Senior Program Manager at Daimler Truck

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

06 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

08 Jun, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Vehicle Diagnostics, UDS ISO 14229, ODX ISO 22901, OTX ISO 13209, Java, C# .NET, Software-Defined Vehicle, People Management, Program Management, AUTOSAR, Cybersecurity, E/E Architecture, Product Ownership, CAN/LIN/Ethernet, ISO/SAE 21434, Stakeholder Management

Industry

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

Description

• Lead the strategy, implementation, and continuous improvement of vehicle diagnostics for engineering and diagnostic tools development and support across development, production, and aftersales for commercial vehicles. • Manage a team of diagnostics engineers, tools developers, protocol specialists, and analysts, providing technical guidance, mentorship, performance management, and fostering a collaborative and innovation‑driven culture. • Formulate, execute, and track diagnostics programs and projects covering diagnostic concepts, data models, and tooling in compliance with industry standards such as UDS (ISO 14229), ASAM-SOVD, ODX (ISO 22901), and OTX (ISO 13209). • End‑to‑end responsibility for the development and deployment of diagnostics technologies and tester protocols, aligned to current E/E architectures and the transition toward software‑defined vehicle (SDV) architectures. • Lead diagnostic protocol development for tester tools, including ECU communication, diagnostic services, flashing, coding, routines, and variant handling for development, production, and service use cases. • Ensure diagnostics readiness for production and aftersales and remote diagnostics solutions. • Lead the team of Product Owners for diagnostic engineering tools and platforms, defining product vision, roadmap, feature prioritization, and lifecycle management. • Perform impact analysis related to diagnostics content changes, ECU updates, and architecture evolution, ensuring backward compatibility and regulatory compliance. • Maintain strong awareness of vehicle cybersecurity standards and secure diagnostics concepts, ensuring diagnostics solutions align with cybersecurity requirements (e.g., secure access, authentication, authorization) in collaboration with cybersecurity teams. • Effective and timely stakeholder management across vehicle development, manufacturing, aftersales, IT, cybersecurity, and Global suppliers. • Active and engaged member of the cross‑functional Diagnostics, Cyber Security, Functional Safety, and E/E Architecture organization. • Act as regional lead for diagnostics processes, standards, and work products, ensuring consistency, scalability, and high quality across global programs. • Work closely with vehicle system and component owners throughout the development lifecycle to implement, validate, and release diagnostics content aligned to global processes. • Constantly challenge the status quo, strengthen team competencies, and identify opportunities to expand diagnostics capabilities, tools, and service value propositions. • Create and execute project strategies with roadmaps at team level to expand diagnostics ownership and responsibility at the India location. • Drive innovation in diagnostics by enabling problem identification, development of problem statements, ideation of new diagnostic solutions, creation of Proof of Concepts, early productization, and patent generation where applicable. • Lead cross‑functional activities and collaborate closely with leadership teams, suppliers, and partners as required. • Ensure quality, reliability, and timeliness of all diagnostics deliverables across programs. • Flexible to travel globally based on business needs for supplier discussions, technical reviews, and program management activities. • Ensure continuous knowledge build‑up, performance monitoring, and structured feedback for team members.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy and implementation of vehicle diagnostics across development, production, and aftersales for commercial vehicles. Manage a cross-functional team of engineers and product owners to develop diagnostic tools and protocols aligned with software-defined vehicle architectures.