Software Team Lead
Paris, Île-De-France, Fr
❑ Recruited, hired, retained, motivated and developed a high performing software development team.❑ Managed a local team of 18 engineers (along with other teams offshore) delivering four multi-billion dollar vision projects.❑ Determined the technical skill set needed and staffing plans based on project and OEM plans, developed training plans for the team in line with technology needs.❑ Managed engineering budget covering both staffing and tooling local and offshore teams, worked with suppliers to quote and secure project tooling and SW packages.❑ Estimated and budgeted new vision projects from scratch, supported project team in kicking off these projects.❑ Proposed and led a progressive effort to implement and deploy CI/CD for Valeo’s driving assistance Business Group, leading to hundreds of thousands of R&D savings (including fully dropping specific project roles).❑ Proposed and led an effort to convert a conventional vision algorithm to a Neural Network based algorithm, proving substantial improvement. (Patent application under internal review)❑ Supported software project managers in implementing and executing software development plan.❑ Attended and Supported OEM meetings to review and align launch operations and handle blockers.❑ Managed a small team responsible of delivering OEM calibrations supporting all vehicle lines.❑ Successfully launched two project platforms for MY19 and MY20 vehicle lines, deployed to OEM plants across the globe. (US, Canada, Mexico, China, etc...)❑ Delivered training sessions for TeamForge, git and DevOps/Jenkins.