Component and System Professional

Responsibilities:

Development & Series Support

• Lead development and series support for E/E components in Mercedes-Benz passenger cars, ensuring compliance with legal regulations, production requirements, and project objectives (function, quality, weight, and cost).
• Create and maintain component requirement specifications, integrate safety requirements, and contribute to concept and vehicle specifications.
• Develop and manage detailed project schedules, including component and software release versions, aligned with vehicle-level milestones in coordination with Purchase, Logistics, Costing, and Quality.
• Coordinate with E/E system partners regarding system integration of component parts.

Stakeholder & Supplier Management

• Act as the primary contact for components within the carline project, delegating to E/E system partners as needed.
• Support end-to-end supplier management (in-house and purchased parts), including EVS for localized ranges, leading supplier control at E-level and Q-level for development-related issues.
• Create and coordinate engineering change requests with internal and external stakeholders.

Testing & Diagnostics

• Define test concepts and specifications, coordinating component-level testing activities at Mercedes-Benz.
• Manage ECU defect handling and report component-specific topics in carline committees and stakeholder forums.
• Release components and coordinate ECU diagnostics in plant, aftersales, and proto-build environments.
• Generate and release ECU coding or coordinate system-level coding activities.
• Provide and manage test samples (vehicle, boards, S-HIL, C-HIL, etc.) and coordinate plant logistics activities post blank-release.