the Mathworks tools like, Matlab-Simulink, Stateflow, embedded coder, …
• You have knowledge about SYSML (UML) and AUTOSAR.
• You also have knowledge and experience in embedded C programming, with dSPACE TargetLink code generator, with compilers, with operating systems used for embedded systems and with test methodologies (unit & integration testing, MIL/SIL & HIL testing, test bench & vehicle testing).
• You have strong organization, problem solving and communication skills.
• You are fluent in English.
• You must be able to work in an international, diverse team.

OFFER:

• A challenging job, with room for initiative and focus on innovation;
• The opportunity to become a member of the Electrification an Mechatronics Engineering Group that is headquartered in Belgium;
• The opportunity to work for a thought leader in their market;
• A function with an international context and contacts;
• The opportunity to share knowledge and experience with their engineering departments worldwide and with research institutes and universities;
• An innovative, driven and open organization, offering many possibilities to grow in your career.