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Oscar J. Nava Barajas

Newark,CA

Summary

Technical Program Manager with 16 years of experience in the electronic industry, over 12 years in the development and production for automotive Industry and 4 years in consumer electronic industries. Focused in organizational KPIs and customer satisfaction. I am responsible to leadership multicultural and multidisciplinary R&D engineering teams as well as support manufacturing teams to achieve the successful execution of planned task during product development design and production processes, within the scope of time, cost and quality. I have the experience working in OEM Lucid Motors (EV) and with top OEM customers in automotive industry: Stellantis, VW, Audi, GM, Daimler (AG), Volvo trucks, DTNA (Daimler trucks), Polaris, PACCAR, Navistar. Leading teams in products as: keyless entry system, electrical gauges, instrument clusters, electronic control units and airbag control units

Experienced with coordinating and executing comprehensive technical programs. Utilizes strategic planning and risk management to ensure project success. Strong understanding of stakeholder communication and team leadership.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Program Manager (Factory Firmware)

Lucid Motors
02.2022 - Current
  • Lead end to end planning and release of vehicle SW for pre-production and production vehicles for manufacturing plant and suppliers.
  • Document, track and release vehicle and test SW for suppliers (44 ECUs)
  • Stablish process to verify proper ECU functionality before to be shipped to Lucid.
  • Stablish process and documentation to release/implement and to validate new SW at supplier manufacturing line
  • Documentation, tracking, and release of vehicle SW for company manufacturing plant
  • To Stablish process to perform Inspection Article for modules arrived from suppliers.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define scope, goals, and deliverables.
  • Project status meetings to inform about timelines, status, and risks for stakeholders.
  • Develop networking with stakeholders inside/outside company to improve resolution time.
  • To stablish SMART goals to colleagues that report to me aligned with company strategy
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure timely project delivery and alignment with business objectives.
  • Developed project plans utilizing Agile methodologies, enhancing team collaboration and efficiency.
  • Implemented risk management strategies to identify potential issues and facilitate proactive solutions.
  • Collaborated closely with key departments to align technical initiatives with overall business objectives.
  • Led international project teams to successfully deliver complex initiatives within budgetary constraints.
  • Increased team efficiency with effective resource allocation, task prioritization, and workload balancing strategies.

Lead Staff Technical Project Engineer

Continental
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Representative of research and development team in OEM Steering Committee meetings
  • Support the PM to achieve the defined and agreed project scope to realization defined and agreed projects benefits to align and synchronize the project elements.
  • Continuously looking for new business opportunities through the direct contact of the technical management of the customer.
  • Support KAM organization in the process of Monitoring of Customer Satisfaction by providing feedback collected from the customer technical management team.
  • Support Technical Project leader activities.
  • Coordinated project schedules to ensure timely completion of engineering initiatives.
  • Analyzed project specifications and developed effective solutions to optimize performance.

Technical Project Leader & System PM

Continental
01.2016 - 01.2020
  • Technical development representative. Within customer (R&D), management and core team.
  • Technical quotation leader. For new product development and engineering changes (Negotiation, clarification and definition of requirements as well as regulations).
  • Technical leader. To coordinate and collaborated with multi-disciplined/multicultural teams (International teams. Germany, Rumania, USA and Mexico)
  • Managing of resources. Maintained budgets by correctly forecasting requirements and controlling expenses
  • Monitoring and reporting as well as interfaced and collaborated with multi-disciplines team
  • Coordinating and participating in technical review and design review together with all developer disciplines as well as customer
  • Prototype build coordinator. Defining project scope (Sample maturity), steering/customer review and established timeline’s, resources and internal requirements
  • Customer support, problem resolution and negotiation. Engineering changes, cost analysis, requirement elicitation
  • Support at customer manufacturing location. To propose improvements in production process and to identify root cause of issues
  • Security and Privacy. Security and privacy manager in project. To drives, plans and organize the security and privacy activities.
  • Led cross-functional teams to ensure timely project delivery and alignment with technical specifications.
  • Developed project plans utilizing Agile methodologies to enhance team collaboration and efficiency.
  • Coordinated technical documentation and reporting processes for improved project transparency and stakeholder communication.
  • Implemented risk management strategies to identify potential issues early and mitigate impacts on project timelines.
  • Cultivated relationships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on objectives and fostering a collaborative work environment.

Sr. Test Engineer

Continental
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Introduction of new products into production
  • Engineering change implementation.
  • Test sequence development for functional test
  • Analysis and auditory of test specification
  • 0 Kilometer analysis
  • Technical representative. Whiting customer manufacturing plant and Continental R&D team
  • Collaboration and sharing of good practices with teams from countries around the world. (Germany, USA, India, Rumania, China, Brazil and Malaysia)
  • Development of technical documentation for manufacturing environments
  • Developed comprehensive test plans to ensure product quality and compliance with industry standards.
  • Mentored junior engineers in best practices for test design and execution methodologies.
  • Developed and executed comprehensive test plans for software applications, ensuring robust functionality and performance.

Product Engineer

Continental
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Introduction of new products and technologies into manufacturing process
  • Auditory of test station against test specification and production requirements
  • Participating in DFMEA, TCA & FEA for new products
  • 8D reports
  • Training and interaction with R&D team (Germany and Mexico)
  • Developing strategic to improve the outcomes of the process with the higher quality
  • Failures analysis support at customer manufacturing plant.
  • Designed and tested product prototypes to ensure quality and functionality.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline product development processes.
  • Conducted root cause analyses to identify defects and implement corrective actions.
  • Assisted in developing technical documentation for product specifications and testing protocols.

Test Engineer

IBM
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Develop test routines for servers (Linux environments)
  • Standardization of test equipment
  • Document analysis and solution of failures
  • Encourage team to seek the excellence, mentoring them to increased efficiency and implementing methods for continuous improvement, 3 of 7 technicians were promoted.
  • Designed and executed test plans to ensure software quality and functionality.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve software issues.
  • Developed automated test scripts using industry-standard testing tools.
  • Participated in code reviews to enhance testing processes and methodologies.

Process Technician

Jabil
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • To support BackEnd of products as cellphones, servers, GPS
  • Operated and maintained production equipment to ensure optimal performance and product quality.
  • Conducted routine inspections of machinery, identifying issues and performing necessary adjustments for efficiency.

Education

Electronic and Communication Engineer -

University of Guadalajara
01.2006

Electronic Technician - undefined

Colegio de Studios Científicos y Tecnológicos del Estado de Jalisco
01.2001

Skills

  • Requirement elicitation
  • Developing project strategy
  • Project planning
  • Process improvement
  • Risk assessment
  • Technical documentation
  • Quality tools
  • Automotive protocols
  • Test development
  • System management
  • HW/SW interface description
  • Project management

Certification

• Security and Privacy. (GDPR/ISO 21434)

• SAFe® Scrum Master (Certification. Scaled Agile)

• SAFe® Agilist (Certification. Scaled Agile)

• Sales for technical professionals

• Scrum (Scrum master)

• Design for Six Sigma

• Green Belt (Six Sigma)

Languages

Spanish (Native)
English (Advanced)

Training

  • Requirements elicitation and definition
  • Project administration
  • BPP39 Hands On PMP examination (PMbook)
  • Modeling in SysML
  • Effective Negotiation
  • Linux for management
  • Training. ISO 26262 (2018)

Timeline

Technical Program Manager (Factory Firmware)

Lucid Motors
02.2022 - Current

Lead Staff Technical Project Engineer

Continental
01.2020 - 01.2022

Technical Project Leader & System PM

Continental
01.2016 - 01.2020

Sr. Test Engineer

Continental
01.2013 - 01.2016

Product Engineer

Continental
01.2011 - 01.2013

Test Engineer

IBM
01.2009 - 01.2010

Process Technician

Jabil
01.2005 - 01.2008

Electronic Technician - undefined

Colegio de Studios Científicos y Tecnológicos del Estado de Jalisco

Electronic and Communication Engineer -

University of Guadalajara

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