Function Analyst

Volkswagen - Chattanooga, TN

Full-time

Chattanooga, TN

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

About the position

The Function Analyst plays a crucial role within a diverse engineering team, focusing on the development and maintenance of vehicle services and functions in North America. This position involves coordinating product development processes, conducting failure analysis, and providing support for series production, while also engaging in product lifecycle planning and competitive evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Technical coordinator for the responsible function
• Ensuring compliance with legal, security, and safety requirements for the responsible function in the North American market
• Managing the product development process for the responsible function and its application into North American vehicles, including prototyping, integration, failure analysis and correction
• Ensuring compliance of the responsible function with relevant project milestones, such as B-sample, C-sample, and final production release
• Managing product priorities and mitigating risks and roadblocks throughout the development process
• Participation in and setup of all necessary meetings and committees to fulfill the requirements above
• Regular status report preparation
• Evaluating product concerns from field products with detailed analysis and resolution recommendation with the supplier and other component owners throughout the world
• Working closely with Quality to review field concerns and identify root cause; defining countermeasures with the supplier and component owners when product changes are necessary

Requirements

• 3+ years of related engineering and project management experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Experience with automotive control module root cause analysis
• Knowledge of vehicle communication networks
• Experience with automotive infotainment control module SW Development and Feature Design
• Experience in automotive product management
• Ability and drive to remain up to date on latest industry trends
• Strong presentation and summation skills
• Experience in connected services and connected application development
• Experience with cloud development and authentication

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• German skills written and verbal are advantageous
• Experience with Volkswagen infotainment control modules
• German language skills