Software Team Lead

Tasks
In Continental Engineering Services (CES) as Software Team Lead you will be an integral member of a global and diverse management team in the pursuit of creating and supporting product development for the next generation of vehicles.

We are looking for energetic person who finds excitement and satisfaction in other people’s accomplishments. Your role will be to lead and coordinate a team of software engineers with objective to enable them to learn new technologies and become self-sufficient in R&D development projects.

**Core Responsibilities**:

- Disciplinary and technical leadership
- Establishment, management, and further development of a qualified team in coordination with the department management
- Responsibility for compliance with partial project budgets
- Plan, organize, lead, and control the work of the people in your team, to ensure they deliver high quality software solutions
- Allocate incoming work, existing resources and sets up priorities to meet upcoming / ongoing tasks and have balanced workload
- Manage hiring, coaching, career planning and salary recommendations of your team members
- Perform periodical evaluation for team members
- Keep support to projects in development activities as SW Tech Lead or any other SW development task (approx. 50% of the time)

**Additional Responsibilities**:

- Contributing to the internal communication regarding the presentation of technical results
- Responsible for the successful performance of the SW work products in terms of time, efforts, and quality
- Interface between the SW and other engineering & PM disciplines

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in e.g. Electronics, Computer Science, Mechatronics or equivalent
- At least 6 years of experience in embedded Software Development activities
- Proficient programming experience in C language
- Good analytical reasoning, problem solving skills and ability to understand complex systems
- Good planning and organizing abilities
- Initiative, dedication, attention to detail
- Intercultural abilities and good communication skills with internal & external customers
- Availability to travel to USA, Germany and China is desirable (short periods)
- Excellent communication in English
- At least 1 year of direct or indirect Leadership experience.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Planning and organizational skills
- Show initiative

About us
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion and motion control systems. Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers. Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services

Keyfacts
Job-ID
226941BR
Function
Engineering
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