Objective of job
MB.OS (Mercedes-Benz Operation System) China Project Management is responsible for managing customer function development planning on overall MB.OS level within R&D China to make sure the customer features, which require cross domain cooperation within R&D (e.g. cross ADAS and Infotainment), can be planned and developed with proper priority and with same progress from different domains to ensure consistent customer experience.
Main tasks include:
1. Cross domain customer function development planning:
- Align and steer development planning cross R&D domains for China devirates (incl. but not limited to ADAS, Infotainment, Connectivity):
• Definition of R&D China MB.OS planning management process
• Organize regular R&D China MB.OS planning management conference and lead development planning alignment for prioritized MB.OS customer function backlogs and issues
• Tracking and escalation of critical & unaligned cross domain development dependencies
• Alignment on target and requirement criteria with stakeholders for each development quality gate
-Collaborate with different stakeholders, acting as R&D China MB.OS interface between different projects and providing necessary development project information and technical consultance for relevant stakeholders regarding MB.OS customer function development planning
2. Toolchain optimization:
-Define cross domain customer function development process and toolchain fit for China development processes to create transparency for project milestone cross domain, as well as resource distribution
-Drive continuously improvement of cross domain customer function development process and toolchain to meet required development speed and quality
-Coordinating development of the systems and toolchains, if IT or 3rd part shall be involved to develop it.
3. Others:
-Provide technical support to the production lines and answer R&D-related technical, planning and maturity questions for logistics and MP colleagues.
-Support surrounding processes (demand management, test management, legal evaluation) to cover the complete lifecycle of delivering a “China-fit” product.
Education
⦁ Master degree in electrical engineering, software engineering or computer science, or similar major
Experience
⦁ Good knowledge/experience about vehicle hardware/software development project in ADAS and Infotainment
⦁ Good knowledge about product conception, design thinking methodology
⦁ Work experience at OEMs or suppliers for E/E especially SW and HW development is a plus
⦁ At least 3+ years of experience in software development projects
⦁ At least 2+ years of experience in vehicle/components development projects
⦁ Working experience in international company is a plus
⦁ Experience with in-car connectivity is plus
⦁ Experience working in an Agile development environment, Agile/Scrum methodology, experience as scrum master or product owner is plus
Special Knowledge
⦁ Advanced knowledge in terms of methodologies in project management, e.g. project plan, risk analysis, PMP is a plus
⦁ Basic understanding about software development quality methodologies
⦁ Know-how with vehicle EE architecture or SW/HW architecture is an advantage
⦁ Familiar with vehicle development process is an advantage
⦁ Advanced MS Office skills in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
⦁ Experience with Jira, and Confluence or similar PM tools
⦁ Willingness to travel inside China and foreign countries
⦁ Self-responsibility, team player with very good communication skills and presentation skills
⦁ Teamwork spirit with excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
⦁ Very good English
⦁ German is a plus
