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Sono Motors

Head of Entire Vehicle Development Electric Vehicle (f/m/x)

München

About us

Vision, motivation and professionalism. Creativity and trust. Love for our planet. All this unites our currently almost 100 colleagues. We will be the world's first mobility provider to introduce an electric car with solar integration in series production to the market: the Sion. For the environment. For our children. And because it's really high time!

Your Tasks

  • You will be part of our innovative team in the entire Vehicle Department, actively and responsibly shaping a future where every car is electric and shared
  • Responsibility for the development and management of our entire vehicle activities
  • Content management of the topics testing, simulation, NVH, weight management, packaging, homologation
  • Independent introduction of processe and methodologies of the overall vehicle development as well as support of the teams in all development phases
  • Coordination of all disciplines in the entire vehicle development, from virtual vehicle incl. CAE to end of life planning (EOL)
  • Responsibility for target definition including ensuring a target vehicle that is attractive across all essential customer criteria
  • Close cooperation with the module teams (Body Structure, Chassis, Exterior, Interior, E/E) to optimize target achievement as well as with the development teams regarding control of the data and release process
  • Preparation of analyses, evaluations and forecasts for essential systems and the entire vehicle (hardware, electrics/electronics and software)
  • Independently lead problem-solving activities in the product development process
  • Leadership and development of the assigned employees

Our Requirements

  • Technical degree such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or vehicle engineering
  • 15+ years of experience in a similar position in the automotive industry and ideally supporting several vehicle starts
  • Practical experience in overall vehicle development and/or validation as well as with tools in complete vehicle development (package validation/packaging, fault clearance process, vehicle and test planning, functional validation and simulation)
  • Experience in testing, simulation, NVH, weight management, packaging, homologation
  • Understanding of a complete electric vehicle including the joint effect of all technical systems as well as understanding in hardware and software topics
  • Self-understanding of squaring the circle in complete vehicle development as well as confident compromise finding in the eternal balancing act between advantages and disadvantages of different concepts
  • Leadership experience with the necessary aplomb and calmness in complicated situations such as deadline pressure
  • Ability to negotiate effective terms and conditions between internal/external or between internal parties
  • Fluent in English and German and very good knowledge of the relevant Microsoft tools
  • Sustainability is close to your heart, you like to swim in the open ocean and stand by your successes and mistakes

What to expect

  • A visionary team in a rapidly growing, young company
  • No deadlocked processes and hierarchies, but a lot of courage and free space to shape things at a mobility provider for an oil-free future
  • Our proSono platform offers you the chance to pitch and realize your own projects - your ideas are welcomed, not feared
  • A culture of appreciation, in which we celebrate successes as well as mistakes
  • Flexible working hours as well as an open, modern office with little paper but Trello & Slack instead
  • Organic bread flatrate, free drinks, vegan catering service, etc.

Interested?

You see yourself as our new Head of Entire Vehicle Development Electric Vehicle (f/m/x)? Then apply via our online form and convince us - we are looking forward to you! Just a few more words for you about us: PARTNERSHIP: in our company the traditional employer-employee relationship is replaced with a partnership. The owners will work together with you, but they will not manage the company - you and your colleagues will! RESPONSIBILITY: you will have more responsibility for the whole picture and you will also be able to have a great impact. In addition you will be required to contribute and take initiative! FREE SPACE: not everything will be in place yet. We might have not the same service, support and infrastructure as other organizations, but that exactly gives you a free space to initiate and create things you miss! COMMUNICATION: to work in this way open and straightforward communication is essential. This is a strong part of our culture!

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