CONTRACTOR --- Sr Systems Engineer, Automotive Quality Consultant, Requirements Engineer, Requirements Analyst, Defect Manager, Documentation Manager
Aktualisiert am 09.12.2024
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Requirements Engineering
Documentation Management SUP.7
Defect Management SUP.9
Requirements Analysis
JIRA
Confluence
ASPICE
Issue Tracking
Specifications
Systems Engineering
Drone
UAS
UAV
STS
PDRA
SORA
EASA
JARUS
Risk Assessment
PRM SUP.9
Cyber Security TARA
ISO 21434


Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Remote (+500km)

EU

möglich

Projekte

Projekte

3 Monate
2024-10 - 2024-12

Fresenius Medical care

Quality Consultant, Requirements Analyst
Quality Consultant, Requirements Analyst

Quality related consulting and supporting: Process improvement

- Comprehensive evaluation of process documents

- Reporting of all findings along with a final report, conclusions, options

- Proposing a mitigation workflow 

- Reviews of the Design Development

4 Monate
2024-06 - 2024-09

Career transition

Training
Training

EASA conform UAS training A2, STS (Specific)

Automotive Cyber Security training (ISO 21434, TARA)

1 Jahr 4 Monate
2023-02 - 2024-05

Indiesemi/Symeo [Fully Remote]

Automotive Consulting (RADAR) [ASPICE SUP.7 PIM.3 RM] Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE ...
Automotive Consulting (RADAR) [ASPICE SUP.7 PIM.3 RM]

·       SUP.7 - Quality related analysis and correction of documentation. Creation of JIRA tickets to cover review workflows of documentation. Creation of an internal documentation rule set and instructions. Investigating and supporting the process of selecting and evaluating a CCMS system based on Confluence. Development of a pilot plan to identify the feasibility of that CCMS system.

·       PIM.3 ? Jira process analysis and improvement, proposing specific workflow redesigns and organisation.

·       RM ? Analysing requirements after quality criteria. Creating stakeholder requirements for a RADAR power management module, after specification documents provided by the US design team and the customer. Supporting the organization of requirements among involved teams. Gap analysis of common attributes of requirements among different projects.

·       Communicating and coordinating numerous topics among people and teams.

·       Supporting diverse objectives, roles, and activities.

Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE MindManager
Indiesemi/Symeo
Remote
10 Monate
2022-03 - 2022-12

NSEU Nippon Seiki Europe [Fully Remote]

PRM Problem Resolution Manager (HUD) [ASPICE SUP.9] [JIRA] Automotive Consultant, Cyber Security Team member (Task force) Atlassian JIRA MS Office Atlassian Confluence ...
PRM Problem Resolution Manager (HUD) [ASPICE SUP.9] [JIRA] Automotive Consultant, Cyber Security Team member (Task force)

·       Tracking and reporting defect tickets, internal and customer tickets.

·       Creating and rewriting PRM process documentation, creating trend reports, RM and PRM role descriptions, fulfilling ASPICE demands, solving process tickets. 

·       Communicating and coordinating numerous topics among people and teams.

·       Supporting diverse objectives and activities of the PM, performing as substitute of the PM, conducting team meetings, serving requests of the customer.

·       Process analysis and improvement, JIRA defect ticket workflow redesign, evaluating and commenting documents of requirements management. 

·       Working on work packages of ASPICE related demands of the QA department. Creating, and extending QA content according to ASPICE level 2.

·       Cyber Security requirements analysis and interpretation regarding intelligibility and effort estimation.

·       Coordinating Cyber Security topics among other team leads, and according to planning of, and along with the Cyber Security Manager, as a task force serving the project.

Tools: DOORS, JIRA, Confluence, ASPICE, MS Office, MindManager

Atlassian JIRA MS Office Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE MindManager
Nippon Seiki (Europe) B.V.
Remote
3 Monate
2021-12 - 2022-02

AGC Automotive Europe [Fully Remote]

Automotive Consultant, Tech Design Lead (LiDAR sensor integration) [ASPICE PIM.3] Atlassian JIRA MS Office XMind
Automotive Consultant, Tech Design Lead (LiDAR sensor integration) [ASPICE PIM.3]
  • ·       Analysis, investigation, coordination of activities, deliverables, and information necessary to plan and achieve the goals of next steps.

    ·       Supporting the planning of diverse quality related activities like requirements management, change management, issue tracking, management of customer, stakeholder, and supplier documents. 

    ·       Defining JIRA tracking workflows while adapting those to the project structure.

    ·       Introducing JIRA to the project team, planning of the JIRA configuration.

    ·       Supporting the process of Requirements Elicitation.

    Tools: SharePoint, Polarion, JIRA, Confluence, Agile SCRUM, XMind

Atlassian JIRA MS Office XMind
AGC Europe
Remote
8 Monate
2021-01 - 2021-08

BOSCH Automotive [Remote team]

Requirements Manager, Change Manager, Problem Resolution Manager (Car-Infotainment, MAP data) [ASPICE RM SUP.10 SUP.9 ] Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE ...
Requirements Manager, Change Manager, Problem Resolution Manager (Car-Infotainment, MAP data) [ASPICE RM SUP.10 SUP.9 ]

Three separate roles:

Requirements Management (RM: DOORS, SP, JIRA, Confluence)

o  Managing baselines of DOORS and SP modules of delivery sets. 

o  Producing documentation of baseline workflows in Confluence.

o  Transfer of DOORS modules between Bosch and Daimler.

o  Adding and maintaining requirements objects on demand.  

o  Supporting team members on technical issues incl. issues with DOORS. 

Change Management (CM CRM: SUP.10, DOORS, SP, JIRA, Confluence)

o  Conducting the CCB and ECB weekly round tables.

o  Conducting other regular meetings for different teams incl. the customer. 

o  Regular import of MAP data and managing the versioning.

o  Producing documentation of CRM activities in Confluence and PPT slides.

Problem Resolution Management [tickets/defects] (PRM: SUP.9 JIRA)

o  Regular sync of tickets between the customer system and Bosch.

o  Fixing diverse issues of tickets involving the customer.

o  Supporting the update of PRM process documentation.

Tools: DOORS, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, Agile SCRUM, MindManager

Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE DOORS Microsoft Sharepoint MS Office MindManager
BOSCH Automotive
Remote
7 Monate
2020-01 - 2020-07

Undisclosed Automotive supply companies x 3 [covid-loss x 3]

Automotive Consultant / 2020 Automotive supply projects [covid-loss x 3]
Automotive Consultant / 2020 Automotive supply projects [covid-loss x 3]

During the first half of 2020 I managed to ?secure? three long-term contracts (to run during 2020 and longer) with agreed starting dates, however, due to the COVID-19 situation, none of these contracts started.

Undisclosed Automotive Supplier
4 Monate
2019-08 - 2019-11

Nuance Communications Automotive

Integrator, Tester, Systems Engineer (Audio) Linux Python agile ...
Integrator, Tester, Systems Engineer (Audio)

·       Performing the integration of specific audio work products as part of a complex overall integration process and testing the model behavior against requirements each time. 

·       For the testing activities I initially used some of the existing test benches of the testing team. However, since our team required a dedicated test bench for the audio processing modules, I was appointed to assemble a new test bench and put this into operation.

·       Creating the documentation of all required procedures (workflows) with all those numerous details required, including alternative routes, and variants of the required ways of integration and testing.

Tools: Perforce, git, Agile, Python, Confluence, Linux systems for build, XMind

Linux Python agile Perforce Git Atlassian Confluence Cloud Communication MindManager PyCharm
Nuance Communications Automotive
1 Jahr 2 Monate
2018-03 - 2019-04

Magna International Automotive

Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (LiDAR) [ASPICE SUP.9] ASPICE Python agile ...
Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (LiDAR) [ASPICE SUP.9]

·       Analysis and improvement of requirements related processing. 

·       Analysis and improvement of stakeholder requirement documents, creating new and improving existing SW requirements of Radar development. 

·       Supporting the improvement of processing regarding ASPICE quality demands along with the migration of the environment related to ASPICE processing. 

·       Developing Python and LaTeX code for the Automation Team and improving the integration process to automate the creation of SW release notes.

Tools: PTC Integrity, ASPICE-3, E.Architect, Python, Agile SCRUM, XMind

ASPICE Python agile Scrum MKS Integrity Enterprise Architect Mind-Map PyCharm
Magna International Automotive
1 Jahr 3 Monate
2017-01 - 2018-03

Magneti Marelli Automotive

Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Lighting) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3] Python ASPICE agile ...
Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Lighting) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3]

·       Analysis and improvement of requirements related processing. 

·       Incorporating customer requirements from various document formats. 

·       Creating new and improving existing requirements in DOORS modules. 

·       Improvement of existing, and creation of new DOORS modules regarding ASPICE quality demands. 

·       Investigating into EU regulations and international standards concerning lighting related requirements.

·       Supporting the migration of the DOORS environment and participating in the development and migration of the ASPICE related processing. 

·       Python scripting for the filtering and analysis of requirements data.

Tools: DOORS, ISO 26262, ASPICE-3, E.Architect, Python, Agile SCRUM, XMind

Python ASPICE agile DOORS Enterprise Architect Mind-Map PyCharm
Magneti Marelli Automotive
3 Monate
2016-08 - 2016-10

JVCKENWOOD Automotive

IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Audio) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3] Python DOORS Subversion ...
IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Audio) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3]

·       Analysis and improvement of customer requirements data, and requirements related processing. 

·       Investigation of document related issues and proposing solutions. 

·       The use of DOORS was limited to module exchange and updates, while the requirement's related activities were carried out using Polarion. 

·       Python scripts were created for complex filtering of a large amount of data.

Tools: DOORS, Polarion, Python, Subversion SVN, SharePoint, XMind

Python DOORS Subversion MS Sharepoint Polarion Mind-Map PyCharm
JVCKENWOOD Automotive
10 Monate
2015-07 - 2016-04

Delphi Automotive

Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety, Radar) [ASPICE SUP.9 SUP.10 PIM.3] DXL ASPICE
Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety, Radar) [ASPICE SUP.9 SUP.10 PIM.3]

·       Analysis and improvement of Active Safety user requirements specifications (URS) in terms of content and quality regarding Radar (front and rear) and Camera (front). 

·       Responsible for performing DXL scripts during a weekly exchange process of DOORS modules with the Client including numerous manual steps required.

·       Responsible for the quality of the English versions of those DOORS requirements specification modules and diagramming specifications.

·       Managing external language translations (German to English) carried out via a translation office based in India.

·       Numerous PPT documentations were produced to document existing workflow, processing, and planned structures, some of those for the documentation set of the PMP Project Management Plan. 

Tools: DOORS, translation tools, graphics tools, SharePoint, XMind

DOORS Microsoft Sharepoint Mind Mapping XMind
DXL ASPICE
Delphi Automotive
2 Monate
2014-12 - 2015-01

Valeo Automotive

IT Analyst, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety) [ASPICE PIM.3] UML OmniGraffle Mind-Map
IT Analyst, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety) [ASPICE PIM.3]

·       In-house project to identify general pre-requirements of Active Safety topics by conducting meetings with the relevant teams (international).

·       Finalising the findings into high level use cases using UML, in order to provide the Project Management with additional assets for making further decisions in this area.

Tools: Google Office Docs, OmniGraffle (UML diagramming), XMind

UML OmniGraffle Mind-Map
Valeo Automotive
8 Monate
2014-02 - 2014-09

Continental Automotive

Tester, Requirements Analyst (Connectivity, Infotainment) Python Linux DOORS ...
Tester, Requirements Analyst (Connectivity, Infotainment)

·       Static Testing, Analysis of requirements, use cases, and HMI source code (manual analysis), static code approval (Klocwork: tool-based code analysis).

·       Creation of problem reports, reviews and improvement of involved tools and documents, and creation of Python scripts for the purpose of source code analysis. 

·       Evaluating HMI use cases against requirements, C++ source codes and other existing design specifications.

Tools: DOORS, Klocwork, Synergy, Tree mapping, VMware virtualisation, Lotus Notes, Python, HMI, Connectivity, Embedded SW, Qt, QML, Linux, E.Architect, XMind

Python Linux DOORS VMware Mind-Map Enterprise Architect
Continental Automotive
4 Monate
2013-05 - 2013-08

Garmin International

IT Analyst, Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (Navigation) DOORS Polarion Atlassian Confluence ...
IT Analyst, Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (Navigation)

·       Analysis of structures, linkage and consistency of test cases and system requirements (SRS). 

·       Identifying, verifying, and classifying technical content due for clarification, those were to be communicated to the respective functional owners. 

·       Documenting existing branches and inter-relationships of functional areas among Garmin's and the customer's project- and platform structures (Connecting the relevant features in lists of tree structures).

Tools: DOORS, Polarion, Confluence, E.Architect, MindManager

DOORS Polarion Atlassian Confluence Enterprise Architect MindManager
Garmin International
8 Monate
2012-05 - 2012-12

Continental Automotive

Test Manager Excel VBA DOORS CANoe ...
Test Manager

·       Responsible for managing the Testing cycles while synchronising with the Software Development cycles of the Software Team working on embedded software of ECUs controlling comfort functionality. 

·       In order to achieve this, I worked closely with the SW Team Leader, reported to the Project Manager, kept communicating with the Requirements- and the Quality Manager, the Architects, and all members of the Testing Team. 

·       Analysis of DOORS requirements and diverse data related to Testing activities, managing and organising Testing related events, teams, results, resources, and involvement in planning. 

·       Tracking of issues of Testing results, dispatching those to responsible Team members, documenting Testing procedures used at different stages.

·       Produced two different types of cyclic Testing reports for Management levels.

Tools: MS Office, MKS, DOORS, CANoe, XMind

Excel VBA DOORS CANoe MindManager
Continental Automotive
2 Monate
2011-10 - 2011-11

Johnson Controls Automotive

IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (HMI) UML DOORS EB GUIDE ...
IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (HMI)

·       Analysing and adapting existing HMI requirements and specifications of the Car infotainment, HMI system, developed at JCI. 

·       I worked on EB Guide models delivered by the client. In particular, I frequently used EB Guide to process and adapt the delivered models to conform to the JCI internal procedures and processing. 

·       Improving, establishing and documenting the complex procedure of adapting the EB Guide models to the JCI process.

Tools: DOORS, UML, EB Guide, CANoe, some proprietary JCI internal tools, XMind

UML DOORS EB GUIDE CANoe Mind-Map
Johnson Controls Automotive
11 Monate
2010-08 - 2011-06

Bosch Automotive

IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (Steering) DOORS MindManager
IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (Steering)

Aug 2010 to June 2011

Bosch Automotive

Position: IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (Steering)

·       Analysing and producing SW requirements specifications of steering systems. 

·       I investigated into relevant ISO standards and compiled a large documented tree of ISO standards, related to the corresponding car brands, projects, and time frames. That tree was supposed to be used among diverse projects (car brand neutral). 

·       The diversity of URS documents (User Requirements Specification) got analysed and adapted, integrated into Bosch's own SRS (System Requirements Specification), required to communicate with and understand the needs of customer teams based in the USA, India, Italy, and Japan. 

·       This included language translation and interpretation for each improvement cycle. 

·       I produced diverse requirements specifications (SRS) plus other documents.

Tools: DOORS, ISO 26262, Translation tools, MindManager

DOORS MindManager
Bosch Automotive
7 Monate
2010-02 - 2010-08

BMW Automotive

IT- Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (HMI, IC) DOORS MS Visio OmniGraffle ...
IT- Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (HMI, IC)

·       Analysis of diverse specifications, mainly the analysis of the existing and production of new HMI/MMI User Interface (UX) specifications of the Japanese part of the BMW HMI system. That involved creating new SRS in DOORS.

·       I modelled an analysis tree map including linkage to existing documents of the project, which provided a complete overview of that part of the HMI. This way it was possible to identify missing or redundant parts, which were otherwise hard to spot since the BMW HMI system at that time was extraordinary complex. 

·       I was involved in HMI UX related meetings with Japanese team members of BMW Japan. 

Tools: DOORS, MS Office, OmniGraffle, Visio, MindManager

DOORS MS Visio OmniGraffle MindManager
BMW Automotive
12 Jahre 7 Monate
1997-07 - 2010-01

15 IT projects from 1997 till 2010 (brief list, details on request)

BOSCH Automotive (Two projects, same site)

IT Analyst, Requirements- Systems Engineer (HMI, IC)

Harman/Becker Automotive
Software Architect, Developer, Integrator, IT Analyst (HMI, IC), C++ Developer

Sybase Brussels Mobile
UX Interaction Designer, GUI / Mobile App Designer, C#, C++ Developer

ACCESS Europe Mobile
FAE, Pre-Sales Engineer for Mobile Platform Solutions

Infineon Technologies Mobile
GUI Designer, GUI Developer, Analyst for Windows Mobile, C++ Developer

EPC Dublin Mobile
GUI Designer, GUI Developer, IT Analyst, Integrator, C# Developer

PDA Consulting Mobile
GUI Designer, Software Architect, IT Analyst mobile platforms, C Developer

FORCE Computers Linux/UNIX
Software Architect, Linux / Kernel / GUI Developer, IT Analyst, C Developer

NSE Java
Software Architect, GUI Designer, IT Analyst, Java Developer

EUROCURA Web/Internet, Java
Software Architect, GUI Designer, IT Analyst, Web, Java Developer

Rohde&Schwarz Linux/UNIX
Software Architect, Linux / GUI Developer, IT Analyst, C Developer

China King Enterprise Web/Internet
IT Analyst, Linux Expert, GUI Designer, Web Developer

Selbach&Partner Web/Internet
Position: IT Analyst, Linux Expert, Web Developer

EPoX Web/Internet, Linux/UNIX
Position: Software Architect, IT Analyst, Linux Expert, Web Developer

14 Jahre 11 Monate
1982-07 - 1997-05

30+ IT projects from 1982 till 1997 (details on request)

C Development Assembler Forth ...

(Details on request)

BA:  Besides development, I've got involved as IT Analyst for:

User interface issues, usability, analysis, proposals, design, prototyping, facing clients, traveling, trouble shooting, tool chain, configuration management, project management, requirement specifications, documentation, serving clients, support.

SW: Software development mainly included: 

- Embedded projects (C, Forth, Assembler, Electronics, Micro controller)

- PC based software applications (C, C++, Forth applications on DOS, and Windows GUI applications)

C Development Assembler Forth C++ GUI development UX Design
Numerous clients

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Education / Training:
1982 M.S. in Computer Science, Information
1995 Certified Suggestopaedia

2013 BCS/ISTQB training of ISEB Software Testing

2024 Cyber Security training (ISO 21434, TARA)

2024 EASA conform UAS training A2, STS (Specific)

Position

Position

Max Schmidt - IT Consulting - Company registration No: 027 866 01503

Sr Systems Engineer, Automotive Consultant, UAS Consultant (EU, EASA, Specific)

Activities, Roles
? Requirements Engineer, Requirements Analyst
? Analysis, Investigation, Coordination, Reporting
? ASPICE SUP.9 Defect Management (PRM)
? ASPICE SUP.10 Change Management (CM)
? ASPICE SUP.7 Documentation Management
? ASPICE PIM.3 Process Improvement

More
? DOORS [9 years], JIRA [3 years], Confluence, Polarion, Python
? 19 years of support of projects in the Automotive Supply Business

Summary
At the forefront of automotive quality and process enhancement, my roles at Indiesemi, NSEU, AGC, and Bosch have been pivotal in driving quality related activities and workflow optimisation. Our dedication to process improvement has resulted in streamlined operations and enhanced workflows, thanks to the adept use of tools like JIRA and Confluence.

My hands-on experience in requirements processing, defect management and process analysis not only supports fulfilling industry standards like ASPICE but also contributes to a culture of continuous improvement. Our collaborative efforts have fortified the relationship between quality assurance and project management, ensuring excellence in every facet of automotive processes.


Interests
Drone test operations, photography, bicycling.

Multicultural awareness
Places of working and living in the past: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Taiwan, UK.

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Requirements Engineering Documentation Management SUP.7 Defect Management SUP.9 Requirements Analysis JIRA Confluence ASPICE Issue Tracking Specifications Systems Engineering Drone UAS UAV STS PDRA SORA EASA JARUS Risk Assessment PRM SUP.9 Cyber Security TARA ISO 21434

Betriebssysteme

Datenkommunikation

 

Hardware

Branchen

Branchen

Automotive, Aviation

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Remote (+500km)

EU

möglich

Projekte

Projekte

3 Monate
2024-10 - 2024-12

Fresenius Medical care

Quality Consultant, Requirements Analyst
Quality Consultant, Requirements Analyst

Quality related consulting and supporting: Process improvement

- Comprehensive evaluation of process documents

- Reporting of all findings along with a final report, conclusions, options

- Proposing a mitigation workflow 

- Reviews of the Design Development

4 Monate
2024-06 - 2024-09

Career transition

Training
Training

EASA conform UAS training A2, STS (Specific)

Automotive Cyber Security training (ISO 21434, TARA)

1 Jahr 4 Monate
2023-02 - 2024-05

Indiesemi/Symeo [Fully Remote]

Automotive Consulting (RADAR) [ASPICE SUP.7 PIM.3 RM] Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE ...
Automotive Consulting (RADAR) [ASPICE SUP.7 PIM.3 RM]

·       SUP.7 - Quality related analysis and correction of documentation. Creation of JIRA tickets to cover review workflows of documentation. Creation of an internal documentation rule set and instructions. Investigating and supporting the process of selecting and evaluating a CCMS system based on Confluence. Development of a pilot plan to identify the feasibility of that CCMS system.

·       PIM.3 ? Jira process analysis and improvement, proposing specific workflow redesigns and organisation.

·       RM ? Analysing requirements after quality criteria. Creating stakeholder requirements for a RADAR power management module, after specification documents provided by the US design team and the customer. Supporting the organization of requirements among involved teams. Gap analysis of common attributes of requirements among different projects.

·       Communicating and coordinating numerous topics among people and teams.

·       Supporting diverse objectives, roles, and activities.

Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE MindManager
Indiesemi/Symeo
Remote
10 Monate
2022-03 - 2022-12

NSEU Nippon Seiki Europe [Fully Remote]

PRM Problem Resolution Manager (HUD) [ASPICE SUP.9] [JIRA] Automotive Consultant, Cyber Security Team member (Task force) Atlassian JIRA MS Office Atlassian Confluence ...
PRM Problem Resolution Manager (HUD) [ASPICE SUP.9] [JIRA] Automotive Consultant, Cyber Security Team member (Task force)

·       Tracking and reporting defect tickets, internal and customer tickets.

·       Creating and rewriting PRM process documentation, creating trend reports, RM and PRM role descriptions, fulfilling ASPICE demands, solving process tickets. 

·       Communicating and coordinating numerous topics among people and teams.

·       Supporting diverse objectives and activities of the PM, performing as substitute of the PM, conducting team meetings, serving requests of the customer.

·       Process analysis and improvement, JIRA defect ticket workflow redesign, evaluating and commenting documents of requirements management. 

·       Working on work packages of ASPICE related demands of the QA department. Creating, and extending QA content according to ASPICE level 2.

·       Cyber Security requirements analysis and interpretation regarding intelligibility and effort estimation.

·       Coordinating Cyber Security topics among other team leads, and according to planning of, and along with the Cyber Security Manager, as a task force serving the project.

Tools: DOORS, JIRA, Confluence, ASPICE, MS Office, MindManager

Atlassian JIRA MS Office Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE MindManager
Nippon Seiki (Europe) B.V.
Remote
3 Monate
2021-12 - 2022-02

AGC Automotive Europe [Fully Remote]

Automotive Consultant, Tech Design Lead (LiDAR sensor integration) [ASPICE PIM.3] Atlassian JIRA MS Office XMind
Automotive Consultant, Tech Design Lead (LiDAR sensor integration) [ASPICE PIM.3]
  • ·       Analysis, investigation, coordination of activities, deliverables, and information necessary to plan and achieve the goals of next steps.

    ·       Supporting the planning of diverse quality related activities like requirements management, change management, issue tracking, management of customer, stakeholder, and supplier documents. 

    ·       Defining JIRA tracking workflows while adapting those to the project structure.

    ·       Introducing JIRA to the project team, planning of the JIRA configuration.

    ·       Supporting the process of Requirements Elicitation.

    Tools: SharePoint, Polarion, JIRA, Confluence, Agile SCRUM, XMind

Atlassian JIRA MS Office XMind
AGC Europe
Remote
8 Monate
2021-01 - 2021-08

BOSCH Automotive [Remote team]

Requirements Manager, Change Manager, Problem Resolution Manager (Car-Infotainment, MAP data) [ASPICE RM SUP.10 SUP.9 ] Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE ...
Requirements Manager, Change Manager, Problem Resolution Manager (Car-Infotainment, MAP data) [ASPICE RM SUP.10 SUP.9 ]

Three separate roles:

Requirements Management (RM: DOORS, SP, JIRA, Confluence)

o  Managing baselines of DOORS and SP modules of delivery sets. 

o  Producing documentation of baseline workflows in Confluence.

o  Transfer of DOORS modules between Bosch and Daimler.

o  Adding and maintaining requirements objects on demand.  

o  Supporting team members on technical issues incl. issues with DOORS. 

Change Management (CM CRM: SUP.10, DOORS, SP, JIRA, Confluence)

o  Conducting the CCB and ECB weekly round tables.

o  Conducting other regular meetings for different teams incl. the customer. 

o  Regular import of MAP data and managing the versioning.

o  Producing documentation of CRM activities in Confluence and PPT slides.

Problem Resolution Management [tickets/defects] (PRM: SUP.9 JIRA)

o  Regular sync of tickets between the customer system and Bosch.

o  Fixing diverse issues of tickets involving the customer.

o  Supporting the update of PRM process documentation.

Tools: DOORS, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, Agile SCRUM, MindManager

Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Automotive-SPICE DOORS Microsoft Sharepoint MS Office MindManager
BOSCH Automotive
Remote
7 Monate
2020-01 - 2020-07

Undisclosed Automotive supply companies x 3 [covid-loss x 3]

Automotive Consultant / 2020 Automotive supply projects [covid-loss x 3]
Automotive Consultant / 2020 Automotive supply projects [covid-loss x 3]

During the first half of 2020 I managed to ?secure? three long-term contracts (to run during 2020 and longer) with agreed starting dates, however, due to the COVID-19 situation, none of these contracts started.

Undisclosed Automotive Supplier
4 Monate
2019-08 - 2019-11

Nuance Communications Automotive

Integrator, Tester, Systems Engineer (Audio) Linux Python agile ...
Integrator, Tester, Systems Engineer (Audio)

·       Performing the integration of specific audio work products as part of a complex overall integration process and testing the model behavior against requirements each time. 

·       For the testing activities I initially used some of the existing test benches of the testing team. However, since our team required a dedicated test bench for the audio processing modules, I was appointed to assemble a new test bench and put this into operation.

·       Creating the documentation of all required procedures (workflows) with all those numerous details required, including alternative routes, and variants of the required ways of integration and testing.

Tools: Perforce, git, Agile, Python, Confluence, Linux systems for build, XMind

Linux Python agile Perforce Git Atlassian Confluence Cloud Communication MindManager PyCharm
Nuance Communications Automotive
1 Jahr 2 Monate
2018-03 - 2019-04

Magna International Automotive

Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (LiDAR) [ASPICE SUP.9] ASPICE Python agile ...
Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (LiDAR) [ASPICE SUP.9]

·       Analysis and improvement of requirements related processing. 

·       Analysis and improvement of stakeholder requirement documents, creating new and improving existing SW requirements of Radar development. 

·       Supporting the improvement of processing regarding ASPICE quality demands along with the migration of the environment related to ASPICE processing. 

·       Developing Python and LaTeX code for the Automation Team and improving the integration process to automate the creation of SW release notes.

Tools: PTC Integrity, ASPICE-3, E.Architect, Python, Agile SCRUM, XMind

ASPICE Python agile Scrum MKS Integrity Enterprise Architect Mind-Map PyCharm
Magna International Automotive
1 Jahr 3 Monate
2017-01 - 2018-03

Magneti Marelli Automotive

Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Lighting) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3] Python ASPICE agile ...
Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Lighting) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3]

·       Analysis and improvement of requirements related processing. 

·       Incorporating customer requirements from various document formats. 

·       Creating new and improving existing requirements in DOORS modules. 

·       Improvement of existing, and creation of new DOORS modules regarding ASPICE quality demands. 

·       Investigating into EU regulations and international standards concerning lighting related requirements.

·       Supporting the migration of the DOORS environment and participating in the development and migration of the ASPICE related processing. 

·       Python scripting for the filtering and analysis of requirements data.

Tools: DOORS, ISO 26262, ASPICE-3, E.Architect, Python, Agile SCRUM, XMind

Python ASPICE agile DOORS Enterprise Architect Mind-Map PyCharm
Magneti Marelli Automotive
3 Monate
2016-08 - 2016-10

JVCKENWOOD Automotive

IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Audio) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3] Python DOORS Subversion ...
IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Audio) [ASPICE SUP.9 PIM.3]

·       Analysis and improvement of customer requirements data, and requirements related processing. 

·       Investigation of document related issues and proposing solutions. 

·       The use of DOORS was limited to module exchange and updates, while the requirement's related activities were carried out using Polarion. 

·       Python scripts were created for complex filtering of a large amount of data.

Tools: DOORS, Polarion, Python, Subversion SVN, SharePoint, XMind

Python DOORS Subversion MS Sharepoint Polarion Mind-Map PyCharm
JVCKENWOOD Automotive
10 Monate
2015-07 - 2016-04

Delphi Automotive

Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety, Radar) [ASPICE SUP.9 SUP.10 PIM.3] DXL ASPICE
Requirements Manager, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety, Radar) [ASPICE SUP.9 SUP.10 PIM.3]

·       Analysis and improvement of Active Safety user requirements specifications (URS) in terms of content and quality regarding Radar (front and rear) and Camera (front). 

·       Responsible for performing DXL scripts during a weekly exchange process of DOORS modules with the Client including numerous manual steps required.

·       Responsible for the quality of the English versions of those DOORS requirements specification modules and diagramming specifications.

·       Managing external language translations (German to English) carried out via a translation office based in India.

·       Numerous PPT documentations were produced to document existing workflow, processing, and planned structures, some of those for the documentation set of the PMP Project Management Plan. 

Tools: DOORS, translation tools, graphics tools, SharePoint, XMind

DOORS Microsoft Sharepoint Mind Mapping XMind
DXL ASPICE
Delphi Automotive
2 Monate
2014-12 - 2015-01

Valeo Automotive

IT Analyst, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety) [ASPICE PIM.3] UML OmniGraffle Mind-Map
IT Analyst, Sr Systems Engineer (Active Safety) [ASPICE PIM.3]

·       In-house project to identify general pre-requirements of Active Safety topics by conducting meetings with the relevant teams (international).

·       Finalising the findings into high level use cases using UML, in order to provide the Project Management with additional assets for making further decisions in this area.

Tools: Google Office Docs, OmniGraffle (UML diagramming), XMind

UML OmniGraffle Mind-Map
Valeo Automotive
8 Monate
2014-02 - 2014-09

Continental Automotive

Tester, Requirements Analyst (Connectivity, Infotainment) Python Linux DOORS ...
Tester, Requirements Analyst (Connectivity, Infotainment)

·       Static Testing, Analysis of requirements, use cases, and HMI source code (manual analysis), static code approval (Klocwork: tool-based code analysis).

·       Creation of problem reports, reviews and improvement of involved tools and documents, and creation of Python scripts for the purpose of source code analysis. 

·       Evaluating HMI use cases against requirements, C++ source codes and other existing design specifications.

Tools: DOORS, Klocwork, Synergy, Tree mapping, VMware virtualisation, Lotus Notes, Python, HMI, Connectivity, Embedded SW, Qt, QML, Linux, E.Architect, XMind

Python Linux DOORS VMware Mind-Map Enterprise Architect
Continental Automotive
4 Monate
2013-05 - 2013-08

Garmin International

IT Analyst, Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (Navigation) DOORS Polarion Atlassian Confluence ...
IT Analyst, Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (Navigation)

·       Analysis of structures, linkage and consistency of test cases and system requirements (SRS). 

·       Identifying, verifying, and classifying technical content due for clarification, those were to be communicated to the respective functional owners. 

·       Documenting existing branches and inter-relationships of functional areas among Garmin's and the customer's project- and platform structures (Connecting the relevant features in lists of tree structures).

Tools: DOORS, Polarion, Confluence, E.Architect, MindManager

DOORS Polarion Atlassian Confluence Enterprise Architect MindManager
Garmin International
8 Monate
2012-05 - 2012-12

Continental Automotive

Test Manager Excel VBA DOORS CANoe ...
Test Manager

·       Responsible for managing the Testing cycles while synchronising with the Software Development cycles of the Software Team working on embedded software of ECUs controlling comfort functionality. 

·       In order to achieve this, I worked closely with the SW Team Leader, reported to the Project Manager, kept communicating with the Requirements- and the Quality Manager, the Architects, and all members of the Testing Team. 

·       Analysis of DOORS requirements and diverse data related to Testing activities, managing and organising Testing related events, teams, results, resources, and involvement in planning. 

·       Tracking of issues of Testing results, dispatching those to responsible Team members, documenting Testing procedures used at different stages.

·       Produced two different types of cyclic Testing reports for Management levels.

Tools: MS Office, MKS, DOORS, CANoe, XMind

Excel VBA DOORS CANoe MindManager
Continental Automotive
2 Monate
2011-10 - 2011-11

Johnson Controls Automotive

IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (HMI) UML DOORS EB GUIDE ...
IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (HMI)

·       Analysing and adapting existing HMI requirements and specifications of the Car infotainment, HMI system, developed at JCI. 

·       I worked on EB Guide models delivered by the client. In particular, I frequently used EB Guide to process and adapt the delivered models to conform to the JCI internal procedures and processing. 

·       Improving, establishing and documenting the complex procedure of adapting the EB Guide models to the JCI process.

Tools: DOORS, UML, EB Guide, CANoe, some proprietary JCI internal tools, XMind

UML DOORS EB GUIDE CANoe Mind-Map
Johnson Controls Automotive
11 Monate
2010-08 - 2011-06

Bosch Automotive

IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (Steering) DOORS MindManager
IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (Steering)

Aug 2010 to June 2011

Bosch Automotive

Position: IT Analyst, Requirements Manager, Systems Engineer (Steering)

·       Analysing and producing SW requirements specifications of steering systems. 

·       I investigated into relevant ISO standards and compiled a large documented tree of ISO standards, related to the corresponding car brands, projects, and time frames. That tree was supposed to be used among diverse projects (car brand neutral). 

·       The diversity of URS documents (User Requirements Specification) got analysed and adapted, integrated into Bosch's own SRS (System Requirements Specification), required to communicate with and understand the needs of customer teams based in the USA, India, Italy, and Japan. 

·       This included language translation and interpretation for each improvement cycle. 

·       I produced diverse requirements specifications (SRS) plus other documents.

Tools: DOORS, ISO 26262, Translation tools, MindManager

DOORS MindManager
Bosch Automotive
7 Monate
2010-02 - 2010-08

BMW Automotive

IT- Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (HMI, IC) DOORS MS Visio OmniGraffle ...
IT- Requirements Analyst, Systems Engineer (HMI, IC)

·       Analysis of diverse specifications, mainly the analysis of the existing and production of new HMI/MMI User Interface (UX) specifications of the Japanese part of the BMW HMI system. That involved creating new SRS in DOORS.

·       I modelled an analysis tree map including linkage to existing documents of the project, which provided a complete overview of that part of the HMI. This way it was possible to identify missing or redundant parts, which were otherwise hard to spot since the BMW HMI system at that time was extraordinary complex. 

·       I was involved in HMI UX related meetings with Japanese team members of BMW Japan. 

Tools: DOORS, MS Office, OmniGraffle, Visio, MindManager

DOORS MS Visio OmniGraffle MindManager
BMW Automotive
12 Jahre 7 Monate
1997-07 - 2010-01

15 IT projects from 1997 till 2010 (brief list, details on request)

BOSCH Automotive (Two projects, same site)

IT Analyst, Requirements- Systems Engineer (HMI, IC)

Harman/Becker Automotive
Software Architect, Developer, Integrator, IT Analyst (HMI, IC), C++ Developer

Sybase Brussels Mobile
UX Interaction Designer, GUI / Mobile App Designer, C#, C++ Developer

ACCESS Europe Mobile
FAE, Pre-Sales Engineer for Mobile Platform Solutions

Infineon Technologies Mobile
GUI Designer, GUI Developer, Analyst for Windows Mobile, C++ Developer

EPC Dublin Mobile
GUI Designer, GUI Developer, IT Analyst, Integrator, C# Developer

PDA Consulting Mobile
GUI Designer, Software Architect, IT Analyst mobile platforms, C Developer

FORCE Computers Linux/UNIX
Software Architect, Linux / Kernel / GUI Developer, IT Analyst, C Developer

NSE Java
Software Architect, GUI Designer, IT Analyst, Java Developer

EUROCURA Web/Internet, Java
Software Architect, GUI Designer, IT Analyst, Web, Java Developer

Rohde&Schwarz Linux/UNIX
Software Architect, Linux / GUI Developer, IT Analyst, C Developer

China King Enterprise Web/Internet
IT Analyst, Linux Expert, GUI Designer, Web Developer

Selbach&Partner Web/Internet
Position: IT Analyst, Linux Expert, Web Developer

EPoX Web/Internet, Linux/UNIX
Position: Software Architect, IT Analyst, Linux Expert, Web Developer

14 Jahre 11 Monate
1982-07 - 1997-05

30+ IT projects from 1982 till 1997 (details on request)

C Development Assembler Forth ...

(Details on request)

BA:  Besides development, I've got involved as IT Analyst for:

User interface issues, usability, analysis, proposals, design, prototyping, facing clients, traveling, trouble shooting, tool chain, configuration management, project management, requirement specifications, documentation, serving clients, support.

SW: Software development mainly included: 

- Embedded projects (C, Forth, Assembler, Electronics, Micro controller)

- PC based software applications (C, C++, Forth applications on DOS, and Windows GUI applications)

C Development Assembler Forth C++ GUI development UX Design
Numerous clients

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Education / Training:
1982 M.S. in Computer Science, Information
1995 Certified Suggestopaedia

2013 BCS/ISTQB training of ISEB Software Testing

2024 Cyber Security training (ISO 21434, TARA)

2024 EASA conform UAS training A2, STS (Specific)

Position

Position

Max Schmidt - IT Consulting - Company registration No: 027 866 01503

Sr Systems Engineer, Automotive Consultant, UAS Consultant (EU, EASA, Specific)

Activities, Roles
? Requirements Engineer, Requirements Analyst
? Analysis, Investigation, Coordination, Reporting
? ASPICE SUP.9 Defect Management (PRM)
? ASPICE SUP.10 Change Management (CM)
? ASPICE SUP.7 Documentation Management
? ASPICE PIM.3 Process Improvement

More
? DOORS [9 years], JIRA [3 years], Confluence, Polarion, Python
? 19 years of support of projects in the Automotive Supply Business

Summary
At the forefront of automotive quality and process enhancement, my roles at Indiesemi, NSEU, AGC, and Bosch have been pivotal in driving quality related activities and workflow optimisation. Our dedication to process improvement has resulted in streamlined operations and enhanced workflows, thanks to the adept use of tools like JIRA and Confluence.

My hands-on experience in requirements processing, defect management and process analysis not only supports fulfilling industry standards like ASPICE but also contributes to a culture of continuous improvement. Our collaborative efforts have fortified the relationship between quality assurance and project management, ensuring excellence in every facet of automotive processes.


Interests
Drone test operations, photography, bicycling.

Multicultural awareness
Places of working and living in the past: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Taiwan, UK.

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Requirements Engineering Documentation Management SUP.7 Defect Management SUP.9 Requirements Analysis JIRA Confluence ASPICE Issue Tracking Specifications Systems Engineering Drone UAS UAV STS PDRA SORA EASA JARUS Risk Assessment PRM SUP.9 Cyber Security TARA ISO 21434

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Hardware

Branchen

Branchen

Automotive, Aviation

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