Andreas Hock
Consultant
Experience
Consultant
Energy technology company
- Implemented portfolio management for small and medium projects with Planner Premium
- Developed organizational and technical standards for project management
- Automated processes with Power Automate
- Developed a Power Apps platform (interface between MS Dynamics and Planner Premium)
- Created comprehensive reporting with Power BI and MS Loop
- Area: PMO
Consultant
Electronics company
- Implemented Microsoft Project Online / Project Server
- Migrated about 100 projects to the Project Server
- Set up a resource pool and resource management
- Developed reporting using OData and Power BI
- Handover of the new PM solution to the PMO
- Area: PMO
- Location: Northern Germany, Germany
Consultant
Consulting firm
- Introduced AI (artificial intelligence) with Microsoft Copilot into various Microsoft Office 365 applications for the client (MS Teams, Power BI, Excel, and Word)
- Led and conducted workshops to analyze AI technology potential for the client
- Implemented customized AI agents based on the client's specific requirements
- Integrated Microsoft Copilot to optimize business processes
- Created concepts to meet data protection requirements
- Area: PMO / AI
- Location: Munich, Germany
Consultant
Energy provider
- Supported the PMO in building a reporting strategy with the Microsoft Power Platform / Apps
- Built data models in Power BI considering multiple data sources (Power Apps, SharePoint Online, Lists)
- Created Power BI visuals for various report types
- Programmed in DAX
- Aggregated visuals into different dashboards for the PMO and the projects
- Integrated Power BI templates from the Microsoft dev environment
- Area: software development / PMO
- Location: Stuttgart and Frankfurt, Germany
Interim Product Owner / Quality Manager
OEM VW/Audi - CARIAD
- Product Owner and Quality Manager for a company-wide automotive infotainment system with technologies like Android, Google Automotive Services, embedded software
- Writing system requirements from stakeholder requirements (Audi, Porsche, VW, Skoda, etc.) and linking them to test cases in Codebeamer
- Implementing process automation (Atlassian JIRA and DOORS interfaces to Codebeamer)
- Agile software development following SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- Supporting projects as an Agile Coach
- Generating reports with Codebeamer, Excel, and Microsoft Power BI / Power Platform
- Area: agile software development and testing
- Location: Wolfsburg and Ingolstadt, Germany
Overall project manager / requirements engineer / functional safety and cyber security manager
Tier 1
- Overall project management and requirements engineering for a BMW control unit for BMW SP2025
- Requirements management with BMW stakeholder requirements in Codebeamer via the REQ-IF format
- Implementation of system and software requirements for diagnostics, vehicle programming, safety and application modules in Codebeamer
- Linking requirements with the AMTS BMW test suite and support for commissioning test benches with CANopen connection
- Review and presentation of the implementation plan for the BMW Autosar Core (BAC modules)
- Creation and tracking of the risk list
- Coordination with BMW departments, especially maturity planning and monitoring
- Support in error management with Octane
- Development of the overall plan in MS Project including all homologation and industrialization activities
- Support, implementation and tracking of claim and change management
- Implementation of cost management and reporting to the CEO
- Interim functional safety and cyber security manager/architect for a CAN/LIN control unit
- Writing specific cyber security requirements and technical functional safety requirements for the control unit
- Creation and maintenance of the TARA and the cyber security concept according to ISO 21434
- Support in quality processes like FMEA, FTA and planning audits with the APIS toolchain
- Support in integrating cyber security into basic software (incl. HSM modules)
Functional safety manager / system and software architect / requirements engineer
Tier 1
- Functional safety manager as well as system and software architect / requirements engineer for a differential gearbox with integrated actuator and position sensor in an e-axle drive with ASIL C functional safety integrity
- Clarifying stakeholder requirements with the different departments of the OEM
- Writing system and functional safety requirements from the OEM's stakeholder requirements in Excel and Codebeamer
- Developing the system and software architecture in Cameo and coordinating with development teams
- Defining interfaces to cyber security according to ISO 21434
- Creating and implementing a functional and technical safety concept as well as the functional safety validation and test plan
- Configuration management in Codebeamer
- Development and support of AUTOSAR software on a 3-core microprocessor to control the differential gearbox via PWM and SENT protocol
- Software app development and simulations with Matlab/Simulink and TargetLink
- Basic software development with the DaVinci and ETAS toolchain
- Functional safety management and support as well as review and moderation of safety analyses (FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, DFA) and the key work products according to ISO 26262:2018
- Support in release and sample planning
- Area: system, software and functional safety
- Work location: Germany (various sites)
System and software architect / functional safety engineer
Tier 1
- Developing system architecture (functional, physical) for an ASIL D control unit in the field of autonomous driving for various bus and truck OEMs
- Document, change and task management in PTC Integrity and PTC Windchill
- Creating a system specification for a position sensor as well as an e-axle drive component
- Developing the system and software architecture for the e-axle including e-machine, inverter, oil pump, park lock, open/locked differential, disconnect, etc.
- Creating system and software requirements for functional safety as well as technical safety mechanisms for mechanics, electronics and software
- Creating the system and software safety plan as well as the functional and technical safety concept based on the OEM DIA and ISO 26262 for ASIL C and ASIL D safety goals of the OEM
- Developing a timing model from simulation and calculations to determine time budgets
- Creating system and software requirements for a drive component in Polarion
- Developing the software and functional safety architecture in EA Enterprise Architect and interfacing with Polarion
- Configuring AUTOSAR / basic software in the DaVinci Configurator / Developer
- Creating the software schedule and tasks as well as program flow control across multiple cores for ASIL B
- Developing a timing model for time-critical processes (Aurix shutdown paths, function and CPU monitoring)
- Preparation of ASPICE assessments
- Area: system, software and functional safety / functional safety and software architecture
- Work location: Germany (various sites) / home office
Test engineer / test manager
Tier 1
- Test engineer and test manager for various gateway ECUs and DCDC converters
- Creating functional tests in Polarion for SYS-5 and SYS-4
- Planning and setup of test benches / HIL with Vector hardware
- Creating test cases in Polarion and linking them to SYS requirements
- Implementing test cases in VTStudio and CANoe
- Reporting to project management
- Preparation and execution of test runs
- Participation in and presentation of SYS tests at ASPICE assessments
- Area: testing
- Work location: multiple sites, primarily home office
Interim task force software project manager / troubleshooter
Tier 1
- Interim task force software project management / troubleshooter with the goal of further developing a TCU for the end customer Renault / Nissan and quickly eliminating all existing software errors until SOP
- Release and ticket planning as well as tracking with the ALM tool TeamForge and Jira
- Planning and implementation of project status reports
- Reporting to the end customer and the local branch in Japan and France
- Software repository and code/module reviews with Git / Gerrit
- System and software architecture with Enterprise Architect
- Regular reporting to local line management and the task force lead
- Requirements management with DOORS
- Code reviews with Eclipse / Notepad++ to check software changes (AUTOSAR MCU in C, SoC with Linux OS and C++ middleware and applications)
- Analysis of error logs (CAN logs, DLT)
- Regular integration rounds with software integrators and control of integration tickets
- Planning and control of smoke tests and engineering builds
- Creating and reviewing release reports for the end customer
- Creating project documentation including the project management manual
- Area: software
- Work location: multiple sites, primarily home office
Interim Project Manager / Test Manager and IT Consultant
Electronics Startup
- Interim project manager and test manager for a range extender (fuel cell / battery)
- Development of the safety concept at vehicle level for a range extender for the conversion of an electrified city bus, including HARA and derivation of safety goals for the entire powertrain (hydrogen fuel cell, E/E architecture, battery)
- Development of homologation in close coordination with the technical service / KBA
- Planning and implementation of the test strategy as well as creation of test cases
- Introduction of Project Online, MS Teams and SharePoint for the Bus Business Unit
- Standardization of MS Project plans
- Setup and rollout of project SharePoint sites
- Development of reporting in MS Power BI
- Area: IT
- Location: multiple locations
ASIC Program and Project Manager / Product Owner
Semiconductor Manufacturer
- ASIC program and project manager / product owner for a LIDAR ECU for various end customers
- Planning of steering board meetings, escalation management and issue reporting to management
- Planning and updating of the program in MS Project and JIRA
- Leading project teams (including Asia) and interface management with ASIC manufacturers
- Planning and implementation of configuration management as well as PI planning
- Effort estimations and definition of project scope
- Project reviews, lessons learned and reporting to management
- Coordination of cooperation with customers, suppliers and internal departments throughout the entire ASIC development cycle
- Risk and change management to safeguard strategic project objectives
- Process improvements and optimization
- Leading and guiding an interdisciplinary team of internal and external developers
- Agile project implementation with SAFe
- Taking on Scrum Master activities (especially risk reporting)
- Creation of the project management handbook / SOW
Office 365 Consultant and Administrator
Consulting Firm
- Office 365 consultant and administrator for the German parent company
- Introduction of Office 365 as a digital workplace (MS Teams, MS Yammer, SharePoint Online, MS Exchange Online, MS Planner) for home office collaboration
- Creation of various channels and user groups in MS Teams to digitize collaboration across different business units
- Integration of third-party solutions in MS Teams (Azure DevOps, JIRA and Confluence Cloud, Bitbucket, Flow, Power BI, Dynamics 365, Project Online, Zoom)
- Connection of additional cloud storage from Google Cloud (Google Drive, Gmail) as well as SharePoint Online and OneDrive
- Administration and maintenance of the Office 365 admin portal and Azure Active Directory
- Setup of an Azure SQL database and Cosmos DB to support external Office 365 applications (PaaS and SaaS solutions via APIs with encryption through Azure Secure Vault and Azure Redis Cache)
- Area: technology, software development
- Location: Bavaria, Germany
Interim Feature and Product Owner / Scrum Master
Electronics Manufacturer
- Interim feature and product owner / scrum master for embedded diagnostics for various control units
- Project management for DTC post-documentation projects in JIRA and Confluence to achieve process and quality compliance
- Clarification of required UDS services according to automotive standards and planning of implementation
- Creation of diagnostic requirements (incl. preconditions, set conditions, etc.) for new DTCs at system, subsystem and software level in Polarion
- Linking of requirements to test cases, products and projects in Polarion
- Creation of Polarion reports (e.g. customer-specific DTC maturity status across all control units)
- Planning and control of necessary software implementation tasks in JIRA as well as creation of concepts and process descriptions in Confluence
- Detailed specification in the diagnostic database to meet ODX/OTX standards, including in Vector tools like VCandela as a benchmark for the KPIT toolchain
- Further development of the Polarion environment and programming of interfaces via the Polarion API (e.g. integration of software design with Doxygen, software architectures with Enterprise Architect)
- Classification of DTCs (errors, warnings, functional safety, etc.)
- Review of DTC/UDS implementations for various ECUs using the Eclipse toolchain
- Software data management, configuration as well as build and release management via Bitbucket, SourceTree, Jenkins
- Development of the future configuration management strategy
- Development of diagnostic architectures for different control units
- Creation of the project management handbook
- Area: technology, software development
- Location: Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Office 365 Consultant and Administrator
Consulting Company
- Introduction and rollout of Office 365 in a medium-sized consulting firm
- Procurement of the O365 tenant and user licenses through a Microsoft provider
- Setup and configuration of the Office 365 admin centers (users, roles, groups, security & compliance, etc.)
- Planning and migration of existing mail accounts to MS Outlook Exchange Online and setting up a hybrid environment
- Setting up SharePoint Online structures for intranet, extranet and project workspaces
- Rollout and delivery of focus trainings for O365 apps (Skype, MS Teams, MS Planner, Power BI, etc.)
- Integration of Project Online for continued use of existing Microsoft Project Server structures
- Automatic backup of O365 mail accounts and SharePoint data to local LAN servers
- Integration of external tools (e.g. linking JIRA with MS Teams)
- Setting up operations via a 1st level support package
- Setup of the Azure portal for configuration of external applications
- Establishment of configuration management
- Area: software
- Location: Munich, Germany
Interim Task Force Test Manager / Test Engineer
Supplier (1-Tier)
- Interim Task Force Test Manager and Test Engineer for a BMW LIDAR control unit to speed up and resolve open test topics
- Leading the system test team in Germany and India (about 30–40 test engineers) for functional system testing, smoke testing, system integration testing, KPI tests, and vehicle-level system tests
- Advising and implementing feature- and requirement-based test planning and execution in PTC Integrity
- Setting up and creating test reports (internal test status, reports for BMW on software sprints, A-levels, L2/L3 approvals, winter testing)
- Procuring and distributing test equipment
- Creating a progress report for KPIs (number of test benches used, number of test cases vs. executions per day)
- Conducting daily meetings for the system test team
- Planning and managing defect management for system test defects with PTC Integrity
- Setting up and planning extended system integration testing in Germany and India (Pune)
- Coordinating test benches and vehicles for traces and sensor recordings
- Quality checking the test benches and creating a checklist
- Conducting tests at the system level (flashing, bus simulation, diagnostics, loading recordings)
- Analyzing results in test reports from PTC Integrity
- Planning and building additional test benches / HIL test rigs
- Initiating test automation with dSPACE and Python
- Project documentation in PANAMA, SharePoint, Confluence, GIT
- Project optimization according to A-SPICE guidelines
- Area: Automotive 1st Tier – Autonomous Driving
- Workplace: Bavaria, Germany
Process Consultant / DOORS Next Level Consultant
Aerospace Company
- Process consulting and DOORS Next Level consulting
- Advising and supporting implementation for the migration from DOORS 9.6 to DOORS NG
- Defining and clarifying future business processes to be supported by DOORS NG
- Creating DOORS NG import/export strategies (Excel, ReqIF, Word) for integrating external suppliers
- Setting up a rapid prototyping environment on a test server for about 80 users (user, role and permission system, configuration and change management)
- Developing traceability reports with IBM Reports Builder
- Developing custom reports with IBM Rational Reporting Engine (including JavaScript code snippets, API integration)
- Developing additional interfaces/extensions using REST API and OSLC
- Creating custom training materials for standard users and superusers
- Conducting training and coaching during the rollout and implementation phase
- Area: Aerospace
- Workplace: Bavaria, Germany
Software Subproject Lead / Defect Manager
Automotive System Supplier
- Software subproject lead and defect manager for new software features (Elektrobit ACG / cybersecurity according to ISO 21434, ROM optimization) and error manager for an ADAS fusion radar and camera system (end customer Toyota)
- Conducting daily stand-up meetings with the software and test teams
- Creating a detailed software schedule in MS Project and a project manual
- Planning and documenting work results in Office 365 MS Teams and MS SharePoint
- Preparing status reports and burndown charts for management and Toyota
- Planning and conducting workshops with Toyota
- Creating an error status report in Excel for the entire program based on an automated PTC Integrity interface and VBA macros
- Preparing internal gate reviews
- Programming Excel macros (VBA) to extend error reports, including interfaces to SharePoint and PTC Integrity
- Introducing, designing, and testing an automated issue import tool from Excel to PTC Integrity
- Training staff in the error management process
- Software configuration management in PTC Integrity and Jenkins
- Consulting and coaching to achieve A-SPICE process compliance
- Preparing and conducting topics within A-SPICE assessments
- Area: Automotive
- Workplace: Bavaria, Germany
O365 Implementation Consultant
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company
- Implementing Office 365 (Skype, Teams, Planner, SharePoint)
- Applying subscription licenses
- Creating about 100 users, assigning licenses and activating various apps
- Building a comprehensive SharePoint Online collaboration platform for data exchange between client and engineering service provider
- Providing regular user support under a service contract (1 year)
- Performing regular data backups and reporting with the O365 admin tools
- Restoring the complete SharePoint environment to local file structures
- Decommissioning the O365 tenant after project completion
- Area: Pharma Engineering
- Workplace: Austria
Interim Test and Error Manager / Scrum Master / Product Owner
Automotive System Supplier
- Interim Test and Error Manager for an FZD (end customer BMW Group)
- Scrum Master and Product Owner for the Product Release and Architecture team
- Establishing and implementing agile Scrum ceremonies
- Reporting impediments and risks to product and program management
- Transferring and handing over work results to an expanded project team in Krakow, Poland
- Optimizing processes to meet the required A-SPICE level
- Creating the test project manual (English)
- Area: Automotive
- Workplace: Bavaria, Germany and Poland
Test Manager / Testing Product Owner
Automotive system supplier
- Test manager and test engineer for an instrument cluster control unit with display (end customer BMW Group)
- Product Owner for the Product Testing Team
- Test planning and rollout using an agile automotive Scrum framework (SAFe, LeSS, Kanban, Lean, Scrum)
- Setting up and staffing an agile, globally distributed test management organization
- Creating the backlog, sprint planning, and ticket prioritization in Atlassian JIRA
- Collaboration with the product manager and other Scrum teams via JIRA
- Regular participation in Scrum of Scrums meetings and reporting impediments
- Analyzing, evaluating, and linking customer requirements using Polarion / DOORS
- Developing an overall test strategy and a detailed software test plan
- Developing cyber security and functional safety test plans (ASIL B)
- Planning and configuring test benches in coordination with the OEM
- Planning, setting up, and installing BMW-specific tools (E-SYS, ECU-Test, etc.)
- Defining logistics processes with the OEM (test vehicles, other ECUs)
- Planning a SIL environment with MATLAB / Simulink
- Supporting the introduction of continuous integration
- Handing over deliverables to the system supplier
- Area: Automotive
- Location: Bavaria, Germany / Detroit, USA / Poland / Portugal
System and Software Architect / Software Architect Lead
Automotive system supplier
- System and software architect for an electric chassis platform (ASIL D)
- Took on the software architect lead role for four software architects
- Analyzing, evaluating, and linking customer requirements with PTC/IMS Integrity
- Creating runtime simulations including effect chains and memory usage per software release with Inchron
- Developing and maintaining the ECU's RAM/ROM layout (memory mapping)
- Developing and maintaining task scheduling for a multicore processor with ASIL-D requirements
- Developing FUSA requirements and coordinating their implementation
- Conducting safety and risk analyses
- Developing functional safety mechanisms (MPU, end-to-end protection) and integrating them into the architecture
- FUSA engineering and safety management (ASIL D) including technical and functional FUSI concept according to ISO 26262
- Designing the software for the RTE interface in the basic software
- Providing the safety architecture as a key part of the FUSI concept to Audi
- Continuous compliance checks of the FUSI requirements
- Executing software and architecture test cases
- Developing a system and software architecture for EFS across multiple OEM model series in IBM Rhapsody
- Software development with Eclipse
- Software development, requirements, document, and version management with MKS / IMS-PTC Integrity
- Diagnostic programming according to UDS
- AUTOSAR basic software analysis, configuration, and implementation with Vector Canalyzer, GENy, Vector CANdela
- Creating the detailed system and software architecture with Enterprise Architect / IBM Rhapsody and handing it over to the OEM
- Migrating non-AUTOSAR legacy scopes to new AUTOSAR architecture frameworks
- Area: Automotive
- Location: Bavaria, Germany
Agile Workstream Project Manager / Product Owner / Scrum Master
Automotive system supplier (Navigation system, online maps)
- Agile workstream project manager, product owner, and Scrum Master
- Migrating approx. 1,800 DOORS requirements from DOORS to JIRA
- Classifying and feasibility analysis of customer requirements (e.g., Navigation Data Standard, NDS)
- Evaluating and commenting on customer requirements
- Deriving and linking product requirements to customer requirements in JIRA
- Creating requirement groups, epics, and user stories for development and testing
- Planning and building the implementation backlog in coordination with the Scrum Master, master product owner, and solution manager
- Setting up NDS sprint and feature release planning in JIRA based on customer milestones
- Developing a high-level feature plan in MS Project
- Developing and implementing project reporting (metrics from JIRA, burn-down / burn-up, requirements percent complete)
- Building custom project dashboards in JIRA
- Conducting requirements delta analyses using MS Access and MS SQL, among others
- Document management and project documentation in SharePoint and Confluence
- Defining and documenting the release target process in Confluence
- Writing release notes and designing a concept for automated report generation (e.g., with Python)
- Ensuring bidirectional traceability (Automotive SPICE)
- Participation in Scrum of Scrums meetings
- Area: Automotive
- Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Program Manager / Technical Project Manager
Automotive system supplier (Seats, electrics)
- Program management and technical project management for control units (gateway and BCM control units) for Daimler, VW, Skoda, SEAT
- Technical leadership of the interdisciplinary project team
- Handling change requests
- Scheduling the overall project including production with MS Project
- Customer communication and ensuring technical requirements
- Managing and tracking the open points list (OPL)
- Planning and tracking prototypes (engineering samples)
- Preparing technical bid documents (RFQs)
- Project documentation, monitoring, and reporting with JIRA, MS Project, DOORS, Confluence, SVN
- Ensuring quality objectives
- Analyzing and evaluating customer specifications (requirements engineering in DOORS)
- Defining responsibilities within the project team
- Leading software and test teams in Spain, Morocco, and India
- Ensuring A-SPICE compliance
- Area: Automotive project management
- Location: Franconia, Sindelfingen, and Wolfsburg, Germany
Requirements Engineer / DOORS Specialist
Automotive system supplier
- Analyzing, importing, and exporting Daimler customer specifications
- Reviewing customer requirements, commenting, and coordinating/approving with the OEM in Sindelfingen
- Setting up and structuring the project in DOORS including user and folder structures, DXL scripts, and support tools
- Creating a feature list in DOORS for the entire control unit
- Implementing document management and storage in DOORS
- Creating requirement specifications including system and software requirements in DOORS, as well as linking between DOORS modules
- Supporting the creation and update of DOORS metrics
- Aligning system requirements with test management to derive test cases
- Creating a system architecture as well as state and sequence diagrams in IBM Rhapsody and linking via Rhapsody Gateway with DOORS
- Advancing the toolchain with the development tool team
- Developing and presenting release planning in DOORS
- Performing specification delta analyses on new revision levels
- Supporting the setup of traceability and requirement engineering plans
- Analyzing and evaluating functional safety requirements and supporting the development of corresponding documents in DOORS
- Area: Automotive systems engineering / requirements management
- Location: Lake Constance area, Regensburg, and Sindelfingen, Germany
Requirements Manager / FUSI Engineer
Automotive systems supplier
- Requirements Manager and FUSI Engineer for an on-board computer module according to Automotive SPICE standard
- Analysis and management of requirement documents with DOORS, involving internal departments (EE, SW, ME, validation, etc.)
- Clarification and evaluation of requirements
- Creation of the requirements specification with support from the departments
- Responsible for creating the system architecture
- Organizing and moderating meetings to define system architecture (EE and SW)
- Managing change requests in IBM Rational Change (Synergy)
- Support in creating the functional safety concept (HARA, FTA, FMEA, etc.) according to ISO 26262 and integrating/classifying safety requirements in DOORS
- Area: Automotive systems engineering / requirements management and functional safety
- Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Technical Project Manager / Systems Engineer
Automotive systems supplier
- Technical project management and system engineering for a 2-zone climate control unit / climate control panel (CAN/LIN, customer VW, MQB platform)
- Analysis and evaluation of VW customer requirements for mechatronic systems, considering cross-divisional specification sheets (Audi, SEAT, Skoda) and functional safety according to ISO 26262
- Requirements management with DOORS
- Defining product functionality in collaboration with the customer and internal interfaces
- Ensuring development results for electronics/hardware, software, and mechanics
- Developing a diagnostic concept according to UDS
- Planning and managing tests and product validations (thermal models, MMI/HMI, haptics, EMC, environmental testing, application) using Matlab/Simulink, CANoe, CANape, LABwindows CVI, TargetLink
- Ensuring A-SPICE compliance
- Area: Technical project management / product engineering
- Location: Franconia, Germany
Interim Program Manager
Automotive systems supplier
- Interim program management for a new infotainment system (customer BMW)
- Planning and managing a cross-vehicle and cross-product line program throughout the entire product lifecycle
- Responsible for schedule, quality, and cost targets
- Preparing monthly budget and program cost reports from SAP
- Technical leadership of the BMW program team
- Reporting to management
- Coordinating and planning change requests
- Program responsibility for development-related production processes, license management, parts management, development partners in Asia, prototype and third-party component management, defect management, and parts clearing
- Expertise in electronics development, quality management, system development, testing, and software
- Establishing and updating project documentation, including the project manual
- Area: Program management
- Location: Munich, Germany
International Technical Project Manager / Software Project Manager / Systems Engineer
Leading automotive system and module supplier
- International technical project manager as well as software project manager and systems engineer for driver assistance systems (parking assistance, parking aids) for FIAT
- Representing the R&D function in projects and vice versa
- Processing RFQs from customer FIAT
- Preparing and controlling the R&D budget
- Detailed scheduling in collaboration with R&D departments (software, electronics, systems engineering, application, environmental qualification, EMC)
- Controlling the integration of supplier sensors and mounts into the OEM's bumper geometries
- Reviewing and approving design drawings and manufacturing equipment/tools
- Cost estimation of designs in coordination with tooling and production
- Design reviews using CATIA V4/V5
- Economic feasibility analyses
- Coordinating project staff (design, testing, samples, etc.)
- Tracking R&D work packages with a focus on software
- Supporting control unit development and test management using Vector CANoe
- Supporting software programming and code analysis with Eclipse
- Specifying diagnostics with Vector CANdela Studio
- Creating the development specification for the ECU production EOL software
- Supporting visualization software / HMI interface
- Software change, release, and configuration management with Serena Dimensions CM
- Embedded development according to AUTOSAR, MISRA, SPICE, CMMI
- Capturing and clarifying requirements with DOORS, creating functional requirements
- Regular project meetings and travel to FIAT in Turin and the Cassino plant
- Planning and managing environmental testing, EMC, and electronics/hardware
- Planning and managing software development in Germany and HIL/SW testing in Egypt
- Product lifecycle management with MPLM
- Ensuring A-SPICE compliance
- Area: Project management (embedded and R&D automotive)
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany / Turin and Cassino, Italy
Overall Project Manager ABS Control Units / Interim Software Project Manager
Leading provider of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles
- Overall project management for a new generation of ABS control units in the embedded automotive sector for the Asian market (Hyundai, Mitsubishi FUSO)
- Interim takeover of ABS software development/project management in the concept phase for Scania, Sweden
- Project planning and coordination, including integration of key account and development teams in Korea and Japan
- Determining required headcounts for multi-year planning (software, hardware, mechanics, testing)
- Creating central project deliverables according to PMI standards (project charter, communication plan, stakeholder analysis)
- Transferring project cost estimates and effort values into SAP
- Project reporting as well as business intelligence and performance management via IBM Cognos
- Resource planning and management of in-house project teams and key account teams in Korea and Japan
- Developing and financially preparing project business plans
- Assisting with customer development contracts and NDAs
- Reporting project progress and issues in the steering committee
- Managing project escalations up to the project management director
- Importing marketing data into the manpower database
- Evaluating requirement specifications / system requirements with MKS (systems requirements engineer)
- Ensuring resource availability in coordination with departments
- Defining technical development goals and requirements
- Conducting technical risk analyses (system, design, project FMEAs)
- Ensuring safety concepts
- Coaching sub-project managers
- Documentation and version management via MS SharePoint 2010
- Collaborating with quality and purchasing for supplier selection
- Planning and preparing technical documents in PLM
- Supporting validation, simulation, and homologation of control units
- Technical development management with PTC Windchill
- Area: Project management (embedded automotive, commercial vehicles)
- Location: Hanover, Germany / Chennai, India / Tokyo, Japan / Seoul, South Korea
Software Project Lead / SW Quality Manager
Leading supplier of safety and control systems for commercial vehicles
- Software project leadership and software quality management for a bus climate control unit (HVAC ECU)
- Development of functions for sending/receiving information (e.g. smartphone, multifunction key)
- Planning and coordination of software development (application and driver software) in Chennai, India
- Planning and coordination of software development (OS, standard, and diagnostic software) in Hanover, Germany
- Preparing project and software releases and build planning with MKS and MS Project
- Document management with MS SharePoint 2010 and MKS Integrity Manager
- Performing software analysis with QAC, Tessy, Polyspace
- Resource planning and control for the entire software project team
- Creating a project resource pool in MS Project
- Ensuring systematic project planning (schedule tracking, progress measurement, baselines)
- Creating and tracking change requests in MKS (including requirements and test management, Source Integrity Manager)
- Conducting regular inspections/reviews of project data
- Reporting project progress to the steering committee
- Tracking development outcomes including issues and tasks
- Creating software quality dashboards (RAM/ROM performance, CPU usage)
- Specifying software requirements from product system requirements
- Systems engineering/interface management for HVAC sensors and actuators
- Planning and coordinating an SIL project with MATLAB/Simulink
- Supporting the design of control unit communication (CAN, LIN)
- Coordinating, controlling, and leading the system test team (HIL)
- Defining internal software milestone and gateway planning
- Conducting software quality and release reviews
- Preparing release test planning with MKS Test Manager
- Conducting a lessons learned workshop
- Planning for and meeting Automotive SPICE requirements
- Technical development management with PTC Windchill
- Area: project management / software and system development (embedded automotive, commercial vehicles)
- Location: Hanover, Germany / Chennai, India
Interim team and subproject lead / test manager
International electrical engineering company / OEM 1st tier supplier
- Interim team and subproject lead as well as test manager for a charging interface module for an electric vehicle (BMW Mega City Vehicle)
- Leading and coordinating the test team in Germany and Bulgaria (Sofia)
- Responsible for setup, commissioning, and operation of hardware and software and planning test environments (functional, system, and environmental tests)
- Reviewing and commenting on OEM requirements with DOORS and defining verification sites
- Preparing specifications and technical product descriptions
- Developing and implementing test strategy and test prioritization matrix including functional safety requirements
- Ensuring and describing ECU basic functionality and interaction with actuators and sensors
- Planning and implementation of Automotive SPICE guidelines
- Reviewing and evaluating test reports, test specifications, and test schedules
- Reviewing ECU design architecture (bus systems, hardware, software modules)
- Applying functional safety per IEC 61508 and ISO 26262
- Creating a comprehensive test report (test and requirements coverage) across all test levels
- Defining ECU system architecture with Enterprise Architect
- Software development in C/C++ and AUTOSAR module implementation
- Planning and executing test methods (black-box, white-box, HIL, bus simulation with CANoe/CANalyzer, automated tests with LabVIEW, TCP/IP over powerline)
- E-SYS ECU flashing and coding
- Specifying requirements for CAN and LIN communication
- Procuring and specifying automated test systems and evaluation boards
- Creating an end-to-end requirements and test architecture according to the V-Model
- Developing the overall test management schedule and resource planning in MS Project
- Area: project management / embedded automotive
- Location: Dortmund, Germany / Sofia, Bulgaria
Overall project manager (interim management)
Plant engineering company
- Interim overall project management for a turnkey biogas power plant (high double-digit million contract value)
- Taking over and handing off project management
- Coordinating and taking on work packages from project development and approval planning
- Ensuring professional project management planning and regular controlling
- Coordinating and leading the project team
- Preparing project presentations (business case, project information, project management manual)
- Processing planned and actual data in MS Navision and MS Project
- Preparing monthly project progress reports in Excel
- Conducting regular client meetings / status meetings with the project company
- Ensuring internal and external communication (network operator, water association, authorities, etc.)
- Preparing invoicing and liquidity plans
- Reviewing and approving execution planning documents
- Reviewing and approving tender and procurement documents
- Ensuring structured project documentation (MS Navision, project drives)
- Selecting and approving suppliers
- Conducting stakeholder and environmental analysis
- Running cost-down workshops
- Conducting opportunity and risk management
- Planning and controlling quality gates
- Performing profitability calculations and price comparisons
- Reviewing construction contracts (VOB, BGB, subcontractor contracts, etc.)
- Planning and implementing claim management
- Area: project management
- Location: Hanover and Regensburg area, Germany
IT / PM project management consultant
Plant engineering company
- Project management consulting and performance analysis of the existing IT PM infrastructure (Windows Server, Oracle cluster, Citrix, Primavera, IBM AIX)
- Issue tracking and identification of weaknesses based on detailed problem analyses
- Reviewing project data in Primavera V8.1
- Identifying measures to resolve issues
- Developing recommendations for the further development of IT and project management
- Area: project management / IT
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Subproject lead quality management (interim manager)
Automotive OEM China and USA
- Subproject lead for the quality management work package in the development of an alternative hybrid powertrain
- Preparing project status reports and presenting in the US-China management steering committee
- Implementing a quality management system for production based on ISO/TS 16949:2009
- Performing contract text analyses and evaluating tender documents
- Supporting process and cost engineering in planning new production plants in the USA and China
- Planning and implementing quality processes APQP, QVP, and PPAP
- Area: project management / quality management
- Location: Aachen, Germany / Pasadena, USA
Quality Manager Powertrain
Automotive OEM
- Quality management services for the powertrain (complete driveline) of an OEM vehicle development project with sites in Steyr (Austria) and Spartanburg (USA)
- Series support
- Conducting and evaluating strengths and weaknesses analyses
- Predecessor and benchmark analyses
- GWK analysis
- Conducting risk filters
- Initiating and facilitating FMEAs (APIS tool)
- Test planning for series production processes
- Monitoring quality targets and initiating actions when deviations occur
- Organizing and facilitating quality and review meetings
- Submitting tasks and escalation issues to project and problem management committees
- Tracking and documenting change requests (GAMS) from a quality perspective
- Control responsibility in the problem-solving process for system and component scope
- Applying quality tools, methods, and systems
- Regular reporting on quality status
- Handing over quality issue portfolios to FBT
- Area: Quality Management
- Location: Munich, Germany / Spartanburg, USA
Consultant IT Service Management / Project Management
Telecommunications Company
- Optimizing order management in IT service management using MS SharePoint as a collaboration platform
- Analyzing existing IT service management processes and work documents (MS Project, Excel with macros)
- Developing concepts and performing feasibility checks
- Implementing optimization potentials and use cases in MS SharePoint / MS Project Server 2007
- Setting up a test system (MS Project Server 2007 / MOSS 2007) for data migration
- Describing data exchange and creating data mapping structures and workflows between MS Project Professional and SharePoint
- Installing and evaluating Microsoft Project 2007 add-ins (Team Direction, Project Publisher)
- Conducting interface tests
- Building a SharePoint document library for IT service management
- Embedding the test order list into an intranet web part
- Area: Consulting / Project Management
- Location: Munich, Germany
PMO Consultant Multi-Project Management
Aerospace
- Advising the PMO on replacing the existing IT project management infrastructure (Access, MS Project 2002, old SharePoint sites, Excel tools) and introducing a web-based multi-project management solution with interfaces to SAP PS/CATS and Microsoft SharePoint
- Developing the current project management process model
- Analyzing the project management organizational structure
- Establishing a clear role understanding in project management
- Developing new technical and functional requirements for the project management system through workshops
- Creating a detailed requirements specification for system implementation
- Area: Consulting / Project Management
- Location: Munich, Germany
Consultant IT Project Portfolio Management
Bank
- Advising on the introduction of an enterprise-wide IT project portfolio management system based on ITIL v3 and COBIT
- Advising and supporting tool selection (e.g. ORACLE Siebel)
- Area: IT Project Management
- Location: Munich, Germany / Vienna, Austria
Trainer Project Management / Primavera EPPM
Consulting Firm
- Conducting a project management seminar in Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management / SAP integration
- Area: Consulting
- Location: Munich, Germany
Primavera P6v7 Implementation Consultant
Planning Company
- Implementation of the multi-project management solution Primavera P6v7 at a consulting company for controlling three plant construction projects (waste recycling and MBT biogas plant) in Manchester, UK
- IT installation of Primavera on ORACLE 10g and SQL Server 2005 Express
- Project manager training in Primavera P6v7
- Data migration and harmonization in Primavera P6v7
- Area: Project Management / Plant Engineering
- Location: Northern Germany, Germany
Technical Consultant Microsoft Project Server 2010
International Consulting Firm
- IT installation and setup of a pilot environment for Microsoft Project Server 2010
- Area: Project Management
- Location: Munich, Germany
Consultant Content Repository / Workflow Management
Solar Module Manufacturer
- Development of a concept for introducing the integrated content repository / workflow management system Apache Jackrabbit into an existing IT infrastructure
- Setup and implementation of the Jackrabbit / Primavera P6.2.1 interface (web module)
- Area: Project Management / Factory Planning
- Location: Munich, Germany
Risk Management Trainer (Primavera Risk Analysis)
Consulting Firm
- Conducting a risk management seminar using the software Primavera Risk Analysis (Pertmaster)
- Area: PM Consulting
- Location: Munich, Germany
Consultant IT Migration ORACLE-Primavera
International Engineering Firm
- IT migration project from ORACLE-Primavera P6.2.1 to P6 v7
- Development of the migration concept
- Setup of project organization including WBS and migration schedule
- Upgrade of SQL 2005 database to new schema
- Installation of new client software
- Installation and deployment of Progress Reporter, Primavera Web Access, reporting database with SAP Business Objects, ORACLE AutoVue, OIM, Primavera JAVA API, web services on JBOSS 5.0.1
- Installation and configuration of Sybase InfoMaker 10.5 and ODBC interface to the Primavera database
- Setup of a Primavera data interface / connector to MSP Server 2007 and to MS Office SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0
- Creation of additional project management information pages and document libraries in SharePoint
- Setup of users, permissions, and workflows in SharePoint
- Area: Multi-Project Management
- Location: Munich, Germany
Project Management Trainer / Primavera P6v7 Basic Training
Public Authority
- Conducted a project management seminar / Primavera P6v7 basic training
- Area: Multi-project management
- Location: Munich, Germany
Risk Management Consultant for Offshore Major Projects
Energy Corporation
- Implemented an efficient risk management system for offshore major projects (wind turbines)
- Risk identification and classification
- Developed risk models and scenarios
- Conducted qualitative and quantitative risk analyses
- Planned and evaluated risk mitigation strategies
- Created an implementation proposal and approach for future offshore major projects
- Area: Plant engineering
- Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Primavera P6.2.1 Piloting Consultant
Mechanical Engineering Company
- Developed the piloting concept (pilot plan)
- Conducted stakeholder analysis and requirements management
- Designed a pilot environment concept for Primavera P6.2 and planned implementation with the IT department
- Created a criteria catalog for MSP Server 2007 / Primavera P6.2.1
- Installed a Primavera P6.2.1 pilot environment (Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, JBOSS, web services, ERD, job services, API, SDK)
- Migrated data of about 350 projects from MSP Server 2007 to Primavera P6.2.1
- Developed a user and security concept
- Set up a Primavera method database
- Prepared and led project management workshops (project managers, project controlling, IT administrators)
- Area: Special projects / development
- Location: Friedrichshafen / Lake Constance, Germany
PM Tool Evaluation and Implementation Consultant
Solar Manufacturer
- Evaluated MS Project Server 2007 and Primavera P6.2 based on a criteria catalog
- Created the roadmap and specifications for introducing Primavera P6.2
- Managed the project for implementation and internal rollout
- Ensured schedule, cost and quality targets and monitored KPIs
- Location: Munich, Germany
Primavera P3 Scheduler / Trainer
Mechanical Engineering Company
- Created and monitored schedules in Primavera P3 for the baggage handling system of the New Doha International Airport project
- Generated relevant reports, baselines, project and activity codes
- Trained project managers in Primavera P3
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
PM Tool Selection Consultant
Pharmaceutical company
- Support in the PM tool selection process
- Reviewing documents for the tool decision
- Checking results from in-house consulting and internal PMOs
- Pilot workshops based on Microsoft Project Server 2007 (VMware environment)
- Reviewing customer core processes on the test platform and comparing with Primavera P6
- Developing recommendations for actions and decisions as well as a cost plan (Total Cost of Ownership)
- Location: Konstanz, Germany
Project Management Tool Requirements Author
Construction consortium
- Creating a detailed requirements specification for the introduction of Primavera P6 as part of a tender for a major project in Switzerland
- Area: IT
- Location: Munich, Germany
Project Planner for Bid Schedules
Construction company
- Building two detailed bid schedules including resources in Primavera P6.1 for an international tender (BV Almaty Financial Center, Kazakhstan)
- Area: Work preparation, project management
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Multi-project Management Environment Implementer / Risk Management Consultant
Software vendor (Primavera Systems Inc., USA)
- Implementing a multi-project management environment in Primavera P6 for global client presentations
- Setting up risk management scenarios and analysis with Primavera Pertmaster
- Area: Architecture, construction, infrastructure
- Location: Munich, Germany / Philadelphia, USA
Project and Quality Manager X6 Hybrid
Automotive OEM
- Project and quality management (tools, processes, standards) in an OEM cooperation project (BMW, Daimler, General Motors)
- Integrating and managing suppliers (Continental, Delphi, Hutchinson, Autokabel etc.) following BMW's product quality management process
- Creating the BMW Q plan for the X6 Hybrid vehicle derivative
- Problem and root cause analysis for issues from field trials
- Conducting and moderating FMEA and risk filter workshops
- Planning, conducting, and follow-up of quality audits in production (Spartanburg plant, USA)
- Supporting assembly planning (sequence of hybrid component joining, cable routing)
- Coordinating part delivery dates for prototype build and series start-up
- Managing special procurement measures with purchasing
- Creating contingency schedules for body, chassis, and assembly
- Reviewing 8D reports and part specifications with engineering and suppliers
- Moderating module meetings and task forces
- Supporting leak and corrosion tests (e.g. dye penetration test, water ingress test)
- Analyzing driving tests and crash tests, deriving optimization measures
- Harmonizing quality and design requirements in cooperation with the hybrid development center in Detroit (goal: design-engineering convergence)
- Supporting concept work on high-voltage safety
- Quality status reporting to project management, steering committees, and plant boards
- Area: Powertrain / Hybrid technology
- Location: Munich, Germany / Spartanburg, USA
Business process analysis and optimization consultant
Insurance company / IT service provider
- Concept development for business process analysis and optimization and building the implementation strategy
- Analysis of existing business processes and creation of a redundancy-free overall picture
- Identification and evaluation of operational and strategic gaps
- Presentation and introduction of potentials
- Definition of mandatory and optional goals including prioritization
- Prioritization of business processes and areas to be improved
- Gathering requirements
- Conducting focus interviews and workshops on core processes
- Development of detailed target processes
- Presentation of the piloting approach
- Incorporation of feedback and improvements
- Use of key performance indicators for management
- Creation of an agreed implementation roadmap with work packages, core activities, and milestones
- Location: Munich, Germany
Quality management engineer and project manager (Product Line 4 X-Family)
Automotive OEM
- Project and quality management (tools, processes, standards) in Product Line 4 (X-Family) for body areas side frame, floor structure, and attachments of X5 and X6 derivatives
- International supplier management (1st tier / 2nd tier)
- Location: Munich, Germany / Spartanburg, USA
SE team and module leader at BMW Group
Automotive OEM
- Leading the SE team and modules in Body and Trim (Product Line 2) for 1 Series and 3 Series Coupe and Convertible
- Project and quality management (tools, processes, standards)
- Creating project manuals for modules: side frame, floor structure, front and rear hoods, roof systems, and exterior parts
- Facilitating and leading module meetings and technical reviews at FIZ Munich and production plants
- Creating and maintaining complete project documentation
- Project reporting (costs, weight, schedule, milestones, tool lead times)
- Managing special processes (e.g., seat belt tensioner validation) at the Munich pilot plant
- Evaluating tool technology assessments (sheet metal and stamped parts)
- Setting up and maintaining parts lists and part life cycles following the common parts strategy
- Location: Germany (Leipzig, Dingolfing, Regensburg, Munich)
3D factory planning / process IV consultant
Automotive OEM
- Project: 3D factory planning / process IV
- Developing target processes for factory planning (business process reengineering) based on process analyses and software engineering following V-Model/CMMI
- Reintegrating and testing software tools into the IT infrastructure
- Establishing a project management structure
- Planning and conducting workshops and presentations
- Creating technical and detailed concepts, tests (integration and system), and maintaining object libraries
- Writing software specifications for databases and CAD programs
- Area: IT
- Location: Munich, Germany
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Experienced in Automotive (20.5 years), Energy (16.5 years), Manufacturing (1.5 years), Professional Services (1.5 years), Chemical (1 year), and Pharmaceutical (1 year).
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Experienced in Project Management (24 years), Quality Assurance (17.5 years), Product Development (17 years), Information Technology (5 years), Supply Chain Management (2 years), and Business Intelligence (1.5 years).
Skills
Consulting / Advisory
Project Management / Leadership / Organization / Coordination
Administration / Support
Quality Management / Quality Assurance / Testing / Electrical Engineering
Coaching / Training
Ms Office Very Good User Skills
Cad Software: Autocad, Mathcad, Visio, Smart Draw, Coreldraw, Catia, Pro/e
Simulation: Matlab/simulink, Femm, Vissim, Statemate, Grade, Doors, Visview
Programming Languages: Html, Visual Basic, Sql, Java, Python, C, C++, Javascript
Project Management: Sharepoint, Primavera, Primavera Risk Analysis, Ms Project + Server, Project Online
Erp Software: Sap R/3, Especially The Ps Module
Languages
Education
Diploma in Engineering (FH)
Master of Systems Engineering (major in Electrical Engineering) · Systems Engineering · 1.9
Certifications & licenses
MS Project Professional 2010 / Project Server 2010 Partner Training, Paris
Oracle Train the Trainer certificate in project and risk management with Primavera, Prague
Certification in project management
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