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Work Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid Schedule)
Role Overview
The Associate Director - EE Software Architecture is an innovation-focused, forward-looking role envisioning, designing, and developing software architectures for Embedded Electronics in Fisker’s advanced next-generation vehicles. This candidate will lead an elite global team of EE software architects driving continuous innovation and improvement in software designs for our next-generation architectures. The candidate and their team will be responsible for driving holistic design innovation across all in-vehicle software systems.
The successful candidate in this role will be a multidisciplinary expert in automotive software architectures and will demonstrate a keen interest and deep technical skills in designing advanced system software architectures in the automotive space. They will demonstrate a Can-Do attitude and creativity to build unique systems. They will bring exemplary leadership skills to hire and lead a team of highly motivated experts.
Responsibilities
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Work with organizational stakeholders to understand the vision, product goals, and anticipated features for Fisker’s next-generation vehicles.
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Work with the broader engineering teams to understand the current vehicle architecture, features, challenges, and design opportunities to improve upon the architecture.
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Collaborate closely and work in tandem with the EE Architecture team to understand their next-generation design ideas deeply.
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Hire and lead a team of highly motivated software architecture experts with diverse technical specializations in current and future vehicle technologies.
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Engage in a design thinking approach with internal and external stakeholders to create software architectures for the new EE systems designed by the EE Architecture team.
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Validate these new software designs through experimentation and stakeholder reviews.
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Lead your team to define these new software designs clearly and brainstorm with broader organizational stakeholders.
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Collaborate with the Requirements Management team to drive the creation and recording of software requirements.
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Lead your team to create detailed software design documents.
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Own the process of collecting organizational feedback on the designs and continuously improving them accordingly.
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Communicate the ideas to internal stakeholders and senior leadership for buy-in.
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Incubate and facilitate transition of the ideas to the production team leadership.
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Guide and support the execution-focused teams through the process of taking the designs through software development, validation, and production phases.
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Provide technical guidance and support to the production teams throughout all phases of development, product launch, and post launch support.
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Keep up to date with the latest advancements in vehicle software architectures and adjacent technologies.
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Continue to drive the innovation cycle.
Qualifications / Knowledge / Experience
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Master’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or electronics & communications engineering.
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12-14 years of hands-on software architecture, design, and development experience in a fast-paced technology-focused organization in the automotive space.
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Proven expertise in EE software architectures and deep expertise in one or more technical areas such as Classic & Adaptive AUTOSAR, Embedded Linux, QNX, Android Automotive, Hypervisors, CANFD/CAN/LIN/Ethernet network communication software, Infotainment/Cockpit, ADAS, Wireless technologies, Network Management, Power Management, Thermal Management, etc.
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Proven new vehicle launch experience from design to production.
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Leadership experience growing and leading high-performance teams of software architects and delivering strong products with these teams.
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Strong expertise in architecture design software such as PREEVision or similar.
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Good understanding of vehicle EE architectures and integration processes.
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Good knowledge of automotive safety standards, requirements, and design.
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Good knowledge of automotive cybersecurity standards, requirements, and design.
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Exceptional attention to detail and precision.
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Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
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Strong verbal and written communication skills.
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Strong familiarity with emerging connected, software-defined vehicle technologies.
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Must be comfortable with operating in a fast-paced, startup environment.
Preferred Attributes/ Competencies
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Vehicle launch experience in the EE space.
Additional Requirements
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Must be willing to travel both domestically, as well as internationally, as required.
Expected Salary Range: $112,980 – $247000
Additional compensation: Salary is one part of total compensation which includes bonuses, equity awards as applicable, and benefits. An employee is eligible to participate in Fisker’s equity program, subject to the rules governing such programs.
Benefits: Fisker provides comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, vision, and disability insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Fisker covers most of the premiums for employees.
The salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location, job-related knowledge, education/training, certifications, key skills, experience, internal peer equity as well as business considerations. Fisker reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position within the salary range listed, considering the wide variety of factors listed above.
Fisker Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment at Fisker Inc. is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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