Head of E2E EE Architecture

Company: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Location: Austin
Posted on: November 27, 2022

Job Description:

Build your brand. Tell your story. Take advantage of a rare opportunity to start from the ground up and build something great. We are looking for technology game changers to lead Stellantis into a fundamental transformation within the automotive industry. Technology is going to disrupt the automotive industry significantly in the next decade and our organization is seeking high potential candidates to transform the company with a focus on the customer experience. Stellantis's Software Organization (SWX) was created to build the most captivating experiences in the latest frontier of Automotive Technology. As a Head of E2E EE Architecture team at SWx, you will be responsible for defining the new Centralized and Service Oriented End-to-End EE Architecture, providing EE Architecture leadership, and direction to engineering development teams to guide and enable Electrical & Electronic, HW design, Functional Domains, new features development and SW interaction. This role will provide EE Architecture requirements for the development of the new platform that will cover almost 80% of the Stellantis 14 Brands portfolio. Along with the team you will lead and build, you will drive key decisions on Features Mapping, Functional allocation, physical architectural and power distribution definition. The key deliverable is to launch a world leading hardware platform product that exceeds all current and future technology challenges in the drive to achieve truly software defined Vehicle. We are looking for an accomplished technology veteran and product innovation leader with a background in high content EE Architecture design able to deliver state-of-the-art EE platforms that will enable the Stellantis SW Strategy, optimize solutions and allow Hardware evolution decoupled from Software with an Agile approach. The position's responsibilities include personnel management, multi-million dollar program development, internal reporting, network management, support and mentorship of engineering team in engineering related matters, and quality control of automotive grade HW & SW product deliverables. Responsibilities: - Define and own End-to-End EE Architecture for the new Stellantis platform. - Provide requirements to develop HW & SW solutions, based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). - Develop outstanding strategic relationships with product peers and engineering, research, business, design, and functional domain teams to help define EE architecture. - Design EE Architecture platform considering Cyber Security and Functional Safety requirements. - Lead key EE architectural decisions in collaboration with internal stakeholders that optimize for key business goals and Long Range Plan roadmap for this platform. - Deliver the design of archetype system and electrical diagrams for EE systems, in collaboration with ADAS/AD, Body, Cockpit, Connectivity, or Powertrain teams to meet the product user experience and cost requirements. - Relentlessly drive to early life cycle delivery through an agile approach. - Establish and conduct collaboration opportunities with external partners or resources. - Facilitate research, design, development, and engineering skill development for the team. - Supervision of engineers, contractors, interns and external partners in the team. - Leading organization of approximately 60 people worldwide. - Responsible for the recruitment of personnel. - Develop a culture of collaboration, diversity and inclusion. - Willing to take action and drive results.15+ years of industry experience in EE Architecture design or Electrical Engineering architecture roles. - Bachelor in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering. - Track record of delivering business and technology results for complex, cross-functional initiatives while managing multiple competing priorities. - Long-term experience in defining and designing large complex embedded networked computer systems including definition of system topologies, components, and interfaces. - Demonstrated leadership experience in Network Communication Design: CAN, CAN-FD and LIN in-vehicle protocols. - Experience implementing Automotive Ethernet based communication protocols: Audio Video Bridging (AVB); Time Sensitive Networking (TSN); Service Oriented approach (SOME/IP); TCP/UDP; MQTT. - Good knowledge on off-board communication protocols (WiFi, 4G/5G, V2X connectivity). - Proven success in building game-changing products in the automotive industry. - Deep understanding of typical vehicle EE architectures and automotive development processes. - Management experience in ideating, and creating intellectual property. - Experience to establish a professional network within the ecosystem of automotive suppliers, and technology companies such as: Computer system technology companies; International Standard Committees (ISO, IEEE), Semiconductor vendors; Start-up companies. - Strong systems thinker. - Fluency in English is required, any other European language is an advantage.

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