Chief Engineer – Vehicle Systems

Rheinmetall; Ede; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pensioenregeling

Royaal verlof: 27 vakantiedagen, 13ADV

Winstuitkering

8% vakantiegeld

Reiskostenvergoeding

Fietsplan

Job summary

Rheinmetall is in Nederland op zoek naar een Chief Engineer die de technische integriteit en volwassenheid van het complete voertuig bewaakt. U bepaalt de algehele voertuigarchitectuur en coördineert mechanische, elektrische, elektronische en software-systemen tot een geïntegreerd product.

U leidt cruciale technische beslissingen en stuurt de productontwikkeling richting productie-reedheid.

Qualifications

• Universitaire opleiding in een relevante engineering discipline.
• Uitgebreide ervaring in voertuigtechniek en productontwikkeling.
• Diep begrip van voertuigarchitectuur en mechanische interfaces.
• Sterke cross-domain kennis van E/E-systemen en software.
• Uitstekende Engels en Nederlands; Duits is een pluspunt.

Responsibilities

• Beheer van de technische definities en integriteit van het volledige voertuig.
• Fungeer als de technische beslissingsautoriteit op voertuigt niveau.
• Zorg voor de technische volwassenheid richting productie en industriële gereedheid.
• Leid en geef direction aan engineeringorganisaties en projectteams.
• Verifieer voertuig-niveau interfaces en voldoe aan veiligheids- en kwaliteitsnormen.

Skills

Cross-domain understanding

Leadership

Communication skills

English and Dutch

German language skills

Education

University degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related field)

Tools

ECUs

Diagnostics

Real-time embedded systems

Job description

WAT ZOEKEN WE

As Chief Engineer, you ensure the technical integrity and maturity of the complete vehicle.

You define and safeguard the overall vehicle architecture and its cross-domain integration such as the mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software systems work together as one coherent product.

You lead critical technical decisions and resolve complex vehicle-level issues. You ensure the vehicle meets its performance, safety, quality, cost, and production requirements. You drive the product toward a robust, manufacturable, and production-ready vehicle.

• Own the technical definition and integrity of the complete vehicle, from concept and system architecture through development, validation, production launch, and product lifecycle
• Act as the ultimate technical decision authority for the vehicle, leading architectural decisions and resolving cross-disciplinary technical conflicts between mechanical, electrical, software, controls, safety, manufacturing, and other engineering domains
• Own the technical maturity of the product toward production, identifying critical technical risks, driving their resolution, and ensuring that the vehicle reaches a defined level of design maturity, validation, and industrial readiness

Provide technical leadership to the engineering organization and project teams, setting technical direction, challenging proposed solutions, and ensuring that engineering decisions are based on sound system-level reasoning and evidence

• Ensure effective vehicle-level verification and validation, confirming that the integrated vehicle fulfils its requirements and that interfaces and interactions between mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software systems have been adequately verified
• Ensure that safety, cybersecurity, reliability, diagnostics, maintainability, and regulatory requirements are considered at vehicle level and appropriately reflected in the system architecture and engineering process

AAN WELKE KWALIFICATIES MOET JE VOLDOEN

• University degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable technical discipline
• Extensive professional experience in vehicle engineering and product development, including several years of responsibility for complete vehicles or major vehicle systems
• Deep understanding of mechanical vehicle architecture and design, including vehicle structures, driveline/powertrain, chassis, and mechanical interfaces
• Excellent cross-domain understanding of vehicle electrical and electronic systems, including power generation and distribution, batteries, electric drives, ECUs, sensors, actuators, communication networks, and vehicle-level E/E architecture
• Strong understanding of embedded hardware and software as integral parts of the vehicle, including control systems, real-time embedded systems, diagnostics, communication, and system integration
• Proven experience leading complex engineering activities and multidisciplinary technical teams, with the ability to provide technical direction while coordinating specialists across multiple engineering domains
• Significant experience with vehicle production and industrialization, including design maturity, manufacturability, production readiness, quality change management, and resolution of technical issues during series production.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical matters clearly to engineers, management, suppliers, production, and customers
• Excellent command of English and Dutch; German language skills are considered a strong advantage

WAT BIEDEN WIJ JOU

Een functie vol mogelijkheden om je kennis verder uit te breiden en je persoonlijke ontwikkeling te stimuleren. Dit alles binnen een leuk team waar een informele werksfeer heerst. Goede arbeidsvoorwaarden volgens de Metalektro CAO.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

• Goede pensioenregeling, CAO Metalektro
• Royaal verlof: 27 vakantiedagen, 13 ADV Dagen
• Winstuitkering
• 8% Vakantiegeld
• 25 Euro cent per km netto reiskostenvergoeding of 40 Euro cent per km als je met de fiets komt
• Fietsplan

CONTACT GEGEVENS

Contact Person: Kira Hornbostel