Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services.

The Technical Project Leader is responsible for the operational supervision of all systems engineering activities for the project.

In platform projects also for the product architecture of new product families and its variants (-> construction kit, re-usable platform).

This role

• focuses on the functionality of the products,

• is driving the technical solution and

• coordinates all activities along the development V-cycle from technical point of view,

• is responsible for the technical product issues in regards of timing, quality/maturity and R&D cost transparency.

This includes also the tailoring of engineering processes to the project's needs.

Main tasks

• Define R&D technical project scope.

• Manage engineering changes

• Coordinate the discipline project manager of the left and the right side of the V-development cycle and across all levels (L0-L3)

• Plan, monitor and control the technical part of the project

• Initiate and coordinate feature maturity planning and support release planning

The detailed responsibilities are defined by the related activities and work products.

Knowledge of:

• Product Life Cycle (PLC) and Material Life Cycle (MLC)

• Project Management

• Agile development methods

• VED development process

• System Engineering basics

• Change and Problem Resolution Management

• Configuration Management

• Risk Management

• Functional Safety Basics

• Cyber Security Basics

• VED products and their roadmap

• existing industry standards and rules (e.g. ASPICE, IATF 16949)

Experience in:

• working in a complex environment

Capability of:

• being fluent in English

• handling intercultural differences

• moderation, mediation and communication with different stakeholders

• leading people

• strong customer focus and quality orientation

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