Fisker Inc Looking for Solutions Architect, Infotainment at Remote

Fisker Inc; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of the automotive revolution, where your expertise in infotainment will shape the future of electric vehicles. As a key member of the infotainment team, you will lead the charge in defining innovative solutions that enhance user experiences. Your role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to create competitive products while adhering to industry standards like ISO26262. With a strong focus on leadership and communication, you will inspire your team to push boundaries and drive success in a dynamic environment. This is your chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving industry dedicated to sustainability and cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in automotive infotainment and 4+ years as a software product manager.
• Experience with ISO26262 and managing products from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage technical roadmaps for infotainment domains.
• Collaborate with UI/UX and engineering teams for market-leading solutions.
• Lead requirement definition and ensure successful implementation.

Skills

Automotive Infotainment

Software Product Management

Agile Methodologies

Functional Safety (ISO26262)

Leadership and Communication

Complex Systems (ECU Communication)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

UML Diagrams

Agile Project Management Tools

Job description

About Fisker Inc.

California-based Fisker Inc. is revolutionizing the automotive industry by developing the most emotionally desirable and eco-friendly electric vehicles on Earth. Passionately driven by a vision of a clean future for all, the company is on a mission to become the No. 1 e-mobility service provider with the world’s most sustainable vehicles. To learn more, visit www.FiskerInc.com.

Role Overview

You will be a member of the infotainment team responsible for identifying solutions and leading the requirement definition efforts in one or more domains of functionality towards superior digital user experiences. The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating competitive solutions of tomorrow through understanding current market, customer needs, and trends while contributing innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

1. Develop and manage the technical roadmap for your assigned functional infotainment domain such as navigation, voice control, media streaming, instrument cluster, audio system, and others.
2. Work with the UI/UX design team and engineering teams to define market-leading solutions considering timing, cost, and risks.
3. Define and architect the features from user story level to detailed functional requirements in collaboration with the teams and ensure that all needed details get clarified to support successful implementation by the engineers.
4. Use UML diagrams such as state or activity diagrams when it helps define and communicate complex functionality.
5. Lead high-quality reviews of the requirements with other team members to help proactively reduce the number of defects that could cause costly setbacks later.
6. Follow the functional safety ISO26262 standard in areas where safety is of concern.
7. Represent your requirements and proactively review their implementation during the software sprints to ensure all requirements are understood and corrections are made timely.
8. Prioritize and drive requirement definition efforts against critical vehicle program milestones to ensure successful compliance with milestone targets and inter-dependencies with other teams are satisfied.
9. Understand the critical trade-offs in prioritizing individual features.
10. Make informed, data-driven decisions.
11. Establish awareness of the competitive landscape of your functional domain against vehicles from other OEMs and, when applicable, other products such as smartphones and smart TVs.
12. Identify suppliers as needed for executing your functional domain and enable open innovation relationships in key areas to create first-in-market solutions.
13. Lead efforts towards growing the company’s IP portfolio in your area of infotainment functionality by identifying solutions and ideas with patent potential.

Qualifications/Knowledge/Experience

1. A minimum of 2 years of automotive infotainment technical experience.
2. A minimum of 4 years of experience as a software product manager.
3. Experience developing market-leading and innovative quality products.
4. Experience with large software projects following modern agile processes.
5. Experience managing products through all phases from the early creative phase to successful mass production.
6. Experience developing products following the ISO26262 standard on functional safety in automotive.
7. Experience working with complex systems involving ECU intercommunication through CAN or similar protocols.
8. Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to motivate and inspire team members towards creating superior products in a complex cross-functional and multisite product development organization.
9. Experience being directly involved in successfully creating IP, including obtaining one or more patents.