Martin Machacek

• People management (team of 50 engineers - HW/SW and prototype laboratory)
• Coordinate the team working on an RfQs (Request for Quotation) and Headlamp / Rearlamp projects in series (secure the state of the art level of all engineers working on the projects)
• Management of budget (OPEX)
• CAPEX planning based on the given budget
• Support in case of escalation meetings (internal and customer)
• Leading the HW development harmonization workshop (Europe + America)
• Support / coaching of Mexico / US electronics managers => heritage of the previous 2,5y expat assignment
• Customer portfolio: VW, BMW, Mercedes, RSA, Stellantis

• People management (team of 50 engineers - HW/SW in 3 locations - USA, Mexico and Brazil)
• Coordinate the team working on an RfQs and Headlamp / Rearlamp projects in series (secure the state of the art level of all engineers working on the projects)
• Management of budget (OPEX)
• CAPEX planning based on the given budget
• Support in case of escalation meetings (internal and customer)
• Leading the know-how transfer from central teams in Europe to America
• Support / coaching of Mexico / US electronics teamleaders
• Direct support of the most critical projects: Lincoln Navigator Rearlamp, VW Tayron Rearlamp, Tesla Cybertruck
• Initiative for the EMC lab build / relocation to Mexico City from USA (300kUSD approved + 400kUSD approval ongoing)
• Maintaining the relations with customers and suppliers
• Customer portfolio: VW, Stellantis, Ford, GM, Tesla, Nissan

• People management (team of 50 engineers - HW/SW and prototype laboratory)
• Coordinate the team working on an RfQs and Headlamp / Rearlamp projects in series (secure the state of the art level of all engineers working on the projects)
• Management of budget (OPEX)
• CAPEX planning based on the given budget => initiatives for more than 1M EUR approved in 4 years (PCBA prototype lab, EMC lab extension and new EMC reverberation chamber)
• Support in case of escalation meetings (internal and customer)
• Maintaining the relations with customers and suppliers

• Coordination of the HW/SW team on specific Headlamp projects from an RfQ till the SOP (Start Of Production)
• Meeting customer and internal milestones
• Managing the project budget (engineering hours)
• Managing the product costs (PCBAs, ECUs, FANs, stepper motors, wire harness, etc.)
• Reporting for the local R&D management (or division management)
• Customers: RSA, VW, PSA (Stellantis)

Project Manager for MV Switchgears

• Managing the projects for Middle East (Oil & Gas customers)
• Responsibility for the project budget / timing / customer acceptance
• Coordination of the HW engineer(s), manufacturing team and testing team
• Projects in a range of 10M - 60MUSD
• Managing in average 10 projects in parallel
• Project lead-time: 6 - 14 months