Job Requirements
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Role: Senior Technical Architect for Automotive
System Engineering Support for a Japanese OEM program, responsible for onsite customer engagement, technical coordination, system engineering activities, and offshore team leadership.
Experience Level
15+ years of experience in Automotive Embedded Systems, System Engineering, Camera/AVM Integration, or ADAS domains with strong customer-facing experience. Experience working with Japanese OEMs or Tier-1 suppliers is preferred.
Role and Responsibility
Project & Delivery Management
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Monitor project milestones, deliverables, risks, and technical dependencies.
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Prepare and present technical status reports to customers and leadership teams.
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Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
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Proactively identify/cross sell/provide solutions to customers; building collaterals.
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Use independent judgment to design and develop architecture for a project, proof of concepts or prototypes in emerging technologies based on inputs from customer or project team.
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Identify, analyze, recommend, implement improvements in existing system architectures
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Serve as domain representative and spokesperson on integrated product development teams, review committees, technical task force etc.
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Support proposal preparation, technical estimations, and future business opportunities.
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Build internal technical forums; Writing technical papers
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Build next level technical leaders
System Engineering & Customer Support
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Lead system engineering activities for AVM (Around View Monitor) and Camera-based vehicle vision systems.
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Understand, analyse, and manage customer requirements related to camera interfaces, imaging systems, diagnostics, calibration, and vehicle integration.
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Act as the primary technical interface between customer, suppliers, and internal engineering teams.
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Conduct technical review meetings, requirement clarification discussions, and design walkthroughs with Japanese customer teams.
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Travel onsite based on project requirements
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Lead Technical discussions in customer visits
Technical Coordination & Integration
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Support integration of Camera, SerDes, AVM ECU, ADAS, IVI, and Vehicle ECU subsystems.
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Coordinate with camera and AVM suppliers for interface alignment, image quality requirements, calibration specifications, and diagnostic implementation.
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Drive issue analysis, root cause investigations, and resolution planning across multiple stakeholders.
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Support alignment of system architecture, interface specifications, and integration deliverables.
Verification & Validation Support
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Review and guide AVM validation activities including image stitching, geometric corrections, blending quality, distortion correction, and calibration accuracy.
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Support verification of vehicle-level functions, diagnostics, fail-safe mechanisms, and regulatory requirements.
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Coordinate with development and test teams for issue tracking and closure.
Offshore Team Leadership
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Lead and mentor offshore engineering teams supporting customer programs.
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Drive project execution, task planning, technical reviews, risk management, and delivery tracking.
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Ensure effective communication between onsite customer teams and offshore engineering teams.
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Support resource planning, knowledge management, and competency development.
Education
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B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical, Automotive, Instrumentation, Computer Science or related disciplines.
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Japanese language proficiency (JLPT N3/N2/N1) will be an added advantage.
Work Experience
Work Experience
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Strong experience in Automotive System Engineering and Product Development lifecycle.
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Hands-on experience with Camera Systems, AVM, RVC, ADAS, IVI or Vehicle Vision applications.
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Understanding of SerDes technologies such as GMSL, FPD-Link, LVDS and related video processing concepts.
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Experience in diagnostics, DTC implementation, CAN/LIN/Ethernet communication, and vehicle integration.
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Experience working with global customers and multi-location engineering teams.
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Knowledge of ASPICE, V-Model development processes, and automotive quality standards.
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Experience in customer-facing technical leadership roles.
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Japanese customer interaction experience is highly preferred.
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Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive technical discussions independently.
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Exposure to vehicle validation, production readiness, and supplier management activities will be an added advantage.
Desired Skills
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AVM / Surround View Systems
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Automotive Camera Systems
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System Engineering
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ADAS
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Integration & Validation
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Diagnostics (UDS / DTC)
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CAN / Ethernet
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Requirements Management
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Technical Leadership
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Stakeholder Management
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Japanese OEM Collaboration
