Director, Product Management – Functional Safety & Microcontroller

Overview

Position:
Director of Product Management, Automotive software products to help define and promote Software features for Microcontrollers targeting ADAS/Infotainment and mixed criticality use cases.

Directs a comprehensive product strategy from product conception and definition through end of life. Formulates and executes long-term roadmaps for cost/profit control. Directs those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific product or group of products. Successful candidate will define and own technology roadmap for automotive software safety and reliability - for customer programs globally, analyze business opportunities, drive execution and help with safety related customer engagements for ADAS/infotainment & Mixed criticality use cases.

The position requires deep expertise in automotive software, functional safety/ISO
26262 development or automotive/safety software product management, with strong focus on Functional Safety compliance processes, Automotive software development process, Software/ Systems architecture at vehicle level, RTOS (SafeRTOS/OSEK/Zephyr or other MCU RTOS), BSP, Embedded Software, Safety/Systems Software expertise, Classic AUTOSAR/SOME-IP and Automotive Middleware. knowledge on Functional-safety (ISO
26262), FMEA, FTA, FMEDA, 8D expertise/experience would be preferred. Should have very good understanding of the safety micro controller architecture for Automotive.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to collaborate and influence multiple stakeholders in Product Management, Business Development, HW and SW Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Operations and Sales teams are essential requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field.
• 8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.

• 15+ years of Automotive SW dev/management (incl. requirements/systems) experience.
• 10+ years experience in leading/successfully delivering Software products for Automotive Microcontrollers.
• 5+ years experience with Classic AUTOSAR software development/product management.
• 5+ years experience with leading functional safety software design/architecture and Safety analysis.
• Strong expertise in MCU Software development and embedded software concepts/tools. Strong experience with defining end to end safety concepts for mixed-critical systems.
• Strong experience with automotive software development - process maturity, quality metrics (incl. robustness, freedom from Interference and software reliability) and ISO
  26262 standards based software/product development.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills

• Ability to drive/lead engineering discussions with deep technical understanding/knowledge on one or more areas related to Functional Safety (ISO
  26262), Automotive SW development process, software quality, including BSP, drivers, OSEK, RTOS, AUTOSAR, BSW, RTE, JTAG debuggers, MCU application stack, MCU peripheral drivers, Ethernet, Communication protocols and V&V process.
• Define use cases, help with safety software architecture, write requirements for SDKs, BSP, MCU software/middleware and the value proposition for safety/quality.
• Work with customers and internal engineering teams on RFIs, RFQs, and system-level use case modelling & analysis (with focus on Safety and robustness/quality).
• Develops product goals, (e.g., features, performance, cost, timeline, schedules), defines metrics/KPIs, performs product feasibility, and facilitates cross-functional decision making for products they own.
• Together with advanced knowledge of industry trends and/or competitors’ products, Translate customer requirements, feedback, and market dynamics into feature requests, software product requirements and feature roll out plans - to ensure a high quality software product.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, innovative environment, including experience in discussing complex ideas with partners, customers, and executives.

• Validates business cases and determines relevance…