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Engineering & Technical Team Lead
Bose Corporation
Boston, MA, United States
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As a member of the ASD Next Team, this position will be responsible for leading the technical team responsible for delivering new user experiences and product concepts. These products will include Bose offerings that combine aspects of both consumer and automotive products, tie in cloud based experiences where applicable, and will allow ASD to expand their product portfolio. In this role, the successful candidate will manage a small technical team to lead inception, prototyping and delivery of ideas and concepts which will include close collaborations with technical teams within other groups in Bose, but also with external engineering and service partners. This role will also have a strong influence on the creation of a technology roadmap, selection/promotion of ideas and technical feasibility go/no-go decisions.
Major responsibilities/tasks:
• Manage a small technical team spanning multiple domains (Hardware, Software, Mechanical, UI/UX, Systems, and Application). This team will be responsible for delivering on all technical aspects from idea to prototype to eventual product in an agile, flexible and creative environment.
• Ensure technical competency of the ASD Next Engineering team, and manage all administrative and development needs for the technical team members
• Drive the research into new and exciting technologies, and collaborate with other division in understanding and sharing of technology roadmaps, portfolios and intellectual property.
• Enforce adherence to Bose Design Language and Bose Product Specifications, and help influence future Bose Design guidelines.
• Final decision point for technical go / no go decisions for product and experience concepts.
• Understand and work closely with roadmap and future products stakeholders in other Bose divisions to find avenues along which ASD can leverage and build on these future product ideas to create compelling new product lines that are relevant for the vehicle of the future.
• Be the “face” throughout the development of these products to both internal and external customers for the technical aspects and user experience enablers.
◦ Work to assure performance and technical competitiveness of assigned products. Cascade new technologies and product developments appropriately to maintain performance and cost competitiveness over time.
Education/Experience:
• A BS in engineering or related technical field is required. A masters degree or higher degree is preferred, although comparable experiences will be valued as well.
• The candidate should have 10+ years of progressive technical experience, and should have at least 5+ years experience in managing technical teams. Multi-discipline experience or management experience of multi-discipline team is preferred.
• Knowledge and Experience in Overall Systems Engineering and/or Systems/SW architecture disciplines is strongly preferred.
• Experience in automotive electronics and related consumer electronics, is strongly preferred.
• Experience with agile and flexible development cycles is preferred.
• Must have experience working with Engineering Service providers, including creation and execution of Statements of Work working with 3rd party providers.
• Prefer candidates who have experience working across company divisions and managing products that span multiple functional areas and feature sets.
Required Skills and Competencies:
• Attention to detail, planning and organizational skills
• Ability to work across business disciplines and functions with particular focus engineering and technical disciplines
• Creative, outside-the box thinking is a strong plus for this role, as the technical team leader will be part of the creation of new products and experiences.
• Specific technical management experience and be able to demonstrate a track record of multiple, successful, product development leadership experiences from concept through prototyping, qualification and product delivery.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-divisional cooperation
• Ability to provide presentations on technology to internal and external customers
• Long term strategic and integrative thinking with a strong understanding of technology trends and how they can be relevant to automotive use cases.
• Understand how to manage a creative work force, ensuring that creative and critical thinking is encouraged and not stifled.