Human Factors Engineer Sr (Job Number: AUD001857)

Description

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, KODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. Here in the US, we are blending German engineering with American ingenuity.

As AoA ADAS Hub, we develop and realize Advanced Driver Assistant and Autonomous Driving solutions. Our mission is to make mobility safe, accessible and most attractive for our customers. Doing this your location has a big focus on the US market and reflects the customers' needs of the Nort American region.

For that, we support the entire operation from strategy, perception, fusion, planning, execution and end-2-end integration. We are an integral part of Volkswagen Group's, fleet operations for the next generation assisted and self-driving systems.

Our mission is to drive innovations which means we are not only impacting one of the world's largest car makers, but also the lives of millions of our customers.

"Vorsprung durch Technik" or, "Progress through Technology" is our company ethos and is the core belief that drives the development of every Audi vehicle. It inspires the innovative solutions, revolutionary engineering and progressive design that have become synonymous with the Audi name. And it reminds us to challenge ourselves, rewrite the rules from time to time and always fuel our pioneering spirit. The spirit that sets us apart on the racetrack and the open road. In our relentless pursuit to become the number one premium car brand in America, we need employees who share in this spirit of challenging the status quo in everything that we do.

Role Summary:

This role will be involved primarily in development and pre-development projects at the lab. You will come up with product requirements this will involve a lot of driving to come up with requirements for self-driving car algorithms. You will then work with teams of engineers to come up with system and module requirements and manage the execution of these projects. You could also be responsible for testing and managing the logistics for this.
This is not a sort of role for a 9-5 person. While we value work life balance, we expect you to be passionate about technology and have tons of ideas. You should not wait for people to tell you what to do but rather come up with the agenda, get people aligned and drive things.

Role Responsibilities:

Main responsibility 80 % of time spent

• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment and information. Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Develop project scopes, objectives & budgets involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Identify and define requirements. Break projects into doable actions and set timeframe
• Follow all steps of user centered design process and contribute to Audis future user experience
• Conduct user clinics to generate quantitative and qualitative data
• Ensure resource availability and allocation. Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors. Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Develop project plans, define KPIs, monitor and report progress and issues. Manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests
• Managing logistics including but not limited to vehicle transport, hardware shipment, travel etc

Additional responsibilities 20% of time

• Enhance the relationship between the ADAS Office and Audi EX
• Periodically gather the status of strategy, technology and gaps from Audi EX and share with the ADAS Office in a systematic manner. Propose ideas for how the ADAS Office can fill these gaps
• Establish connections between Audi and the ADAS Office at the engineer level where relevant and help push ADAS Office innovations at Audi EX

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Years of Experience:

• 7 10 years' experience

Education Required:

• BSc Computer Science, Psychology, User Experience Design

Education Desired:

• MSc, PhD

Skills:

• Strong programming skills, strong IT background
• Strong knowledge in human centered design development

Specialized Skills Required:

Product Definition

• Comfortable forming and articulating the big picture on where an industry is headed and creating product roadmaps
• Prior experience defining a highly technical product as a systems engineer or equivalent
• Prior experience with V-model Systems engineering
• Experience gathering and organizing requirements and writing functional specifications
• Adept at diving deep into the weeds with engineers while keeping the product vision in mind
• Ability to plan/review architectures, technical designs, test strategies, test cases etc

Project Management

• Experience running one or more projects simultaneously
• Usual PM stuff - manage timelines, budgets, resource planning, risk etc

Technical Depth

• Prior experience with robotics, unmanned systems, control systems, or camera/sensor based perception
• While we do not expect you to be a programmer, we expect you to be highly technical - familiar with data structures and algorithms, machine learning and math

Leadership

• Capable of leading by influence, not authority
• Capable of getting people across levels of an organization aligned behind a common vision
• Effective public speaker comfortable presenting complex technical information in front of technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organization

Effective at communicating with teams across cultures and in different times zones

Specialized Skills Desired:

• Experience with premium brands
• Experience with content creators

Work Flexibility:

• Hybrid

Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, industry-based experience, skills, training, credentials, and other qualifications. In the state of California, the base salary range is $145,000 - $180,000.00.

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.