Managing the development of fast wireless chargers (WPC) and coordinating the various engineering departments (HW, SW, SYS, ME, production, validation & certification)
Main contact for the customer for all technical discussions, meetings, change requests, sample deliveries, escalations)
Ensuring compliance with deadlines, costs, functionality, and quality
Regular reporting on project status, budget, and risks to management
Regular meetings on project progress and open issues with the customer
Training internal staff in project management engineering
Leading and coordinating the various testing and validation teams (SW, system and vehicle testing, data collection and reprocessing, as well as ENV and EMC validation)
Main contact for the customer for all validation and verification (V&V)
Responsible for resource planning for the entire testing team and tools
Ensuring compliance with deadlines, functionality, and quality
Regular reporting on project status and risks to the customer and program management
Leading the validation and certification of IC-CPD and AC wallbox chargers for electric vehicles according to VW80000, TL81000, IEC, UL, and radio certifications (RED, FCC, and country-specific)
Coordinating the different departments (HW, SW, mechanical, testing)
Tracking external labs and coordinating internal testing
Regular reporting of validation and certification status to the customer and management
Leading and coordinating a task force team (development, validation, production) to improve product quality
Defining and tracking short- and long-term optimization measures
Organizing and conducting root cause analyses and lessons learned activities
Regular reporting of analysis results to management
Jul 2013 - Jul 2017
4 years 1 month
Reutlingen, Germany
Project Manager
Automotive Lighting
Products: LED headlights, Customer: Daimler, Renault, PSA, Industry: Automotive
Leading and managing several electronic headlight projects (with adaptive front lighting systems AFS, electronic control units ECUs, LED modules) up to SOP
Coordinating the different departments (HW, SW, quality, validation, production)
Main contact for the customer during the project phase (deadlines, requirements, change requests, sample deliveries, bug fixes, escalations)
Tracking suppliers and coordinating sample production to series production
Regular reporting of project status and risks to the customer and management
Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
6 months
Aschaffenburg, Germany
Supplier Quality Engineer
Takata AG
Products: steering wheel with adaptive steering, Customer: Ford, Industry: Automotive
Tracking suppliers and quality planning according to APQP
Conducting supplier audits and evaluating production sites
Reviewing quality documents (e.g., CQI assessments, Ford-specific documents, control plans, process flow charts, work instructions for EOL stations)
Evaluating and tracking PPAP and handling complaints using the 8D method
Regular reporting of quality status to the Global QA Director
Jul 2011 - Dec 2012
1 year 6 months
Wiesbaden, Germany
Application & System Engineer
Elster GmbH
Products: Data loggers, Customer: Eesti Gaas, Industry: Energy
Testing and integration of new hardware devices (e.g., data logger DL, volume converter EK)
Technical coordination as interface between international customers and the development team
Developing and executing software tests for new device drivers
Creating test cases and test specifications, and performing integration tests
Documenting all errors and tracking their status with the software development team