• Obtain, clarify and negotiate automotive requirements with Japanese OEM customer
• Support actively the verification and release process for UX customer product (display solution)
• Support identification, handling and acquisition of additional UX business with customer
• Support UX product design department to confirm requirements with vehicle design department, verify vehicle specifications and issue change requests
• Support creation of material for regulation & compliance certification
• Prepare and organize regular meetings between customer and product design team
• Support VA/VE discussion between product design department and customer
• Responsible for styling design, mounting study and other technical topics confirmation and negotiation with other departments
• Responsible for verification in the CAD (e.g. CATIA) system
• Support the design review on vehicle level
• Responsible for the design review (e.g. DRBFM) of the UX product
• Responsible for the review of the requirement specifications
• Organize evaluation and confirm UX product functionality in the car and on bench
• Support verification and release of vehicle repair and owners’ manual

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of progressive automotive industry experience; design & technical requirements
• Capability to analyze technical problems including problem solving methods (e.g. 5Why, FTA)
• Process & Tool experience on change-, version- and req. management
• Process & Tool experience on product design (e.g. CATIA, Design FMEA including DRBFM)
• Flexibility for frequent domestic business trip, especially Japanese OEM customer as a guest engineer
• Pro-activeness & respond in a timely manner to critical items
• Understanding of the customers and user needs and problems in automotive environment
• Planning and Organization skills
• Excellent communication skills respecting customer and Continental’s business strategy, with harmony (English and Japanese required)
• Good presentation skills (English and Japanese required)
• Ability to self-organize and self-manage tasks within scope given by management
• Knowledge of passenger vehicles cockpit design and technologies would be advantage
• Experience with Toyota group processes and structures would be advantage

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