Project leader Clean Powertrains - electrification of vehicles

• You lead and execute customer oriented research projects for the wide application of electrified powertrains and auxiliary power units in vehicles.
• The construction of your expertise and its application concerns all aspects of specification, design, implementation, integration and validation of high-powered mechatronic systems for as well as in vehicles.
• You realize the project objectives, make and guard the time schedule and deliver convincing results.
• Therefore, you continuously guard the contents, costs and timing and report any bottlenecks and make correction plans.
• You organize the communication structure, make appointments and follow the action points.
• You deliver the needed status reports and presentations for the different partners.
• You will work closely together with fellow researchers within Flanders' DRIVE and/or the researchers in the industry to realize project goals and deliver convincing results.
• Together with the program manager, you develop a master plan, detailed project plans, the budget, deliverance deadline and the quality levels you want to realize.
• You develop, implement and use methods and techniques in the domain of project management.

Your profile:

• You are a civil engineer Energy Techniques and you have a minimum of 6 years of research experience in the industry. Experience in the vehicle industry is an asset.
• You have a solid practical knowledge of electric powertrains, their control and design. Experience with system simulation environments like Matlab/Simulink and Amesim is an asset.
• You have a passion for the newest mechatronic applications and vehicle techniques. Moreover, you dispose of excellent communication skills and have a talent to organize.
• You have experience with project execution and you have developed a good project methodology.
• You have a flexible personality, team spirit and you are punctual.
• You have an excellent analytical ability and a creative mind. This enables you to transfer ideas into high tech solutions (in consultation with various stakeholders).
• A customer oriented, operational and purposeful method is innate to you.
• You love working in projects, especially as leader and initiative taker and with that, you have experience with the leading of projects of diverse stakeholders.
• You have excellent inter-personal skills. You communicate in an open, fluent, persuasive and diplomatic way, and therefore, you can inspire your stakeholders.