Gildas Djomen
Product Owner for Vehicle Configuration OTA (Porsche Macan)
Experience
Oct 2023 - Dec 2025
1 year 3 monthsProduct 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).
- Backlog management: prioritizing and maintaining the product backlog to ensure on-time development.
- Conducting reviews to monitor project progress and ensure quality.
- Defining use cases and creating detailed requirements.
- Measuring vehicle configuration and analyzing measurement data: performing configuration measurements and analyzing the results.
- Managing the "Coding" requirement and testing activities: planning and coordinating coding requirements and tests.
- Managing the "Flashing" requirement and testing activities: leading requirements and tests related to flashing ECUs.
- Managing the "Vehicle Configuration Reading" requirement and testing activities: responsible for requirements and tests for reading vehicle configurations.
- Documenting and maintaining requirements and ensuring consistency throughout the development cycle.
- Designing system architectures, interfaces, and components for the vehicle configuration system (VC).
- Collaborating on security concepts to guarantee IT security and data integrity.
- Deriving functional and non-functional requirements from project goals and stakeholder needs.
- Responsible for change management and risk management to minimize project risks.
- Conducting stakeholder management and communication with internal and external partners.
- Creating and updating the project structure plan to define milestones and resources.
- Performing time and budget management to achieve project goals efficiently.
- Responsible for roadmap management to ensure the project’s long-term strategy and objectives.
- Responsible for the development and implementation of vehicle configuration systems for the Porsche Macan.
- Closely collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to optimize user experience and technical specifications.
- Responsible for implementing ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes as part of the GOB project for the Porsche Macan vehicle configuration.
- Creating data analyses and dashboards with Power BI for visualization and reporting across business areas, especially in vehicle configuration and production monitoring.
- Testing and validating over-the-air (OTA) vehicle configuration and diagnostic requirements for the Porsche Macan.
- Ensuring proper operation of OTA updates and overall vehicle onboard integration (GOB).
Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
6 monthsProduct Owner for SDK Core and DevOps
GEZE GmbH
- Product ownership for SDK Core: responsible for the design, development, and continuous enhancement of the software development kit (SDK) for GEZE products. Ensuring SDK integration with existing GEZE software solutions to guarantee interoperability with automated building management systems.
- Requirements management and creation of epics and user stories: gathering and prioritizing requirements in close collaboration with stakeholders. Creating epics and user stories to structure SDK development clearly and align it with customer needs.
- DevOps process management: implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and release processes. Responsible for integrating DevOps practices to accelerate software delivery and improve collaboration between development and operations.
- Designing and implementing core components of the SDK: working with the development team to define core SDK functions, including component architecture, interfaces, and APIs.
- Stakeholder management: communicating and aligning with internal and external stakeholders to ensure SDK development meets project objectives. Conducting regular reviews and sprint planning sessions to ensure requirements and expectations are met.
- DevOps automation and monitoring: responsible for automating processes in development and production environments and implementing monitoring tools to track system performance and identify bottlenecks.
- Ensuring software quality: responsible for conducting user acceptance tests (UAT) and continuously monitoring quality through test automation and regular reviews.
- Backlog management: managing the backlog, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring clear team communication regarding development progress.
- CI/CD pipeline management: building and maintaining continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines to maximize development efficiency and improve quality assurance.
- Roadmap management: developing and maintaining the project roadmap to ensure long-term alignment and milestones for SDK development.
- Leading SDK development to support integration and interaction with automated building systems.
- Coordinating between development, testing, and sales teams.
- Handling software requirements (SWE1, SWE2) for the SDK to support integration with automated building systems.
- Microcontroller programming and development for integrating and controlling automated building systems.
- Responsible for the technical execution and coordination of the development team.
- Responsible for implementing CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery and integration.
- Optimizing development and testing processes using DevOps tools and methods to increase development cycle efficiency.
Jan 2022 - Oct 2023
10 monthsSystem Requirement Engineer for Mercedes Key Control Unit (EIS/PEPS ECU)
Marquardt AG
- Gathering customer requirements (SYS1): collecting and specifying requirements based on customer needs.
- System requirements analysis (SYS2): conducting analysis and defining system requirements.
- Handling architecture requirements (SYS3): developing and processing system architecture requirements.
- Software requirements analysis (SWE2): specifying and analyzing software requirements to ensure system integration.
- Coordinating with specialist departments (electronics, mechanics, software): collaborating with various technical departments to meet requirements comprehensively.
- Ensuring traceability and consistency of requirements: maintaining traceability and consistency of all requirements throughout the development process.
- Specifying verification criteria: defining verification criteria for requirements to ensure successful validation.
- Planning the requirements management process: planning and implementing the process for capturing and managing requirements.
- Implementing ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes: applying processes according to ASPICE Level 2 to ensure process quality.
- Creating metrics: developing metrics to monitor project progress and requirement quality.
- Analyzing and processing system requirements (SYS1, SYS2) for electronic key systems.
- Ensuring implementation of ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes for electronic key systems.
Jan 2022 - Jun 2023
6 monthsASPICE Process Engineer
Elmos Semiconductor
- Reviewing Polarion and process descriptions for compliance: verifying that the Polarion platform and process descriptions align with ASPICE SYS standards.
- Defining requirement KPIs and summarizing data from Polarion: setting key performance indicators (KPIs) for requirements and summarizing Polarion data for concepts and reports.
- Developing a customer-ready document generator: creating a generator to produce custom documents such as datasheets directly from Polarion data.
- ASPICE-compliant implementation of the right side of the V-model (SYS4-5): linking test cases with test results and automating processes according to ASPICE system requirements (SYS4-5).
- Concept for implementing general standards in Polarion: developing a concept to implement OEM and Tier1 requirements in Polarion to ensure standardization.
- Requirement concept for IP pre-development and downstream product development: creating a concept for capturing and managing requirements covering intellectual property (IP) pre-development and downstream product development.
- Smart configuration management for product families: developing a smart configuration management system to handle product families, including requirement inheritance across products.
- Developing and processing system requirements (SYS1, SYS2) within ASPICE processes.
- Implementing ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes to meet system requirements in semiconductor development.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
2 yearsSystem Requirement Engineer for VW Transmissions (DQ200 / 400 / 381)
Vitesco AG
- Gathering customer requirements (SYS1): analyzing and collecting customer requirements to define the system.
- Analyzing stakeholder requirements (SYS2): analyzing requirements in IBM DOORS 9.6 and Excel to create system requirements.
- Deriving and defining system requirements: drafting the system requirements specification based on stakeholder requirements.
- Linking stakeholder requirements and system requirements: creating and maintaining traceability between stakeholder requests and system requirements.
- Creating a complete set of system requirements: ensuring completeness and consistency of system requirements.
- Supporting requirements in sub-disciplines: assisting in drafting requirements for electronics, mechanics, and software.
- Supporting system requirement testing activities: aiding in system requirement tests to verify requirements.
- Conducting system requirement reviews: performing objective reviews of system requirements to ensure quality.
- Stakeholder management: ensuring communication and alignment with stakeholders.
- ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes: applying and ensuring processes according to ASPICE Level 2 to meet quality standards.
- Metrics management: developing and maintaining metrics to monitor progress and quality of system requirements.
- Developing and processing system requirements (SYS1, SYS2) for transmission control units.
- Ensuring compliance with ASPICE Level 2 processes in transmission control development.
Sep 2018 - Dec 2020
2 years 4 monthsProduct Owner for Smart Dither Control
Bosch GmbH
- Sprint planning: organizing and scheduling sprints according to agile methods to ensure on-time delivery.
- Creating epics and user stories: developing and maintaining epics and user stories to define product requirements and guide development.
- User acceptance tests: conducting UAT to validate product functionality and quality.
- Conducting reviews: organizing and leading regular reviews to assess project progress and product quality.
- Defining use cases: developing and documenting system use cases based on customer requirements.
- Documenting and maintaining requirements in DOORS: managing system and software requirements in IBM DOORS, including updates and maintenance.
- Designing architectures, interfaces, and components: creating system architectures, interfaces, and components for the Smart Dither Control system.
- Applying UML modeling languages: using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to model and document system architecture.
- Contributing to security concept development: supporting the creation of security concepts to ensure operational safety.
- Deriving functional and non-functional requirements: identifying and specifying requirements from stakeholder needs.
- Change management: implementing and managing change control to adapt to new requirements or project scope changes.
- Risk management: identifying and assessing risks and developing mitigation strategies.
- Stakeholder management and communication: maintaining communication with internal and external stakeholders to ensure transparency.
- Creating and updating the project structure plan: defining work packages and milestones for project planning.
- Time and budget management: planning and monitoring schedules and budgets to meet objectives.
- Roadmap creation: developing and managing the product roadmap to guide strategic project direction.
- Steering the development process for innovative Smart Dither Control technology.
- Collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders to ensure market readiness.
- Responsible for defining and managing software requirements (SWE1, SWE2) to optimize control technologies.
- Responsible for configuring and coordinating the AUTOSAR Complex Device Driver (CDD), including integration and alignment with system requirements.
- Ensuring implementation of ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes focused on software quality and process optimization.
- Programming and developing microcontrollers for dither control functions.
- Leading technical execution and alignment with the project team.
Feb 2015 - Aug 2018
3 years 7 monthsProduct Owner for Diagnostic Control Unit
Bosch Rexroth AG
- AUTOSAR diagnostic development (DSM Base, DEM, and FIM): developing and implementing AUTOSAR diagnostic modules, including Diagnostic Event Manager (DEM) and Functional Inhibition Manager (FIM).
- AUTOSAR NVRAM memory management: developing and coordinating NVRAM memory management according to AUTOSAR standards.
- Developing diagnostic specifications: creating and executing specifications for diagnostics in an agile environment.
- System architecture design: designing system architectures based on diagnostic specifications and requirements.
- Cross-departmental coordination: collaborating with various departments to gather and synchronize diagnostic information.
- Ownership of diagnostic features: responsible for diagnostic features in the overall project and tracking test results.
- Configuring and integrating software components: ensuring proper configuration and integration of software components into the overall architecture.
- Sprint planning: organizing and scheduling sprints to efficiently implement development tasks.
- Creating epics and user stories: defining and managing epics and user stories to structure product development.
- User acceptance tests: conducting UAT to validate requirements and product quality.
- Conducting reviews: regularly performing reviews to assess progress and ensure quality.
- Defining use cases: developing and documenting use cases for the diagnostic system.
- Documenting and maintaining requirements in DOORS: managing requirements in IBM DOORS, including ongoing updates.
- Designing system architectures, interfaces, and components: creating architectures, interfaces, and components for the diagnostic control unit.
- Applying UML: using UML to model and document system architecture.
- Contributing to security concept development: supporting the creation of security concepts to meet functional safety.
- Deriving functional and non-functional requirements: specifying and managing requirements based on system needs.
- Change management: implementing and managing a change control process for effective change handling.
- Risk management: identifying and mitigating potential project risks through risk management strategies.
- Stakeholder management and communication: coordinating and communicating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth information flow.
- Creating and maintaining the project structure plan: defining project phases and milestones for structured planning.
- Time and budget management: monitoring and adhering to project schedules and budgets.
- Roadmap creation: developing and managing a roadmap for strategic project planning.
- Responsible for developing a diagnostic control unit for off-highway vehicles at Bosch Rexroth.
- Leading collaboration with development teams to meet technical requirements and on-time market launch.
- Leading and managing software requirements (SWE1, SWE2) for diagnostic units in off-highway vehicles.
- Leading configuration and coordination of AUTOSAR modules, including DEM, FIM, and NVM, to ensure a robust and scalable software architecture.
- Responsible for implementing ASPICE Level 2 compliant processes to optimize diagnostic systems.
- Programming microcontrollers to implement diagnostic systems in off-highway vehicles.
- Responsible for developing and implementing embedded software solutions.
- Implementing DevOps practices to automate builds and tests for embedded systems.
- Responsible for setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and test automation for software deployments.
- Leading and executing tests for diagnostic ECUs.
- Responsible for implementing and validating diagnostic functions in embedded systems.
Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
4 monthsFunctional Safety Engineer (ISO 26262) for Software Development Projects
Preh GmbH
- Developing safety concepts for gateways: creating and implementing functional safety concepts for gateways according to ISO 26262.
- Developing safety-related functions: designing and implementing safety-critical functions to ensure functional safety in software development projects.
- Creating safety plans: drafting safety plans to comply with ISO 26262 standards and ensure safety requirements in the project.
- Conducting project-specific safety analyses and reviews: performing safety analyses (e.g., FMEA, FTA) and reviews to identify potential safety risks and ensure compliance with functional safety standards.
Mar 2014 - Oct 2014
8 months Braunschweig, Germany
Embedded Software Developer for Battery Management System (BMS)
Volkswagen AG
- Developing new software modules: designing and implementing new software modules for the battery management system (BMS) to optimize functionality and efficiency.
- Enhancing existing BMS modules: adapting and extending existing software modules to meet new requirements and specifications.
- Developing and conducting developer and module tests: creating and executing tests to validate functionality and reliability of developed software modules, including developer and module tests.
- Programming microcontrollers for vehicle battery management.
- Conducting tests and optimizations of battery functions.
- Responsible for developing and conducting tests to validate battery functions in test vehicles.
- Ensuring functionality and efficiency of battery management systems.
Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
6 months Wolfsburg, Germany
Web Application Developer for VW Test Vehicles
Volkswagen AG
- Designing and enhancing web applications for VW test vehicles: developing and improving web applications using C# and ASP.NET to support VW vehicle testing processes.
- Designing and implementing backend integrations: developing interfaces and connections to backend systems to enable data flows and functionality for web applications.
- Implementing project requirements within the team: closely collaborating with the team to implement and realize agile project requirements.
- Developing a web application for managing and analyzing test data for VW test vehicles.
- Using C# and ASP.NET for backend logic and database integration to efficiently process and store test data.
Mar 2012 - Aug 2013
1 year 6 months Braunschweig, Germany
Embedded Software Developer and Tester for Steering Systems
Volkswagen AG
- Developing new software modules and enhancing existing steering system modules: designing and implementing software solutions to improve steering systems.
- Enhancing software components for steering function monitoring: optimizing and extending monitoring functions to increase safety and performance of steering systems.
- Integrating and connecting interfaces and APIs: ensuring seamless communication between system components through API integration.
- Developing functional requirements for steering systems: specifying and implementing functional requirements for various steering systems.
- Creating software requirements and reviewing module designs: drafting detailed software requirements and checking module designs for specification compliance.
- Aligning requirements with stakeholders: closely collaborating with stakeholders to ensure requirements are fully captured and implemented.
- Developing and conducting developer and module tests: performing tests to validate software functions and ensure steering system quality.
- Programming microcontrollers for steering control.
- Testing and validating functions in embedded environments.
Apr 2009 - Feb 2012
2 years 11 monthsDeveloper and Tester for Heating Control Units
Heitec GmbH
- Designing and programming functions based on the Freescale DSP 56F8367: developing and implementing functions to control a digital 16-channel temperature device using the Freescale DSP 56F8367.
- Programming microcontrollers for heating system control.
- Responsible for implementing and testing embedded software.
- Building a PHP/SQL-based database system: developing a PHP/SQL-based system for inventory management, production processes, and material requirement analyses. Ensuring data integrity and system efficiency.
- Developing and managing a PHP/SQL-based database system for inventory, production, and material requirement analysis.
- Implementing XAMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) to optimize internal processes at Heitec.
- Programming an operator interface for a linear servo actuator: developing a user interface to control an RS232-driven linear servo actuator, including control function implementation.
- Programming hardware driver functions: creating driver functions for a display module, outputting logic signals, and polling button status to control and monitor hardware components.
Summary
10 years of experience in product management and leading complex projects in the automotive and technology industry.
10 years of experience applying agile methodologies (Scrum) to successfully deliver projects. Extensive expertise in agile team leadership, sprint planning, product backlog management, and continuous process improvement. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver fast and high-quality results.
7 years of experience specifying, analyzing, and managing software and system requirements (SWE1, SWE2, SYS1, SYS2) in complex projects.
6 years of experience configuring and coordinating AUTOSAR software components in various automotive industry projects.
9 years of experience implementing and ensuring ASPICE-compliant processes, particularly at Level 2, across diverse automotive and technology projects.
15 years of experience developing and testing embedded systems, focusing on microcontroller programming in the automotive and ECU industry.
6 years of experience implementing DevOps practices to automate, optimize, and manage software development and deployment processes.
3 years of experience developing, managing, and analyzing database systems, as well as implementing data visualizations and web applications to optimize business processes.
8 years of experience designing and executing tests for embedded systems, diagnostic functions, and vehicle configurations in the automotive industry.
Languages
French
Native
German
Advanced
English
Intermediate
Education
Mar 2010 - Feb 2012
Fachhochschule Bingen
Master of Science, Communication Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Bingen, Germany
Mar 2005 - Nov 2009
Fachhochschule Frankfurt
Bachelor of Engineering · Engineering Informatics · Frankfurt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
ISTQB
Project Management Professional (PMP)
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