Visteon - Director - Engineering

Enabling a software-defined, electrified future.

Visteon is a technology company that develops and builds innovative digital cockpit and electrification products at the leading-edge of the mobility revolution.

Founded in 2000, Visteon brings decades of automotive intelligence combined with Silicon Valley speed to apply global insights that help transform the software-defined vehicle of the future for many of the world's largest OEMs.

The company employs 10,000 employees in 18 countries around the globe.

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Mission of the Role: Oversee the strategy, development, delivery of the OS (Android, QNX & Linux), Hypervisors and BSP for the Infotainment & CDC platforms & products.

Ensure a robust, scalable, solutions across the products.

Champion the alignment of organizational commitments and the delivery responsibilities.

Work on defining & executing product requirements, roadmaps that meets industry standards and drive innovation & excellence.

Qualification, Experience and Skills:

- Master's / bachelor's degree in business management.

- 18+ years of relevant experience preferably in regional or global environment.

- Experience collaborating with Executive Team and Business Leaders.

- 10+ years of embedded software development experience in C/C++/Java.

- Minimum of five (5) years demonstrated leadership at a management level.

- Five (5) years of experience as an architect working on a complex (IVI / Mobile) embedded systems with advanced technologies like speech, networking, image processing, AI/ML, etc.

- Hands-on & direct experience on QNX & Linux BSP, Hypervisor, Android OS Middleware.

- Experience with the BSP SW and understanding of interfaces USB/PCIE/SPI/I2C/UART, Displays and storage devices NAND/eMMC/UFS etc.

- Platform and SoC bring-up experience with good schematic/board level issues debugging along with SoC/Platform level Boot, Power and performance profiling and optimization.

- Exposure in connectivity architecture using Wireless (Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC), and wired (Ethernet, CAN, Posix socket API, TCP/UDP/IP/multicast) interfaces.

- Development of HAL, system services, Kernel modules, custom Android platform and builds, android device development.

- Experience with platform services like power management, state management, health management (watchdogs, power health monitoring), and reset handlers.

- Experience in implementing software OTA and cloud connectivity.

- Experience using Agile/Scrum/Sprint methodology including sprint planning and execution.

Key Deliverables:

- Delivery production ready high-quality OS & BSP work products for the platforms & products based on Hypervised / non Hypervised Android, QNX, Linux OS.

- Achieve measurable improvements in software quality & delivery.

- 20 % reduction in defect density & zero slippage on delivery timeline.

- Successfully manage the execution of at least 3 major Customer milestones.

- Drive & implement a robust Architecture strategy for platforms & products that emphasizes scalability.

- Establish initiatives that improves Customer satisfactions, that leads to at least 10 % improvement in the feedback ratings.

- Streamline the workflows, that reduces the delivery cycles by at least 15 %.

- Improve Employee satisfaction in 2 identified areas by 20 %.