**LOCATION**:Apodaca / Nuevo León (MX-NLE), Mexico | **BRAND**: Bendix | **REQUISITION ID**:1122 |** JOB GRADE**:17
**JOB DESCRIPTION**:
**Position Summary**
The Engineering Supervisor is a servant leader for his or her scrum team.
Their focus is in providing technical leadership and team member mentorship to increase the overall welfare and effectiveness of the team.
A successful Engineering Supervisor strives to always communicate clearly, coach freely and lead by example.
The Engineering Supervisor will assist with the product development and adherence to engineering best practices.
**Essential Functions**:
Technical Leadership
An Engineering Supervisor's first responsibility to the team is to provide it with technical leadership.
Examples:
- Lead and support DAS team(s) in an Agile/SCRUM environment.
- Bridge the gap between product architecture and detailed design.
- Assignments can include control system architecture, product and feature design, system level requirements definition, cross-product communication interfaces, product testing, and release.
- Understanding and refining requirements for new driver assistance product opportunities.
- Develop and execute technical plans (analysis, simulation, vehicle test) to validate system release.
- Work with the Product Owner to groom or prioritize technical improvements and technical debt stories into the product's release and sprint plans.
- Advocate for the team's technical excellence by insisting on the use of accepted engineering practices by the entire team.
- Understand how each release will affect to the project development and team performance.
- Release of products and documentation of DAS offerings at customers compliant with the Product Development and Commercialization process and ASPICE concepts (V-model development, requirements traceability), using tools such as Teamcenter PLM and PTC Integrity.
- Application of next-generation components and benchmark competitive systems.
- Author technical documentation for driver assistance products, including test reports and customer-facing specifications for installation, calibration, and service of these systems.
- Understands why the team decided on a specific technical approach and can support it.
- Always maintain a general understanding of the team's work.
Mentoring & Supporting Team Members
The Engineering Supervisor provides essential technical support and is the de facto technical mentor for team members that report to them.
Examples:
- Is the team's point of escalation for technical questions and concerns.
- Facilitate feedback on designs and moderates debates in design reviews.
- Coach and build trust with the developers to gain confidence that the team will make robust design decisions/documentation.
- Make space for the developers on the team to learn and grow so that they start making ever-increasingly important decisions on their own.
- Act as an accelerator by identifying pairing opportunities so that the knowledge fans out.
- Work with team members to develop a career plan and help look for training opportunities that will enhance the plan.
Cross-Team Communication and Support
The Engineering Supervisor is the ultimate owner of their team's technical communication.
Examples:
- Keep communication flowing freely between teams.
- Become familiar with the organization (other teams) to be able to reach out to other teams to leverage their technical expertise.
- Ensure that the critical technical lessons learned are captured, digested, and applied as well as shared with other teams.
**Knowledge**:
- Technical knowledge on vehicle components and impact on overall vehicle performance.
- ADAS components and systems knowledge is a plus.
- Knowledgeable in engineering concepts/fundamentals, practices, and procedures.
- Knowledgeable in engineering design processes throughout product life cycle (concept, development, in production support, end of life).
- Electrical, Mechanical, and/or Control Systems background.
- Automotive or commercial embedded software and/or control systems knowledge.
- Familiar with system level design, incorporating both electrical and mechanical components.
- Knowledge of vehicle communication protocols including J1939, CCP/XCP.
- Familiar with CANalyzer, CANape, CANoe, Matlab, Simulink, dSpace, Python, and TruckSim.
- Knowledge and experience with product quality tools such as system FMEA, DVP&R, ISO 26262, ASPICE, and Functional Safety Concepts.
- In-depth knowledge of air brake systems is a plus.
- Vehicle mechanical design and hardware is a plus.
**Experience**:
- 5 years minimum of related experience; automotive environment preferred.
- Experience leading and mentoring Engineers.
- Experience working on complex projects with several team members.
**Skills**:
- Highly skilled in mentorship.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Able to work in a cross-functional team in a dynamic working environment.
- Ability to influence others in posit