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Jochen Mader

Technical Project Lead – Software Development

Jochen Mader
Filderstadt, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present
1 year 10 months

Technical Project Lead – Software Development

IT Security (Defense) / CyberSecurity

  • Technical project lead for the software testing subproject in the development of encryption systems (tactical crypto devices).

  • Test monitoring

  • Test specification

  • Software test implementation

  • Schedule planning

  • Code reviews

  • Team leadership

  • Test team resource planning

  • Test team coordination

  • Coordination of overall project flow

  • Stakeholder management

  • Report creation

  • Reporting to executive management

  • Delivered testing milestones on schedule, ensuring timely integration with development.

  • Improved test team efficiency by standardizing workflows and reporting.

  • Ensured compliance with Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408).

Oct 2023 - Mar 2024
6 months
Remote

Senior Test and Defect Manager

Automotive OEM

  • Software validation and release for OTA (over-the-air) / ORU (online remote update) functionality of an HCP platform for SOP (task force).

  • Deriving SWE.1 software requirements from SYS requirements

  • Creating SYS.4 test cases from SYS.2 requirements

  • Test design and implementation

  • Simulation software programming in CANoe (CAPL)

  • Test planning

  • Resource management

  • Team leadership

  • Stakeholder management

  • Quality monitoring

  • Defect management

  • Test documentation

  • FMEA

  • Successfully validated OTA/ORU functionality for series rollout.

  • Reduced defect resolution time through structured test and reporting processes.

  • Improved overall system diagnostic coverage and quality assurance.

Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 1 month

Project Engineer

ZIM (Central Innovation Programme for SMEs)

  • Development of an adaptive and predictive actuator tracking method for interacting with elements in dynamic environments, demonstrated with software for driving robots.

  • Delivered predictive actuator tracking software that improved system responsiveness.

  • Enabled integration of multiple sensor types for robust robotic control.

Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
10 months

Senior Test and Defect Manager

Automotive OEM

  • Definition and validation of system diagnostics across all relevant ECUs.

  • Defining system scope of individual ECUs in initial diagnostic discussions

  • Creating test specifications for component tests

  • Verification and programming of test cases

  • Software tool development for identifying critical ECUs from heterogeneous data sources

  • Programming CANoe simulations (CAPL), including UI

  • Problem management for all system-relevant diagnostic ECUs

  • Test analysis, reporting, derivation and implementation of actions

  • Reporting to module management

  • Stakeholder management

  • Team leadership

  • Moderation of eHU Steering Committee

  • Implemented robust diagnostic toolset for ECU validation across vehicle systems.

  • Reduced system-critical defects and improved response time for ECU issues.

  • Enhanced reporting and decision-making with automated dashboards.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
1 year

Senior Test and Defect Manager

Electric Drives Supplier

  • Problem-solving and test management for development of starter generators / e-machines.

  • Defect tracking in software development process

  • Test evaluation, report creation, derivation and implementation of actions

  • Test specification creation

  • Code review and optimization of existing tests

  • Test coverage verification

  • Specification and programming of simulation software

  • Coordination/transfer of SW components between multiple customer-specific projects

  • Component testing (HiL / SiL / MiL)

  • Testing/validation of OTA/RSU functionality

  • Coordination with and management of international development/test teams

  • Documentation for ASPICE assessments

  • Improved test coverage and defect resolution for e-machine software.

  • Increased amount of open defects by 70%.

  • Delivered OTA/RSU testing and simulation tools across multiple projects.

  • Established robust defect management process.

Jan 2014 - Present
12 years 1 month

Maintenance and Operation Engineer

Internal Project Management

  • Maintenance and operation of internal Redmine installation to support software development processes and operation of a user helpdesk (>10,000 tickets).

  • Installation, maintenance, and administration of Redmine on Linux servers

  • Workflow definition

  • UI configuration

  • User training

  • Activity tracking

  • Status report generation.

Jan 2008 - Dec 2021
14 years

Project Manager / Requirements Engineer / Function Owner

Automotive OEM

  • Requirements engineering for the Automated Driving system; specification and testing of ECU interfaces (ESP / EPS / EZS) for automated driving across all vehicle lines (ICE / PHEV / BEV).

  • Creation of specifications for ECU functions according to ISO 26262

  • Deriving requirements for vehicle networking and E/E architecture

  • Specification and testing of UDS diagnostics on ECUs

  • Software development of diagnostic interface controllers (UDS)

  • Coordination and execution of international development workshops with suppliers

  • Timeline monitoring and milestone tracking

  • Release planning

  • Bug tracking

  • Software testing and release based on V-model / V-cycle

  • System, component, integration testing

  • Development according to ASPICE

  • Deployment of automated driving technologies in German and US production plants

  • HIL testing, test specification and automation

  • Simulation and test automation using CANoe, CAPL, vCDL

  • Test procedure design for OBD vehicle tests

  • Maintenance of HIL test benches

  • Development of simulation environments and test applications for validation

  • Optimization of speed controllers for automated test vehicles

  • Distance/time-based RTK positioning control

  • Discharge control for range testing of electric vehicles

  • User support

  • Implementation of ISO 27001

  • Specification of function authorization within the electronic ignition lock system

  • Development of a ControlCenter tool for automated vehicle testing

  • Stakeholder management

  • Integration of automated driving interfaces in all model lines on time and budget.

Nov 2001 - Dec 2007
6 years 2 months

Software Manager

Automotive OEM

  • Development of a diagnostic communication platform.

  • Specification of new requirements

  • Implementation of diagnostic protocols KWP (ISO 14230) and UDS (ISO 14229) in cooperation with another German OEM

  • Creation of test strategy

  • Test case specification and implementation

  • Release planning

  • Global software release for development, production, service

  • Implementation of J1939 protocol and diagnostic process rollout for U.S. subsidiaries

  • Introduction of diagnostics for Mitsubishi Fuso Canter

  • Interface to E/E assembly plants and pilot factory

  • Supplied fully functional diagnostic platform supporting all model lines for engineering, production, and service worldwide.

Mar 2001 - Apr 2002
1 year 2 months

Development Engineer

Tier 1 Supplier

  • Development of a steer-by-wire demonstrator.

  • Driver development

  • Interface specification for controlling the electric power steering (EPS)

  • Delivered functional steer-by-wire prototype.

  • Validated control interface for electric power steering (EPS).

Summary

I am an experienced Test Manager, Diagnostics Specialist, and Development Engineer with over 20 years of expertise in the automotive industry. My focus lies in ECU validation, system specification for automated driving, vehicle diagnostics (UDS, ODX), as well as the development and automation of test strategies for complex software systems.

I support customers in the planning, execution, and coordination of test projects—from requirements analysis to series release. I have extensive experience with Vector tools (CANoe, CANalyzer, CANape), DOORS, Jira, Confluence, and various test frameworks, as well as programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java, and CAPL.

I am also well-versed in automotive standards (ASPICE, ISO 26262) and have managed multiple safety-critical software projects. My strength lies in combining technical expertise with pragmatic project management to deliver high-quality results on schedule.

Furthermore, I have in-depth knowledge of artificial intelligence, particularly in machine learning, which I have applied over the last three years as part of a government-funded innovation program (ZIM) to develop a robotics prototype.

Skills

  • Test & Defect Management
  • Requirements Engineering
  • E/e Architecture
  • Vehicle Diagnostics
  • Function Development
  • Automated Driving
  • Powertrain
  • Project Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Moderation
  • Problem Solving
  • Resilience
  • Teamwork
  • Test Strategies
  • Organizational Skills
  • Analytical Thinking
  • T-shaped Profile

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Spanish
Elementary

Education

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Dipl.-Ing. (FH) · Information Technology and Automation

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Communications Electronics Technician · Radio Technology

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