Gildas Djomen
System Team Lead Diagnostics – Hybrid & Electric Drives (HEV/MHEV/PHEV) for Transmission and Engine (NA/SA)
Experience
System Team Lead Diagnostics – Hybrid & Electric Drives (HEV/MHEV/PHEV) for Transmission and Engine (NA/SA)
Stellantis e-transmission
- Technical leadership of diagnostic activities for eDCT transmissions and powertrain systems in Hybrid (HEV), Mild-Hybrid (MHEV), and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vehicles
- Responsibility for developing and validating DTC strategies (OBD/EOBD) for North and South American and EU markets
- Coordination between cross-functional teams (system development, software, safety, calibration, after-sales)
- Creation and maintenance of diagnostic specifications (DID, DTC matrix, snapshot, freeze frame) according to STLA standards
- Support in troubleshooting, validation tests, EOL processes, and internal audits
- Technical interface to suppliers (Bosch, Valeo, etc.) for actuators, sensors, and electric pumps
- Preparation of diagnostic RFQs
Product Owner for Vehicle Configuration OTA (Porsche Macan)
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
- Planning and conducting sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives using Jira and Confluence
- Creating and managing epics, user stories, and user acceptance tests (UAT)
- Prioritizing and maintaining the product backlog to ensure on-time delivery
- Conducting reviews to check project progress and ensure quality
- Defining use cases and creating detailed requirements
- Measuring vehicle configuration and analyzing measurement data
- Planning and coordinating coding, flashing, and data retrieval requirements and related test activities
- Documenting and maintaining requirements throughout the development cycle
- Designing system architectures, interfaces, and components for the Vehicle Configuration (VC) system
- Contributing to security concepts to ensure IT security and data integrity
- Deriving functional and non-functional requirements from project goals and stakeholder needs
- Responsible for change and risk management
- Managing stakeholders and communicating with internal and external partners
- Creating and updating the project structure plan to define milestones and resources
- Managing time and budget to efficiently achieve project goals
- Roadmap management to ensure long-term strategy and objectives
Product Owner for SDK Core and DevOps
GEZE GmbH
- Responsible for designing, developing, and enhancing the software development kit (SDK) for GEZE products
- Ensuring the integration of the SDK into existing software solutions for automated building management systems
- Gathering and prioritizing requirements; creating epics and user stories
- Implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, tests, and releases
- Designing and implementing core components, interfaces, and APIs
- Managing stakeholders and conducting regular reviews and sprint planning
- Automating and monitoring processes in development and production environments
- Conducting user acceptance tests (UAT) and continuous quality assurance
- Managing the backlog and prioritizing tasks
- Building and maintaining continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines
- Developing and maintaining the project roadmap
System Engineer for Mercedes Key Control Unit (EIS/PEPS ECU)
Marquardt AG
- Collecting and specifying customer requirements (SYS 1)
- Analyzing and defining system requirements (SYS 2)
- Developing and refining architecture requirements (SYS 3)
- Specifying and analyzing software requirements (SWE 2)
- Coordinating specialist departments (electronics, mechanics, software)
- Ensuring traceability and consistency checks of all requirements
- Specifying verification criteria for successful validation
- Planning and implementing the requirements management process
- Implementing ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes
- Developing metrics to monitor project progress and requirement quality
ASPICE Process Engineer
Elmos Semiconductor
- Checking the conformity of Polarion and process descriptions with ASPICE SYS standards
- Defining requirement KPIs and summarizing data from Polarion
- Developing a generator to create customer-specific documents directly from Polarion
- Linking test cases with test results and automating according to the V-model (SYS 4-5)
- Developing a concept to implement OEM and Tier 1 standards in Polarion
- Creating a concept for requirement capture in IP pre-development and downstream product development
- Developing a smart configuration management for product families, including requirement inheritance
System Engineer for VW Transmissions (DQ200/400/381)
Vitesco AG
- Analysis and gathering of customer requirements (SYS 1)
- Analysis of stakeholder requirements in IBM DOORS 9.6 and Excel (SYS 2)
- Creation of the System Requirements Specification based on stakeholder requirements
- Linking and traceability of stakeholder requirements and system requirements
- Development of a complete set of system requirements
- Support for requirements in electronics, mechanics and software
- Support for system requirements testing for verification
- Conducting objective reviews of system requirements
- Stakeholder management and communication
- Implementation and assurance of ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes
- Development and maintenance of metrics for progress and quality monitoring
Product Owner for Smart Dither Control
Bosch GmbH
- Planning and organization of sprints according to agile methods
- Creation and maintenance of epics and user stories
- Conducting User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
- Organizing and conducting regular project reviews
- Defining and documenting use cases
- Managing requirements in IBM DOORS
- Designing system architectures, interfaces and components
- Modeling and documenting with UML
- Contributing to safety concepts to ensure operational safety
- Deriving functional and non-functional requirements
- Implementing and managing change management
- Identifying and assessing project risks and developing risk mitigation strategies
- Stakeholder management and communication
- Creating and maintaining the project structure plan
- Planning and monitoring time and budget targets
- Developing and managing the product roadmap
Product Owner for Diagnostic Control Unit
Bosch Rexroth AG
- Development and implementation of AUTOSAR diagnostic modules (DSMBas, DEM, FIM)
- Developing and coordinating NVRAM memory management according to AUTOSAR standards
- Creating and implementing diagnostic specifications in an agile environment
- Designing system architectures based on diagnostic requirements
- Cross-department coordination and information exchange
- Responsible for diagnostic features and tracking test results
- Configuring and integrating software components
- Planning and organizing sprints
- Creating and managing epics and user stories
- Conducting User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
- Conducting regular reviews
- Defining and documenting use cases
- Managing requirements in IBM DOORS
- Designing system architectures, interfaces and components
- Modeling with UML
- Contributing to functional safety concepts
- Deriving functional and non-functional requirements
- Implementing and managing change management
- Identifying and mitigating potential project risks
- Stakeholder management and communication
- Creating and maintaining the project structure plan
- Monitoring and ensuring adherence to time and budget plans
- Developing and managing a roadmap
Functional Safety Engineer (ISO 26262) for Software Development Projects
Preh GmbH
- Developing safety concepts for gateways according to ISO 26262
- Designing and implementing safety-related functions
- Developing safety plans to comply with ISO 26262 standards
- Conducting project-specific safety analyses (e.g., FMEA, FTA) and reviews
Embedded Software Developer for Battery Management System (BMS)
Volkswagen AG
- Designing and implementing new software modules for the BMS
- Enhancing existing BMS modules
- Creating and executing developer tests and module tests
Web Application Developer for VW Test Vehicle
Volkswagen AG
- Design and further development of web applications using C# and ASP.NET
- Development of backend interfaces and integrations
- Implementation of project requirements in an agile team
Embedded Software Developer and Tester for Steering Systems
Volkswagen AG
- Design and implementation of new software modules for steering systems
- Further development of function monitoring modules
- Integration and connection of APIs and interfaces
- Specification and implementation of functional requirements
- Creation of software requirements and review of module designs
- Coordination of requirements with stakeholders
- Conducting developer tests and module tests
Embedded Software Developer
Heitec GmbH
- Development of control functions for a digital 16-channel temperature device based on Freescale DSP 56F8367
- Setup of a PHP/SQL-based database system for managing inventories, production processes, and material requirements analysis
- Development of an operator interface for an RS232-controlled linear servo drive
- Programming of hardware driver functions for display modules, logic signal outputs, and button status queries
Summary
Experienced team lead, product owner, system engineer, and requirements engineer with over 15 years in the automotive and high-tech industries. Specialized in requirements engineering, system development, and process optimization for complex software and embedded systems. Extensive expertise in IBM DOORS, Jira reporting, ASPICE-compliant processes, and agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe). Strong skills in analyzing, optimizing, and documenting system and software requirements, as well as creating dashboards and KPIs for team and project management. Proven experience working with interdisciplinary teams and advising and implementing data-driven process improvements.
Skills
Iso Standards**
Iso 26262
Iso/iec 15504 (Spice)
It Skills**
Jira
Confluence
Ibm Ccm Rtc
Ptc Integrity
Codebeamer Alm
Polarion
Doors
Dimension
Bosch Dgs Toolbase
Enterprise Architect
Rhapsody
Uml
Bpmn
Miro
Autosar
Inca
Canalyzer
Power Bi
Tableau
Matlab/simulink
Gitlab Ci/cd
Docker
Kubernetes
Ansible
Programming Languages**
C
C++
C#
Python
Vhdl
Assembly
Pl/sql
Php
.Net
Java
Json
Process Models & Methods**
Scrum
Kanban
Okr
Testing & Quality Assurance**
Istqb
Languages
Education
University of Applied Sciences, Bingen
Master of Science, Communication Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Bingen, Germany
University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt
Bachelor of Engineering · Computer Engineering · Frankfurt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
ISTQB
Project Management Professional (PMP)
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