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What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications): • Deep knowledge of embedded hardware, system, software development • Experience in Electrical & Electronic architecture optimization for Software-defined Vehicles • Comprehensive understanding of the software and hardware architecture associated with major vehicle features, including chassis systems, body systems, propulsion systems, active safety and autonomous vehicle systems, low-voltage energy management and signal distribution systems, and support for infotainment and connectivity systems • Experience implementing systems or features on multiple HW variants, vehicle architectures, or electrical architectures • Demonstrated software architecture expertise with experience architecting complex features against tight constraints • Experience designing systems or software for features with high safety or cybersecurity requirements, or migrating features and systems with stringent requirements to new architectures and allocations • Application of Safety ISO 26262 principles such as hazard analysis and risk assessment, safety concept development • 5+ years ECU integration experience (application software, infrastructure, ECU hardware) or vehicle integration experience • 5+ years experience working on mechatronic infrastructure technologies such as MCUs, Board Support packages, Basic Software, infrastructure system requirements, and embedded OS software • 5+ years experience standing up new mechatronic infrastructure functionality (ECUs, microcontrollers, communication protocols, functions, electrical architectures, ECU device classes) • 3+ years of semiconductor-related experience, including MCU, ASIC, transceiver, switch development • 2+ years real-time software architecture experience (Classic AUTOSAR or similar) • Vehicle launch management experience. What Youll Do: • Develop strategic vision for Mechatronics technology to optimize vehicle and system level performance and enhance key performance indicators (KPIs) • Drive technology initiatives/PRDs across the organization • Develop next-generation electrical architecture strategies • Conduct market research, competitor benchmarking, new technology investigations, and competitive analysis to identify market opportunities, performance improvement opportunities, and potential threats • Determine new technology needs and drive new technology development, leveraging suppliers, R&D, and engineering resources to determine recommended insertion and enterprise impacts • Change control technology requirements, including customer stories, customer use cases, business cases, and backlog prioritization • Develop business cases for new technology insertion and new strategies, present to senior leadership for alignment • Define, document, and track key metrics using KPIs to measure technology success and usage, and inform future decisions • Monitor product health of deployed mechatronics technology and identify areas for improvement • Communicate technology updates, progress, and plan to stakeholders across the organization, including executives, customers, and partners • Develop rollout strategies for complex infrastructure capabilities spanning hardware variants, model years, electrical architectures, and suppliers • Assess impact of implementation, deployment, and maintenance complexity across variants and strategic impacts on new and proposed strategies • Drive Make vs Buy analyses to support in-house hardware and software design strategy • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure technology goals and priorities alignment.