Director Software Engineering with mobility/delivery provider experience

VW. Two letters. Endless opportunities. A bright future.
Innovation. Sophistication. Optimization. This is our Passion.
Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of dramatic innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. Here in the US, we are blending German engineering with American ingenuity.
As ADMT , we develop and realize fully autonomous mobility and transportation services. Our mission is to make mobility-and transportation-as-a-service safe, accessible and most attractive for society. For that, we cover the entire ground from strategy and business development, software development and end-2-end integration, fleet operations to next-generation self-driving systems. Being the driver in Volkswagen Group initiative for mobility solutions, we are an integral part of Volkswagen Group's future success.
Role Summary
The ADMT LLC has awesome teams distributed across the US and Europe.
As the Director of Software Engineering, you will be responsible for the technical teams, including building up new teams and structures. You support the teams in finding the right balance between technical excellence, maintaining a high customer focus and reliably deliver product increments. The role includes technical leadership as well as people management.
The engineering teams use modern languages (e.g., Kotlin, TypeScript) in combination with cloud services (e.g., AWS DynamoDB, SQS, Kinesis, RDS and Kubernetes) and are responsible for the discovery of what product increment to deliver next, as well as the full software lifecycle, including testing and operating the services ("you build it, you run it").
Role Responsibilities
Fleet Management System and ADMT Cloud development
• Build, form and lead some world-class teams and their engineering managers in a servant leadership style
• Taking an active role in shaping and developing the tech architecture and culture
• Collaborate proactively with multiple (distributed) teams (US & Europe)
• Influence the product roadmap for the ADMT US offer
• Deliver SW products, microservices, architectures for the US Go to market for ADMT for MaaS and TaaS offers.
• Translate business and product requirements in SW solutions
• Oversees all the SW production releases
• Contributes to the SW development roadmap, strategic planning, production rollout planning
• Supports in tailoring and deploy software tools, processes and metrics
• Creates a culture to deploy software incrementally to meet very fast-paced development
Strategy & Operational Management
• Develops strategy & technology competence and provide expertise support to Global ADMT teams for Fleet Management solutions and ADMT Cloud.
• Spearheads new in-house development projects for various technical domains
• Own the relationship with contract manufacturer, and lead strategic discussions and negotiations
• Manages supplier partnerships and engagements
• Identify and mitigate project technology risks and execution risks
• Locates, acquires, and retains extraordinary talent for the ramp-up phase of the Engineering Team and for future growth
• Monitor compliance with relevant regulations, statutes, Board Directives, process standards (including in respect of Golden Rules and Product Compliance), procedural/operating instructions and occupational safety regulations using appropriate management controls (dual-control principle)
• Develop and monitor department budget
• Assure the qualification of employees for the defined tasks
Years of Relevant Experience:
• 10+ years of software development or relevant experience
• 5 years' team leadership/management
Education:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or comparable education required
• Master's or PhD Degree in Engineering or comparable education preferred
Required Specialized Skills:
Knowledge or certifications unique to this role
• Excellent strategic thinking, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work on high complex environments
• Deep understanding of building digital products and modern software development
• Knowledge of software platform development and corresponding software. Experienced with introduction into mass production of the same.
• Deep understanding of typical vehicle EE architectures and automotive development processes in connection with SW technologies.
• Having a strong focus and past hands-on experts experience in technical architecture and enabling teams in their delivery
• Experience to establish a professional network within the ecosystem of automotive suppliers, and technology companies such as Computer system technology companies; Semiconductor vendors; Start-up companies.
• Strong network in engineering community to hire extraordinary talent SW development
Desired Specialized Skills:
• Expert Experience in SW architectures & development in autonomous Ride Hailing/Ride Pooling technologies
• VW Group system architecture and roadmap
• Rapid prototyping and validation
• Approaches for cloud oriented mobile internet applications
• User-interface architecture for mobile and automotive systems
• Ability to communicate on/to top-management level
• Project management of large, complex multi-party projects
• Cost-oriented business and technical skills
• Management experience in shaping and leading a team of top-end hardware and software system experts in computer technologies and automotive electronics
Work Flexibility:
• Frequent travel to worldwide locations required
The base salary range for this position in Belmont, CA is between $250,000 - $280,000. There is also a generous bonus structure, along with other benefits - including a company car.
Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.
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