Senior Project Lead AI​/ML​/DL

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Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of dramatic innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries:
Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN.

At the Innovation & Engineering Center California (IECC), we represent the Volkswagen Group in applied research and development. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, we create bold new ideas for the Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche brands. We’re a team of engineers, designers, scientists, and psychologists looking to develop innovations for future generations of cars, and to transfer technologies from many industries and research institutions into the automotive domain.

Our mission is to drive change which means we are not only impacting one of the world’s largest car makers, but also the lives of millions of people. Are you ready to join us?

The Project Lead Sr
position is focused on Project Management activities for advanced Research and Development projects  incumbent will manage project schedules and resources with our internal partners, the internal staff, and tracks results. The incumbent will work as the key interface between the VW Group R&D centers, US affiliates, external partners, and suppliers. In addition, the incumbent is responsible for the project portfolio, ensuring intellectual properties, and forming strategic partnerships with internal and external entities.

Project Lead Responsibility – (90%)

• Serves as Project Lead:
  • Project Coordination and Communication
  • Project Resource Planning
  • Project Budget and Engineering
• Project/progress reports and Presentations to management (both internal and external Project Affiliates)
• Develops and contributes to proposal scope definition and planning
• Acts as liaison between ICC to internal/external partners

Mentorship and Training – (10%)

• Mentors project engineers and manages job training for project team members

• Give clear and unbiased assessment of project status and needs to partners, stakeholders and management.
• Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason.
• Creative and strategic problem-solving mindset – exhibit good judgement in making decisions.
• Able to work in a highly dynamic, multi-disciplinary, time-line bound and target oriented work environment.
• Good people and test resource management – functional and strategic.
• Assertive with excellent communication skills – presentation, written and interpersonal.
• Able to continuously question and challenge the status-quo, always documenting and applying the lessons learned.
• Team player with good collaboration and integration skills – joining people, processes and systems
• Proven influencing and negotiation skills – steer project in order to obtain best outcome
• Able to understand the technical and financial angles of the project – direct team members on best approach to take.

Years of Experience

• Eight years or more in R&D
• An emphasis on AI/Machine Learning and Deep Learning strongly preferred
• Two years or more as a technical project leader

Education

Required: Bachelor or Master degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Chemical, Material, Automotive, etc.)

Desired: Master or PhD degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Chemical, Material, Automotive, etc.)

Required Skills:

• Product Development
  • Experience gathering and organizing requirements and writing functional specifications.
  • Adept at diving deep into the weeds with engineers while keeping the product vision in mind.
  • Ability to plan/review architectures, technical designs, test strategies, test cases etc.
  • Able to understand and engage in market- oriented product development
• Project Management
  • Proven record of project leadership within the automotive industry
  • Has held a project leadership role throughout entire…