Karlheinz W.-Head of Systems Engineering ad Interim
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Head of Systems Engineering ad Interim
Supplier of military energy systems
- Managing the Systems Engineering department with more than 30 employees in 3 teams
- Providing operational support in defining and implementing SE processes
- Analyzing existing approaches and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Planning resources and determining future staffing needs
- Preparing process and role descriptions
- Coordinating cooperation with other departments
- Planning and coordinating employee training (MBSE, RE, DOORS)
- Systematically developing objectives and templates for implementing efficient Requirement-Based Systems Engineering for new development projects
- Building and maintaining model structures in DOORS
- Creating the requirements management plan and user documentation
- Implementing special approaches using DXL
- Environment and applications: DOORS, Excel, Power BI
Systems Engineering
LHB GmbH
- Deriving and documenting software requirements
- Analyzing flowcharts and translating them into system and software requirements
- Advanced modeling using sequence diagrams
- Building a dashboard to show consistency and completeness
- Creating user documentation
- Environment and applications: RV&S (PTC Integrity), Excel with PowerPivot, Power BI
Process Analysis and Improvement
Robert Bosch GmbH
- Consulting and coaching on process maturity according to ASPICE, data analysis and metrics, and project management
- Ensuring the compliance of work products and lifecycle data with automotive requirements according to ASPICE L2
- Analyzing issues in requirements, modeling, testing, and processes, and identifying measures to achieve process maturity level L2
- Developing an evaluation model for defining and implementing measures to address identified weaknesses
- Reviewing process measures and creating metrics for evaluation and assessment
- Introducing supporting measures for quality assurance
- Defining suitable KPIs to ensure progress and quality
- Building a data model, preparing data, and analyzing it in Power BI
- Environment and applications: Driver assistance systems, Power BI, Excel, RTC, RQM, DOORS
Systems Engineering and Process Analysis and Improvement
Forvia AG
- Leading and moderating inspections according to ISO 26262 and reporting progress
- Supporting data analysis and completeness and progress tracking during inspections of work products for safety-relevant components (ASIL D)
- Leading and moderating inspection sessions with international teams
- Extracting data from various entities in the database
- Statistical evaluations and forecasts, presenting burndown charts to measure progress
- Analyzing completeness and missing parts
- Environment and applications: Driver assistance systems, Power BI, Excel, Access, SharePoint
Systems Engineering
Roche Diagnostics International
- Strategic consulting and operational support during restructuring in customer service and product development
- Introducing cross-functional Systems Engineering practices and data-driven processes in plant engineering
- Strategic consulting for the development and use of new technologies for laboratory equipment
- Analyzing existing processes in development, cost management, and customer service; conducting structured interviews and analyzing data to identify gaps against best practices
- Developing dashboards and KPIs for a data-driven approach to addressing stakeholder needs
- Environment and applications: Google Office Suite, Smartsheet, Trello, Excel, Power BI, Retina (Code-Beamer)
Systems Engineering and Processes
Ibeo
- Process coaching and analytical support for integrating functional safety into an existing system
- Further development of a control unit for LiDAR applications and adaptation for new customers (ASIL B)
- Analysis of processes, process documents, and specification documents with regard to the integration of functional safety
- Establishing processes according to A-SPICE; creating metrics and KPIs
- Revising and restructuring specification documents
- Ensuring the integration of functional safety through safety concepts and traceable derivations
- Environment and applications: Driver assistance system, PTC Integrity, MS Office (Excel), Power Query, Power BI
Systems Engineering
Roche Diagnostics International
- Strategic consulting and operational support for restructuring in customer service and product development
- Introducing cross-functional Systems Engineering practices and data-driven processes in plant engineering
- Strategic consulting for the development and use of new technologies for laboratory systems
- Analyzing existing processes in development, cost management, and customer service; conducting structured interviews and analyzing data to identify gaps compared with best practices
- Developing dashboards and KPIs for a data-driven approach to address stakeholder needs
- Environment and applications: Google Office Suite, Smartsheet, Trello, Excel, Power BI, Retina (Codebeamer)
Systems Engineering and Processes
Ibeo
- Process coaching and analytical support for integrating functional safety into an existing system
- Further development of a control unit for LiDAR applications and adaptation for new customers (ASIL B)
- Analysis of processes, process documents, and specification documents with regard to the integration of functional safety
- Establishing processes according to A-SPICE; creating metrics and KPIs
- Revising and restructuring specification documents
- Ensuring the integration of functional safety through safety concepts and traceable derivations
- Environment and applications: Driver assistance system, PTC Integrity, MS Office (Excel), Power Query, Power BI
Systems Engineering and Processes
SMR
- KPIs and creation of metrics
- Analysis of processes and requirements documents for the development of camera-based mirror replacement systems for assistance systems in highly automated driving (ASIL B(D))
- Reviewing specification documents for consistency and uniformity
- Building dashboards for performance monitoring and process control for processes according to A-SPICE
- Natural Language Processing analysis using AI approaches to identify matches and contradictions in requirements texts
- Dashboards for monitoring process progress and requirements coverage as a basis for decision-making
- Environment and applications: Camera-based mirror replacement system, MS Excel, Power Query and Power BI, DOORS (DXL)
Systems Engineering and Processes
Ibeo
- Process coaching and analytical support for integrating functional safety into an existing system
- Further development of a control unit for LiDAR applications and adaptation for new customers (ASIL B)
- Analysis of processes, process documents, and specification documents with regard to the integration of functional safety
- Establishing processes according to A-SPICE; creating metrics and KPIs
- Revising and restructuring specification documents
- Ensuring the integration of functional safety through safety concepts and traceable derivations
- Environment and applications: Driver assistance system, PTC Integrity, MS Office (Excel), Power Query, Power BI
Requirements Engineering and Data Analysis
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles
- Introducing Systems Engineering concepts and requirements management with AI-based approaches
- Analyzing the existing approach
- Training and coaching employees on methods and tool usage
- Developing the necessary data structures for a new AI approach, along with corresponding KPIs and analyses
- Improving bid and order processing through data-driven process improvements
- Environment and applications: Excel, Power Query, Power Pivot, DOORS (DXL)
Requirements Engineering and Data Analysis
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles
- Introducing Systems Engineering concepts and requirements management with AI-based approaches
- Analyzing the existing approach
- Training and coaching employees on methods and tool usage
- Developing the necessary data structures for a new AI approach, along with corresponding KPIs and analyses
- Improving bid and order processing through data-driven process improvements
- Environment and applications: Excel, Power Query, Power Pivot, DOORS (DXL)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing, and Healthcare.
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Experienced in Product Development, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Operations.
Summary
Project and program management, including under task force conditions; consulting and operational management for systems development; stakeholder and requirements management processes; business, data, and financial analysis. More than 20 years of experience in consulting and management across various areas of responsibility, with an open mind for new ideas and approaches. Skilled in business, data, and financial analysis, maturity assessments, and improving software and product development processes through systems thinking and an agile mindset. Comfortable with budget and personnel responsibility. Extensive experience in analyzing, developing, and improving processes and process performance, especially in the automotive sector, as well as in other industries such as IT services, defense, medical technology, logistics, and aviation. All-rounder with strong conceptual and analytical skills, technical and business expertise, including operational implementation, and extensive experience in handling conflicts.
Skills
Process Analysis And Improvement, Organizational And Strategy Development
Stakeholder And Product Management
Systems And Requirements Engineering
Coaching And Leading Development Teams, Change Management, And Team Development
It-Savvy: Expertise With Applications For Modeling, Analyzing, And Visualizing Data And Relationships, Business Intelligence, And Value Analysis
Workshop Facilitation, Intercultural Experience
Communicating Technical And Commercial Initiatives To Both Technical And Non-Technical Audiences
Financial Analysis And Modeling, Business Case Development
Expert Knowledge Of Doors, Dxl, Excel, And Power Bi (Dax, M)
More Than 20 Years Of Experience In Business Analysis, Requirements And Stakeholder Management For Complex Systems And It Solutions, And Systemic Strategy Consulting
Project Management In An International Environment, With Personnel And Budget Responsibility For It Infrastructure, Systems And Software Development, Consulting, And Benchmarking
Analysis Of Development Processes Using Maturity Models; Coaching International Development Teams To Achieve Mature Processes, Including In Agile Environments
Developing Kpis For Process Control And Analysis
Extensive Automotive Background With Many Years Of Experience In Developing Driver Assistance Systems, Especially In Areas With A High Level Of Functional Safety Integration (Asil): Partially Automated And Highly Automated Driving.
Languages
Education
TUM School of Management
Executive MBA · Executive MBA · Munich, Germany
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Diploma · Geophysics · Munich, Germany
Gymnasium Pegnitz
Abitur · Pegnitz, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Financial Modelling And Valuation Analyst
CFI
Scrum Alliance
Certified Systems Engineering Expert
Telelogic Academy
Certified Expert in Requirements Management Methodology
Training and Certification in Solution Selling
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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Karlheinz is based in Munich, Germany.
Karlheinz speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced).
Karlheinz has at least 6 years of experience. During this time, Karlheinz has worked in at least 6 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 6 months. Note that Karlheinz may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Karlheinz would be well-suited for roles such as: Head of Systems Engineering ad Interim, Systems Engineering, Process Analysis and Improvement.
Karlheinz's most recent position is Head of Systems Engineering ad Interim at Supplier of military energy systems.
In recent years, Karlheinz has worked for Supplier of military energy systems, LHB GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Forvia AG.
Karlheinz is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, and Manufacturing. Karlheinz also has some experience in Healthcare.
Karlheinz is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Business Intelligence, and Quality Assurance. Karlheinz also has some experience in Project Management, Operations, and Strategy.
Karlheinz has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, and Manufacturing.
Karlheinz has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.
Karlheinz holds a Master in Executive MBA from TUM School of Management.
Karlheinz has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Financial Modelling And Valuation Analyst, Certified Scrum Master, and Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering.
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