POSITION

<Mission / Purpose of Position>

Define the medium and long-term direction of Vitesco Technologies to achieve clean, sustainable mobility through technical scouting and research / advanced development.

<Dimensions / Organization / Magnitude>

▪ Belonging to Technology & Innovation Japan Team.
▪ Key Task1 - Support making strategic recommendation & advanced development project planning; 
      1.    Tech scouting of New Power Semiconductors (Wide-band gap materials) for Next generation Power Electronics development. 
      2.    Project planning for benchmarking to derive basic requirements for future products/systems while acquiring new knowledges.
      3.    Execution of planned benchmark projects with the global team.
▪ Key Task2 - Tech scouting for not only semiconductors but also other ground-breaking innovation technologies, and evaluate trend-signals with global team.

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY / TASKS

<Trend scouting>

▪Collect signals of industrial trends from surrounding system of the automotive powertrain in the Japanese market.
▪Evaluate trends with Vitesco Technologies' global team to assess the impact, maturity and relevance for Vitesco Technologies.

<Strategic recommendation>

▪Identify future business opportunities and derive basic requirements for the future products/systems development.
▪Analyze the gap between the technical roadmap what Vitesco Technologies currently has and the future business opportunities, and make a recommendation to internal stakeholders.

<Intercultural collaboration initiative>

▪Proactively work with external & Internal experts. (incl. External associations / Institutes)
▪Create a project proposal in emerging technology areas based on the benchmark and the tech scouting.

<Comprehensive development planning>

▪ Design and develop architectures and subsystems for future automotive powertrains.
▪ Develop prototypes/Proof of Concept to verify selected products/systems in the early phase of development.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE (Technical, Specialized, and/or Methodical)

Business understanding - Automotive powertrain field (Advance)

Project management, process management and quality (Basic)

Expertise in Technical marketing for Electric Electronics and Power Semiconductor - Advanced engineering (Expert)

English  (Fluent in Japanese language) - TOEIC 700< (Advance)

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE (Minimum)

<Education / Certification>

 University graduates or equivalent, more than 5 years of experiences for working in automotive industry or working for automotive applications in semiconductor industry. 

<Professional Experience (Variety of functions, Variety of Business, General Management Experience)>

Electrical engineer who has experience of designing/evaluating power electronics units in which power semiconductor is implemented (e.g. Inverter, DCDC)

<Project and / or Process Experience>

Experience of evaluating new technologies in benchmark projects to develop strategic recommendations for next generation products/systems development.

<Intercultural / International Experience>

Experience of working with overseas departments for advanced engineering activities or working with external R&D institutes / universities.