IVI System Architecture Technical Leader

The Senior Manager of IVI Systems Engineering Architecture serves as the "technical glue" that defines and executes the delivery path for IVI features from initial concept through deployment. This strategic leader is responsible for translating vehicle product intent and UX requirements into IVI HW/Systems/SW actionable technical requirements, ensuring cross-stack quality and architectural feasibility. By managing complex dependencies across ECU and cloud interactions, this role bridges the gap between visionary design and embedded implementation, ensuring that the next generation experiences are technically sound, safe, and delivered with zero field failures.

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What you'll do...

* Architectural Strategy:
Define the end-to-end architecture for IVI features, ensuring a cohesive integration across cockpit displays and cloud services.

* Requirement Decomposition:
Lead the translation of high-level product intent and UX requirements into detailed, actionable technical specifications and implementation tasks.

* Feasibility &

Risk Management:

Conduct deep-dive feasibility assessments for complex features, identifying technical risks early and driving cross-functional alignment to mitigate them.

* Cross-Stack Integration:
Ensure seamless communication and quality across the entire software stack, managing the critical interfaces between other ECU's, cloud and IVI.

* Platform Evolution and Adaptability:
Drive the transition from feature-based delivery to a modular, platform-centric architecture that enables rapid scaling across multiple vehicle programs, global markets, and price-points.

* Technical Governance:
Act as the primary authority for architectural decisions, utilizing "Product Truth" sessions to align Design, Systems, and Development teams on technical execution.

* Functional Safety & Compliance:
Integrate safety constraints and Functional Safety (FuSa) requirements into the core architecture, ensuring all features meet rigorous ASO standards.

* Cybersecurity and Privacy:
Integrate security and privacy requirements into the core architecture, ensuring all the architecture is "secure by design," protects user data, and prevents unauthorized access to vehicle systems.

* Lifecycle Visibility:
Maintain end-to-end visibility into feature dependencies and delivery milestones, ensuring high-quality software is ready for every program milestone.

* Organizational Leadership:
Scale technical excellence by coaching a team of systems thinkers and architects, fostering a culture of rigor, agility, and high-integrity people leadership.

What you'll do...

* Architectural Strategy:
Define the end-to-end architecture for IVI features, ensuring a cohesive integration across cockpit displays and cloud services.

* Requirement Decomposition:
Lead the translation of high-level product intent and UX requirements into detailed, actionable technical specifications and implementation tasks.

* Feasibility &

Risk Management:

Conduct deep-dive feasibility assessments for complex features, identifying technical risks early and driving cross-functional alignment to mitigate them.

* Cross-Stack Integration:
Ensure seamless communication and quality across the entire software stack, managing the critical interfaces between other ECU's, cloud and IVI.

* Platform Evolution and Adaptability:
Drive the transition from feature-based delivery to a modular, platform-centric architecture that enables rapid scaling across multiple vehicle programs, global markets, and price-points.

* Technical Governance:
Act as the primary authority for architectural decisions, utilizing "Product Truth" sessions to align Design, Systems, and Development teams on technical execution.

* Functional Safety & Compliance:
Integrate safety constraints and Functional Safety (FuSa) requirements into the core architecture, ensuring all features meet rigorous ASO standards.

* Cybersecurity and Privacy:
Integrate security and privacy requirements into the core architecture, ensuring all the architecture is "secure by design," protects user data, and prevents unauthorized access to vehicle systems.

* Lifecycle Visibility:
Maintain end-to-end visibility into feature dependencies and delivery milestones, ensuring high-quality software is ready for every program milestone.

* Organizational Leadership:
Scale technical excellence by coaching a team of systems thinkers and architects, fostering a culture of rigor, agility, and high-integrity people leadership.